fish/fish.6

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  34 .\"     @(#)fish.6      8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
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  36 .Dd May 31, 1993
  37 .Dt FISH 6
  38 .Os
  39 .Sh NAME
  40 .Nm fish
  41 .Nd play ``Go Fish''
  42 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  43 .Nm fish
  44 .Op Fl p
  45 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  46 .Nm Fish
  47 is the game
  48 .Dq Go Fish ,
  49 a traditional children's card game.
  50 .Pp
  51 The computer deals the player and itself seven cards, and places
  52 the rest of the deck face-down (figuratively).
  53 The object of the game is to collect
  54 .Dq books ,
  55 or all of the members of a single rank.
  56 For example, collecting four 2's would give the player a
  57 .Dq book of 2's .
  58 .Pp
  59 The options are as follows:
  60 .Bl -tag -width indent
  61 .It Fl p
  62 Professional mode.
  63 .El
  64 .Pp
  65 The computer makes a random decision as to who gets to start the
  66 game, and then the computer and player take turns asking each other
  67 for cards of a specified rank.
  68 If the asked player has any cards of the requested rank, they give
  69 them up to the asking player.
  70 A player must have at least one of the cards of the rank they request
  71 in their hand.
  72 When a player asks for a rank of which the other player has no
  73 cards, the asker is told to
  74 .Dq Go Fish! .
  75 Then, the asker draws a card from the non-dealt cards.
  76 If they draw the card they asked for, they continue their turn, asking
  77 for more ranks from the other player.
  78 Otherwise, the other player gets a turn.
  79 .Pp
  80 When a player completes a book, either by getting cards from the
  81 other player or drawing from the deck, they set those cards aside and
  82 the rank is no longer in play.
  83 .Pp
  84 The game ends when either player no longer has any cards in their hand.
  85 The player with the most books wins.
  86 .Pp
  87 .Nm Fish
  88 provides instructions as to what input it accepts.
  89 .Sh BUGS
  90 The computer cheats only rarely.