*default
               [ ]conditional

   ACTION
   play         start a game, match, query, or scenario
   [refresh]     restores QUERY settings window
   [reset]       restores previous board position
   [resume]      return to main menu
    load         retrieve a player's stats
    log          view detailed game log at any time
    save         save stats under a new player name
    stats        view detailed stats at end of game
    exit         exit program

   CARDS
   *auto         cards generated by random generator seeds
    manual       select all 13 cards of each deal for entire game
    mirror       swaps card, dealer and score settings
    query        select up to 12 cards [or use seeds] for one hand
   [replay]      replay previous game
    series       fast seeds: enter 1 - 9999 
    WEB club     9 games: manual points, muggins
    Deck         card backs: blue, green, red or violet: squares or *diamonds
    Export       save games played in Code64 text
    Import       retrieve games played in Code64 text
    new C64      clears contents of Code64 file

   COLORS
    board        board, SCORE and COUNT boxes
      ash
      maple
     *oak
      teak
    pegs
      mine       HAL’s pegs, MINE and POINTS boxes
        blue
       red
        violet
        yellow
      yours      your pegs, YOURS and POINTS boxes
       blue
        red
        violet
        yellow
    table
      forest
      olive
      teal
      slate

   DEALER       deck is on dealer’s right-side of table
    alternate   HAL deals first: game dealer alternates
    chance      low cut deals
    loser       loser of previous game deals
    me          HAL deals first
    you         you deal first

   DISPLAY
    board
      left      game hole on left
      right     game hole on right
    mistakes
       never    HAL will not over or under-peg
       frequent maybe one mistake or more per game
       occasion maybe a mistake every 2 or 3 games
       rare     maybe a mistake every 9 games
    points      MINE, YOURS, pegging POINTS, and CRIB
      auto      program computes points
      manual    player selects or enters points
        forgive over and under-points corrected
        learn   over-points corrected, no penalty
        no mugs over-points corrected, penalty
        muggins player sees and gets under-points, penalty
        list    select from drop-down list box       
        type    type in non-zero points
    tutor
      all       always display strategic choices
      discard   display strategic discards only
      peg       display strategic pegging card only

   MODE
    custom      set-up dealer and scores [seeds]
    match       all help menus disabled: loser deals
    training    all pre-game menus enabled
    WEB club    all menus disabled for 9 games; muggins, mistakes
    scenario    set-up dealer and scores for hand or game play

   OPTIONS
    effects     audio and video
      audio     sounds for cards and pegs
        no      sound disabled
        yes     sound enabled
        music   play national anthem after win
      video     animate cards and pegs 
        fast    speed up animation
        none    no animation
        slow    slow down animation
    generator   random number generator
      legacy    Byte magazine 1985
      robust    P. L’Ecuyer June 1988
      twists    M. Matsumoto, T. Nishimura 1997
    hint        hole objectives
      c p z     critical position zones
      target    target markers
    points      game point value
      game      win 1 - skunk 1
      long      win 3 - skunk 4
      skunk     win 1 - skunk 2
      tourney   win 2 - skunk 3
    save        save game log prompt after end of game
      auto      prompt and name always appear
      manual    appears only after RECORD - save
    scope       opponent hands examined when on
      all       all hands
      4th st    on 4th street   
        15%     250 most frequent
        35%     500 most frequent
        100%    all hands
    status      bottom of screen bar
      date      player name, date and time
      hint      your strategy/tactics, winner and scores
      no flash  visible hint does not flash
      remove    hide status bar

   RECORD
    Discards    discard stats
      dealer    dealer kepts and HAL starter stats 
      pone>     pone kepts and your starter stats
    Peg Profile lead and reply pegging tendencies
      dealer    dealer replies: 15, pair, complet, pairlet, pentlet, runlet, samelet
      pone      pone lead: pair, doublet, pentlet, quadlet, singlet
    save        save summary game log 
    stats       cumulative summary pegging, hand, and crib stats 
    log         play-by-play one page summary text record of game
    print       prints game record in Courier New font
    xlate       converts game record into Courier New font

   STRATEGY
    master      uses win loss %'s and board position
    safe        minimizes risk
    defense     cautious
    optimal     balance between defense and offense
    offense     aggressive
    bold        maximizes risk
    g'master    uses board position and Peg Profiles
    TACTICS     used by HAL when pegging
      adapt     uses board position
      play off  avoids risk
      play on   takes risk

   VIEW
    none        opponent's hand unknown
    peek        both hands known to both players
    watch       HAL's hand known, yours unknown
    equity      value of game and holes won margin
    hands       HAL's probable hands: pegging help
    keep toss   expected values: discarding help
    min max     min and max values: discarding help [lose % win %]
    peg         min, max, expected values: pegging help [lose % win %]
    win loss    win or skunk %, loss or skunk % probability
    Movie       fast replay of game(s) played
      all       replay all games starting at game 1
      G#        replay only game number entered at prompt
     [stop]     end replay after replay begun

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