                            **MahJongg Solitaire**

                                    **by**

                               **Arthur Crump**

 **Table of Contents**
 **=================**
        1. Getting Started
                a. How to Play MahJongg
                b. Requirements
                c. Installation & Setup
                d. Starting MahJongg Solitaire
        2. Troubleshooting & Technical Support
        3. How to Contact Us

 **1. Getting Started**
 **==================**

 **a. How to Play MahJongg**
 **-----------------------**

        There are many variations of the ancient Chinese game
        of Mah Jongg, MahJongg Solitaire is one variation.

        Mah Jongg is played with 144 tiles: 36 sticks (tiles
        with spears or bamboo), 36 wheels (tiles with coins,
        wheels, or shields), 36 Numbers (tiles numbered 1-9),
        16 winds (tiles with east, south, west and north
        compass directions), 12 dragons (4 red, 4 green
        and 4 blue dragon tiles), 4 flowers (plum, orchid,
        mum, or bamboo flowers), and 4 seasons (spring,
        summer, autumn, and winter) tiles.

        MahJongg Solitaire tiles are placed on the board
        in a dragon pattern. Each time a plyer starts a
        new game, the tiles are randomly placed on the
        board next to each other, with some tiles on top of
        others, in a dragon pattern.

        The goal of MahJongg Solitaire is to remove matching
        tiles off the board two at a time. To do this, a player
        must first remove the outer tiles and the tiles on top
        of others. An outer tile is any tile with only one tile
        touching it on either side, and no tiles atop of it.

        Only matching tiles can be removed with the exception
        of the season and flower tiles. Any flower tile can
        match any other flower tile, and any season tile can
        match any other season tile.

        Tiles can be selected by clicking on a tile and then
        clicking on a matching tile. If the tiles are a match,
        the two tiles will be removed from the board, otherwise
        the computer will beep once.

        At the top left of the screen is the number of tiles
        remaining. If you need help finding matching tiles,
        click on 'Hint' under the 'Options' menu.

        The game is over if a player removes all of the tiles
        from the board, or if there are no more matching tiles
        remaining.

 **b. System Requirements**
 **----------------------**

        To run MahJongg Solitaire, you'll need the following system:

                An IBM-compatible, 486 or better computer
                Four Megabytes of RAM
                A VGA monitor
                Windows 95, or Windows 98
                Hard Disk with two Megabytes free
                Mouse

        You'll have more fun with these recommended additions:

                Pentium processor
                Eight Megabytes of RAM

 **c. Installation and Setup**
 **-------------------------**

        1. To get started with MahJongg Solitaire on a hard disk:
                a. Insert the MahJongg Solitaire disk in your
                        floppy disk drive ('A', or 'B')
                b. From Windows 'run' A:\setup or B:\setup" and press
                        Enter.
                c. Follow the screen directions.

 **d. Starting MahJongg Solitaire**
 **------------------------------**

        To start the game, double click on the MahJongg Solitaire
        icon in Windows.

 **2. Troubleshooting & Technical Support**
 **======================================**

        If you have a problem, chances are you can fix it without
        needing to get help. Try the following:

        If the game says you have insufficient memory, or if it crashes,
        try rebooting without loading any TSR programs, such as your
        disk cache.

        If the screen is to dark to see, try turning up the brightness
        on your monitor.

        If you are unable to fix your problems, try contacting us via
        electronic mail: **ao545@lafn.org**. Make sure you include
        your computer configuration and what you were trying to do when
        you encountered the problem. Also include any error messages
        that were displayed.

 **3. How to Contact Us**
 **====================**

        Write to:

                **AGCrump**
                **24708 Wisteria Lane**
                **Moreno Valley, CA 92557**

        E-mail:

                **ao545@lafn.org**

 MahJongg Solitaire Copyright (c) 1998-2000 Arthur Crump


