simple game to implement

Hi guys,

I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on the best way to produce this very simple little game in Flash (8).

_The Game_
It's an old Chinese game consisting of counters which are removed from the board by two players in turn.

There are three lines of 6, 4 and 1 counters:
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Each player must remove as many counters as he likes (min 1) from any *single* line.

The winner is the one to force his/her opponent to take the last counter.
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There is a method to guarantee victory for the person going first.

How can I turn this into a little flash game with player vs computer?

How would I keep the code modular?

Thanks,
fm

Things aren't working...

I have three different colours for the three lines of counters. The bottom line, with 6 counters, is red. These counters are movieclips called "red1, red2, etc."

I have the following actionscript in frame 1:

Code:

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var playerScore:Number = 0;
var compScore:Number = 0;
var choice:String = "none";

red1.onRelease = redHit(1);
red2.onRelease = redHit(2);
red3.onRelease = redHit(3);
red4.onRelease = redHit(4);
red5.onRelease = redHit(5);
red6.onRelease = redHit(6);

function redHit(num:Number) {
        trace("red function");
        _root.red--;
        _root.choice = "red";
        unloadMovie("red" + num);
        trace(num);
}

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The problem is that the six lines "...red4.onRelease = redHit(4);..." are executing without the movieclips being clicked on. So I've moved the instances a few frames back, to frame three. Now, they stay there, but when I click on them, they don't unload.

Does anyone know why?

Thanks,
fm

can anyone help?