Com Romi é possível jogar contra o computador em 3 níveis diferentes. O jogo usa dois grupos de 52 peças e dois curingas . O objetivo deste jogo é formar grupos de 3 ou mais peças, que contenham peças consecutivas do mesmo naipe ou de mesmo valor numérico, porém com cores diferentes.

    Você pode jogar contra um à três jogadores simulados pelo Romi clicando em Preferências... item no menu do Opções. Todos os jogadores simulados por Romi jogam no mesmo nível de dificuldade que você escolheu.

    Romi está disponível também em inglês, francês, espanhol, alemão, italiano, holandês, português, sueco e norueguês para o Macintosh e para Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/Vista.

    Para achar as outras versões do Romi, visite meu site na Web: http://www.romi.ca

O que é novo no Romi 7.5

  • Algumas outras modificações e correções também foram feitas.

Romi 7.3

  • A new button has been added to do the same as Limpar o tabuleiro of the menu Utilitários.

Romi 7.1

  • You can use the right button of your mouse to do the same things as double-clicking on Romi cards.

Romi 5.9

  • Agora, usuários não registrados tem 15 dias para testar o Romi e tem acesso a mais opções do que usuários não registrados de versões anteriores.

Romi 5.5

  • Romi permite que vc jogue contra uma até três pessoas e/ou contra o Romi no seu computador.

Romi 5.1

  • Novos botões foram adicionados na janela do Romi. Elas permitem um acesso mais fácil às mais comuns funções no menu Utilitários.

Romi 4.9

  • As animações no Romi foram reprogramadas, especialmente quando o Romi e você movem as cartas no tabuleiro.

Romi 4.5

  • O parte gráfica do Romi foi modificada para uma melhor aparência. A opção de jogar Romi sem o curinga foi adicionada devido o pedidos de vários usuários.

Romi 4.1

  • Romi tem novos atalhos para agrupar as peças no tabuleiro, clicando 2 vezes em seqüência nas peças do rack ou do tabuleiro.

  • Começando com a versão 4.1 do Romi, apenas usuários registrados terão acesso a todas as opções disponíveis no Romi. Usuários não registrados terão acesso apenas à um dos 3 níveis e não terão a opção de jogar contra 2 ou 3 jogadores.

  • Usuários registrados receberão uma identificação e uma senha que permitirá que eles registrem suas cópias do Romi para ter acesso à todas as opções do jogo.

  • Para registrar sua cópia do Romi, clique no item Preferências... do menu Opções e clique no botão "Registrar Romi".

The general rules of the game are:

    This game can be played with many variations. Romi is able to use two of them, one of which is the american standard. The second is the same but with the possibility of placing an 1(Ace) after the 13(King) as in (12,13,1). Note that (13,1,2) is not allowed. The american standard rules are used by default, but this can be change by using the item Preferências... of Opções menu.

    When you begin a new game, 14 cards are drawn randomly for Romi and 14 for the player. Those last are placed on the rack in sequential order.

    The player opens his game by playing at least one group of 3 cards or more, using only the cards on his rack. The sum of those cards values must be 30 or more.

    After the player has opened the game, he can use the cards on the board to complete groups with cards on his rack. The player can move or reorganize all the cards on the board, but the new groups must be valid and by groups of 3 and more.

The particulars rules of Romi are:

    The window of Romi is divided into two principal elements: the board, with 8 rows of 23 cells where you put the cards that you play, and the rack where the player's cards are stored. The groups of cards placed on the board must be separated by one or more empty cells. The player's cards can be placed anywhere on the rack.

    To move a card, the player clicks on a card, the card is selected (darkened) and the player selects the destination by clicking where he wants to move the card. Romi also support Drag and Drop of selected cards.

    You can form groups of cards on the board by double-clicking sequentially on each card from your rack or from the board.

    Romi does not allow you to place a card before or after a card on the board, if the group formed with this card is not valid.

    The player can select a group of cards on the board by clicking with the Control key on the first card he wants to select, all the following cards are selected. He can also use the same Control-click for selecting a group of cards on his rack. In this case, only the following consecutive cards who can make a valid group are selected.

    The player can select a group of cards by clicking with the Control-Shift keys on the last card he wants to select, all the preceding cards including the clicked card are selected. He can also use the same Control-Shift-click for selecting a group of cards on his rack. In this case, only the preceding cards who can make a valid group are selected.

    You can cancel a selection of cards by clicking on the same card you have clicked.

    If the player can't or doesn't want to play a card, he must draw a new card by clicking on the "hand picking a card" icon. The card is selected randomly in the remaining cards.

    When the player has finished his turn, he clicks on the sand-glass icon. Romi checks that the game is valid and it becomes Romi's turn. When Romi plays, the sand-glass icon is replaced by a computer icon.

Shortcuts

    You can form groups of cards on the board by double-clicking sequentially on each card from your rack or from the board. You can also move two or more cards of a suit by double-clicking with the Control key on the first card of a suit of cards that you want to move on the board. You can use the right button of your mouse to do the same things as double-clicking on Romi cards.

    Romi lets you add one or more selected cards to the end or to the beginning of a group of cards, by clicking or dragging respectively on the first or the last card of the group. If the space before or after the group is not sufficient, Romi move the new group of cards where there is enough space.

    Romi also allows you to make two groups of cards with one group of 5 cards or more, and another card which is identical to one of this group. The two new groups must each form groups of 3 cards or more. For example if there is a group of cards like (4,5,6,7,8,9) and if you have an other 6, you can make the following two groups (4,5,6) and (6,7,8,9). The shortcut works by selecting your 6 and by clicking or dragging on the 6 of the group (4,5,6,7,8,9).

Menus descriptions

Romi menu

  • Nova Partida begin a new game.

  • Abrir... open a game that has been previously saved.

  • Demonstração play a demonstration game of Romi.

  • Salvar save your game to continue it another time.

  • Salvar como... save your game to continue it another time.

  • Pausar defer your game because you have other important things to do.

  • Continuar continue a game that has been previously deferred.

  • Sair quit Romi and ask you if you want to save your game.

Opções menu
  • Iniciante (when checked), tells Romi to use the lowest level of strategy when he play against you. At this level, you can see the Romi's cards and you can ask Romi to play for you by choosing Ajuda do Romi, from the Utilitários menu.

  • Intermediário (when checked), tells Romi to use intermediate level of strategy against you.

  • Avançado... (when checked), tells Romi to use the highest level of strategy against you. When you choose this menu item, Romi asks you to select a time limit for your turn. At this level, the time limit decreases and when the remaining time indicated by the sandglass reaches zero, Romi takes control of the game and does one of the following things: 1) If you have played one or more cards, Romi checks if the game is valid. If so, Romi plays his turn. If not, Romi restores the game as it was before your turn and draws a new card for you and then plays his turn. 2) If you have not played any card, Romi draws a new card for you and he plays his turn.

  • Preferências... permite que você mude e salve sua preferências. Alguns itens podem somente ser alterados após o início da partida. Se você recebeu sua senha do autor do Romi, você poderá usar este menu para registrar sua cópia do Romi, assim você terá acesso a todas as opções disponíveis no Romi.

  • Ver peças do Romi (when checked), allows you to see the Romi's cards at his turn. This option is only available at beginner's level.

  • Sons (when checked), plays sounds when some events occurred. You can choose specific sound events by using the Preferências... item of the Opções menu.

  • Paisagens... permite que você escolha entre tabuleiros com diferentes paisagens.

Velocidade menu allows you to change the display speed for animated moves and messages.

Utilitários menu

  • Separar por naipe rearranges the player's cards on the rack by suit.

  • Separar por número rearranges the player's cards on the rack by number.

  • Ajuda do Romi asks Romi to play for you. This item is available only if you are at the Iniciante level.

  • Peças jogadas shows you the cards played by Romi on his last turn or the cards played by you during your turn.

  • Validar check that the groups of cards played on the board are valid.

  • Rearrumar o tabuleiro restore the game as it was after the last turn of Romi.

  • Limpar o tabuleiro rearranges the cards on the board in a special order like below:

  • Pontos... displays your score and the number of games that you have won against Romi. You can cumulate your performances against Romi by saving your game when you quit Romi and by opening the last game played when you use Romi another time.

Agradecimentos

    Gostaria de agradecer especialmente meu filho Charles e Bryan Pietrzak por suas ajudas na programação deste jogo e ao Pierre Lachance e Jurjen N.E. Bos da Holanda por suas inúmeras sugestões e ajudas no reparo das falhas e tradução deste programa para o Inglês. Quero agradecer Marcella Chiovaro, Claudio Jacomelli e Amalie Rothschild por traduzir este programa para o Italiano, Henrik Huber e Rolf Schindler pela tradução em Alemão, Adrien Dion e Ricardo Trenard pela tradução em Espanhol, Harold Bouwmeester e Fred Kelder pela tradução Holandesa, Gustavo S. Duarte Garcia pela tradução em Português, Benkt Steentoft, Anna Ekman, Dieter Mitternacht pela tradução em Sueco, Jon Gunnar Nesse pela tradução em Norueguês. Gostaria também de agradecer a todos vocês que mandaram comentários e a taxa de registro.

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