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1. About Apprentice
2. How to Play a Game with Apprentice

About Apprentice

Apprentice is a software created by Dragonstar, Inc and is sponsered completely by Wizards of the Coast. It was first made to play Magic: The Gathering, but with the patch from Pojo.com, you can now play Pokémon TCG over the Internet. Apprentice is available as freeware an is downloadable at http://www.dragonstudios.com/. You can also get the patch by going to http://www.pojo.com/ and clicking on the Pokemon area. Then go and click on Apprentice Patch.

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How to Play a Game with Apprentice

After you download Apprentice and the patch. Then unzip the patch and stick the files that were unzipped, into the directory where you installed Apprentice. You should get the files called "cardinfo.dat", "Distro.dat", "Format.dat", and "expan.dat." The file called "cardinfo.dat" should go into the directory called Sets inside the directory where you installed Apprentice. After that, put all the other files in the directory where Apprentice was installed. Then open Apprentice and make your deck by pressing Ctrl + K or pressing on the Deck Editor sign. You can use any cards that are in the list and you can name the deck. Afterwards you can save the deck. Apprentice tells you how many cards you have used at the bottom of the Deck Editor at the status bar. Here's how a normal game goes:

•   First open Apprentice. Then press Ctrl + N or press the New Game sign. Then you choose the deck you want to use to battle by clicking on the "Load Deck..." button. You can also edit your deck before you battle by pressing "Deck Editor." You then choose either a Solitaire game (practicing the keys and the feel of Apprentice) or connect via the Internet. To connect via the Internet, you need to know somebody else's IP address. This way you can play with people around the world. You can also change your startup message by editing the message in the "Starting Message" box. After setting what you want to do, set your "Starting Life" to 0 and set "Starting Cards in Hand" to 7.
  
  
•   If you are connected via the Internet, then another dialog box should appear. If you know your opponent's IP address, click on "Calling my Opponent at ...", fill in the IP address at the box afterward and press OK. If you are the person who's getting called, then click on the "Waiting for a Call" and press OK. Also if you need to change the port do so in the Port Number box. It also tells your IP address in the box beneath the Port Number area. This is the IP address that you give to the person who's going to call you. NOTE: BE CAREFUL WHO YOU GIVE YOUR IP ADDRESS TO! PEOPLE CAN HACK INTO YOUR COMPUTER WITH YOUR IP ADDRESS, SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL! IPTCG HOLDS NO LIABILITY OF WHAT HAPPENS OVER APPRENTICE!
  
  
•   Then the game should start. Then you can take the cards in your hand and while pressing shift, click and drag the card onto the playing area. Your "Library" is your deck and your "Graveyard" is your discard pile. Afterwards, while pressing shift, click and drag 6 cards from your "Library." Those are your prizes. To turn the cards face up, right click on the card and click "Flip Card Over." To draw a card, press the sign "Draw a card" or press Ctrl + D.
  
  
•   To discard a card, drag it to the "Graveyard" or you can right click it and click "Bury." To view your "Library" or "Graveyard", then click the menu "View" and go down to either "Library" or "Graveyard." You can also flip a coin, or roll a die. To do that, go to the menu "Action" and go and click either "Roll a die" or "Flip a coin." To shuffle your deck, then go to the menu "Actions" and click "Shuffle library" or press Ctrl + S. When your turn is done, click the picture with the arrow and the T or press Ctrl + T. To disconnect, you can either exit the program or just press disconnect on the "Communications" menu. You can also chat with the person you are battling over the box on the white box on the screen.