Lee Haywoods Chain Reaction 3.01

Chain Reaction (aka Critical Mass, aka Atoms) is an addictive, multi-player board game. Lee Haywoods Chain Reaction is easy to learn to play. There is a computer player (for 2 player games only).
- Players take turns to add units (blobs) of their colour to either an empty cell or a cell they already occupy.
- Once the number of blobs in a cell equals the number of neighbouring cells - 2 in a corner, 3 along an edge and 4 elsewhere - the blobs explode, adding 1 blob to each neighbour and leaving the original cell empty.
- The neigbouring cell may then have enough blobs to explode as well - making their neigbours explode, and so on - a chain reaction.
- Any blobs affected by the chain reaction change colour to that of the person making the move - this is how other players cells are taken.
- Wipe out your opponent(s) and win - eventually someone is going to win because the total number of blobs increases by 1 with each move, gradually filling the board.
Main features:
- Provides a high-quality computer player (for a single opponent).
- Allows between 2 and 6 players.
- Graphical implementation - can be played either in a window or in full-screen mode.
- Configurable for different screen resolutions, allowing massive boards to be used.
- Audio support for both sound-cards and simple beeps/bells.
- Features a grid editor.
- Automatically moves the mouse pointer back to the current players last position.
- Indicates where each player last went.
- Shows progress indicators for each player and for the whole game.
- Player names may be entered and saved.
- Players can choose their favourite colour to play with.
- Foreground and background skins may be changed.
- Saved states can be automatically loaded when the program starts.
Game options:
- Provides the ability to undo and redo all moves.
- Games in progress can be saved and resumed later.
- Locks keyboard and mouse controls individually for each player.
- Players can stick with their favourite colour when the order of play is changed.
- Sound can be turned on and off during a game (for both samples and beeps).