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Mage.Client/release/readme.txt

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+MAGE - is an acronym for Magic, Another Game Engine
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+MAGE is a client/server implementation of a popular CCG without the collecting part.
+The server hosts games and enforces the rules.  The client creates or joins games, 
+displays the current state of a game in progress and sends user events to the server.
+
+You will need to have the Java Runtime Environment Version 6 Update 10 or greater.
+You can download this from:  http://java.com/
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+You will need to download both the client and the server applications.  These can be
+obtained from http://code.google.com/p/magic--another-game-engine/downloads/list
+
+To play a game you can either connect to a server or start your own server.  To
+connect to a server you will need to know the server name or IP address and the port.
+To start a server run the startServer.bat command.  If you want to use a different 
+port or change the timeout setting then modify the config.properties file in the 
+config folder.
+
+To launch the client run the startClient.bat command.  Click on the connect button on
+the toolbar and enter the server name/IP address and port.  Then click on the tables
+button.  This will bring up a list of active and completed games.  Click on join to
+join an existing game that hasn't started yet or you can create a new table by
+clicking the new button.
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