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Zillions of Games file for This Game is for the Birds

Notes

Contains: <li>This Game is for the Birds (Flaming Cranes as Queens);</li> <li>This Game is Almost for the Birds (Crandodos as Queens);</li> <li>This Game is Sortof Almost for the Birds I (White has a Flaming Crane as a Queen, Black has a Crandodo);</li> <li>This Game is Sortof Almost for the Birds II (White has a Crandodo as a Queen, Black has a Flaming Crane);</li> </ul>

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Download Instructions

The ZRF file and its accompanying graphics are bundled together in a .zip file. These will work with Zillions of Games, a Windows program that will let you play any puzzle or strategy board game you can feed it the rules and graphics for.

Instructions on downloading this Zillions file:

Download the .zip file
Using a program such as PeaZip or 7-Zip, extract the contents of the .zip file to your Zillions of Games folder
Be sure to keep the folder structure intact when you extract the files.

This Game is for the Birds is a Zillions-of-Games file. It is categorized as: Two dimensional, Orthodox chess set but with different moving pieces, Orthodox chess set but with different capturing rules.

Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza and Peter Aronson.