The game was born before computers and cell phones.
It was played on sheets of squared paper. The sequences of 5 contiguous symbols were highlighted by surrounding them with a shape resembling a salami.
Rules of the game:
- Each player places their symbol in a grid box, one at a time.
- 5 symbols in a row, horizontal, vertical or oblique, make a Salami and allow you to make another move (called BONUS) before passing the turn.
- A salami can include only one end of another salami in the same direction.
- A salami can also include 5 boxes of 5 other different salamis.
- By adding a symbol you can make several salamis at the same time; this entitles you to a number of BONUS equal to the number of sausages made.
- Whoever has made the most salami wins the game.
- …and if I'm wrong and I want to undo the last move? NO: you must accept the error.
APP RULES:
- You can choose the size of the playing field by selecting the size of the single square of the reticle with the buttons: Small, Medium, Large.
- In standard mode (see point 1 below) the reticle size buttons reset the game and restart you.
- The App offers 5 game modes:
1. With the App started, without selecting any menu item, the standard mode is the one in which the two players play on the same device, as if it were the old squared paper. The starter has the circle symbol.
2. By selecting the "Alone" menu item, the App plays against itself. The App is not very intelligent and does not use sophisticated strategies but sometimes it creates interesting and always different configurations which can be nice to look at.
3. By selecting the menu item "Against the App" you can try to challenge the powerful artificial intelligence of the App! The “human” player (hopefully) starts and has the circle symbol.
4. By selecting the "Local network" menu item you can play against another player who has access to the same wi-fi network (home or public). It is sufficient that one of the two knows the IP address of the other. The panel shows your IP address.
One of the two players enters the IP of the other and presses the "Connect" button.
The App establishes a direct connection with the other device. Once the connection is established, one of the two must press the "Send data" button to exchange display data.
When you see the data on the other display, you can press the "Play!" button. Whoever presses the button first has the circle and plays first.
5. By selecting the "Internet" menu item you can play against another player. To be able to connect to the internet server, registration is required at the link:
https://www.programmidelcoccodrillo.it/registrati.php
After registration, when you select the "Internet" menu item on the App, you must give the nickname and password used for registration. Once connected, you will see a list of players. By default you see all registered players, but from Settings you can choose to only see online players. You can wait for someone to propose you to play. In this case you will see the message and can accept or reject.
Or you can click on a nickname to submit a game request. Wait a few seconds. If the player is online you will receive a message telling you if the request has been accepted or declined.
IMPORTANT: to go offline you must select the "Disconnect" button; if you just close the App you could continue to be seen online.
REMEMBER: In order to start the game you must wait for the App on your device and the one on the other player's device to have exchanged all the necessary information. This is why it is important that you give OK to all the messages you receive, and that you wait for the last "READY TO GAME" message before starting to play.
THE MANUAL CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE WEBSITE.