GAUSS This is information about running the 1-player video game version of Gauss. If you want to know the rules to playing Gauss, click here. Installation To install Gauss, just unzip the zip file into a single directory. Playing Launch Gauss.exe to play the game. You are the White player, the computer plays Black. The mouse pointer will be the color of whoever's turn it is. When you pick up a piece, the squares that it can legally move to will glow. It should be noted that the computer AI isn't very good. Once you get to the point where you can beat it, you should consider playing Gauss against your friends.