Appendix 1: BrettspielWelt commands

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3. How to use BrettspielWelt You need a computer and a working Internet connection to play in BrettspielWelt. Playing happens using your browser or a separate BrettspielWelt client program (BSW players talk simply about client). All games in BSW are programmed using Java language so you need to have Java support installed on your computer. If necessary, you can install Java from this address (www.java.com) using Download link. You don’t need a specific operating system or a browser so long as Java support is installed and works properly. In this example we will play using a browser interface. You can find more information about the separate BSW client from chapter 9. Playing starts by choosing the right language and pressing Play button on the front page of www.brettspielwelt.de. Your browser starts the Java support and retrieves the gaming interface. In the meanwhile it asks our username and password. Type your username into Name field and your password to Password field. Sound on/off lets you choose whether you hear the sound effects from the games or not. Typically it makes sense to keep the sound on so that you notice the changes in taking turns not only by seeing but also by sound. Note! On the first time it takes longer to start the playing system because you computer loads game components from the server. If you experience any problems in starting the client (e.g. you don’t see graphics) restart you browser and try again. When you log in the first thing you’ll see is the BrettspielWelt game window in English and within it Game Manager (Spiele Manager) which is used to start new games. BrettspielWelt is organized around the theme of medieval cities and player communities form their own towns. There are houses in the towns and within those houses the rooms where all games in BSW run. There is no need to know more about the town theme if you want to just play board games. The majority of players in BSW play board games without belonging to any specific town. If you are interested more about the communities and towns, check chapter 10. ! ""# $ %"
Toolbar Games starting up Message area Command line On the top of the game window is a toolbar that gives a shortcut to the most used game commands. On the bottom of the windows is a grey message area that shows messages from system and other users. In the very bottom of the window is a command line for typing in messages to other users and giving BSW game commands that start with /. The /manager command in the example would move you to the Game Manager window. There’s more information about game commands in Appendix 1. You can adjust the size of the game window on your screen but it is a good idea to maintain the proportions of the window so that you see at least a couple lines of the messages in message area. In the top of the gaming window is a toolbar that offers you shortcuts to some of the BSW commands. The rest of the commands are typed in using the command line. News Shows news from BSW administrators and guilds. Game From Game you can join into games, start a game and reset a game. If the game offers options or expansions these can typically be activated from the game menu too. Note! If you press the downward arrow next to Game button you get quick list of all game commands. ! ""# $ %"
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