monop/monop.6

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  35 .Dt March 25, 1993
  36 .Dd MONOP 6
  37 .Os
  38 .Sh NAME
  39 .Nm monop
  40 .Nd Monopoly game
  41 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  42 .Nm /usr/games/monop
  43 .Op Ar file
  44 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  45 .Nm Monop
  46 is reminiscent of the Parker Brother's game Monopoly, and
  47 monitors a game between 1 to 9 users.
  48 It is assumed that the rules of Monopoly are known.
  49 The game follows the standard rules, with the exception that,
  50 if a property goes up for auction and there are only two solvent players,
  51 no auction is held and the property remains unowned.
  52 .Nm
  53 The game, in effect, lends the player money,
  54 so it is possible to buy something which you cannot afford.
  55 However, as soon as a person goes into debt,
  56 he must
  57 .Dq fix the problem ,
  58 .Em i.e. ,
  59 make himself solvent, before play can continue.
  60 If this is not possible, the player's property reverts to his debtee,
  61 either a player or the bank.
  62 A player can resign at any time to any person or the bank,
  63 which puts the property back on the board, unowned.
  64 .Pp
  65 Any time that the response to a question is a
  66 .Em string ,
  67 e.g., a name, place or person, you can type
  68 .Sq Ic ?
  69 to get a list of valid answers.
  70 It is not possible to input a negative number, nor is it ever necessary.
  71 .Pp
  72 .Em A Summary of Commands :
  73 .Bl -tag -width item
  74 .It Ic quit
  75 quit game: This allows you to quit the game.  It asks you if you're sure.
  76 .It Ic print
  77 print board: This prints out the current board.
  78 The columns have the following meanings (column headings are the same for the
  79 .Ic where ,
  80 .Ic own holdings  ,
  81 and
  82 .Ic holdings
  83 commands):
  84 .Pp
  85 .Bl -tag -width indent -compact
  86 .It Name
  87 The first ten characters of the name of the square
  88 .It Own
  89 The
  90 .Em number
  91 of the owner of the property.
  92 .It Price
  93 The cost of the property (if any)
  94 .It Mg
  95 This field has a
  96 .Sq *
  97 in it if the property is mortgaged
  98 .It \&#
  99 If the property is a Utility or Railroad, this is the number
 100 of such owned by the owner.
 101 If the property is land, this is the number of houses on it.
 102 .It Rent
 103 Current rent on the property.  If it is not owned, there is no rent.
 104 .El
 105 .It Ic where
 106 where players are: Tells you where all the players are.
 107 A `*' indicates the current player.
 108 .It Ic own holdings
 109 List your own holdings,
 110 .Em i.e. ,
 111 money, get-out-of-jail-free cards, and property.
 112 .It Ic holdings
 113 holdings list: Look at anyone's holdings.
 114 It will ask you whose holdings you wish to look at.
 115 When you are finished, type
 116 .Sq Ic done .
 117 .It Ic mortgage
 118 mortgage property:
 119 Sets up a list of mortgageable property, and asks which you wish to mortgage.
 120 .It Ic unmortgage
 121 unmortgage property:
 122 Unmortgage mortgaged property.
 123 .It Ic buy
 124 buy houses:
 125 Sets up a list of monopolies on which you can buy houses.
 126 If there is more than one, it asks you which you want to buy for.
 127 It then asks you how many for each piece of property,
 128 giving the current amount in parentheses after the property name.
 129 If you build in an unbalanced manner
 130 (a disparity of more than one house within the same monopoly),
 131 it asks you to re-input things.
 132 .It Ic sell
 133 sell houses:
 134 Sets up a list of monopolies from which you can sell houses.
 135 It operates in an analogous manner to
 136 .Ic buy.
 137 .It Ic card
 138 card for jail:
 139 Use a get-out-of-jail-free card to get out of jail.
 140 If you're not in jail, or you don't have one, it tells you so.
 141 .It Ic pay
 142 pay for jail:
 143 Pay $50 to get out of jail, from whence you are put on Just Visiting.
 144 Difficult to do if you're not there.
 145 .It Ic trade
 146 This allows you to trade with another player.
 147 It asks you whom you wish to trade with,
 148 and then asks you what each wishes to give up.
 149 You can get a summary at the end, and, in all cases,
 150 it asks for confirmation of the trade before doing it.
 151 .It Ic resign
 152 Resign to another player or the bank.
 153 If you resign to the bank, all property reverts to its virgin state,
 154 and get-out-of-jail free cards revert to the deck.
 155 .It Ic save
 156 save game:
 157 Save the current game in a file for later play.
 158 You can continue play after saving,
 159 either by adding the file in which you saved the game after the
 160 .Nm monop
 161 command, or by using the
 162 .Ic restore
 163 command (see below).
 164 It will ask you which file you wish to save it in,
 165 and, if the file exists, confirm that you wish to overwrite it.
 166 .It Ic restore
 167 restore game:
 168 Read in a previously saved game from a file.
 169 It leaves the file intact.
 170 .It Ic roll
 171 Roll the dice and move forward to your new location.
 172 If you simply hit the <RETURN> key instead of a command,
 173 it is the same as typing
 174 .Ic roll .
 175 .El
 176 .Sh AUTHOR
 177 Ken Arnold
 178 .Sh FILES
 179 .Bl -tag -width /usr/share/games/cards.pck -compact
 180 .It Pa /usr/share/games/cards.pck
 181 Chance and Community Chest cards
 182 .El
 183 .Sh BUGS
 184 No command can be given an argument instead of a response to a query.