monop/monop.6

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  34 .\"     @(#)monop.6     6.5 (Berkeley) 3/25/93
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  36 .Dd March 25, 1993
  37 .Dt MONOP 6
  38 .Os
  39 .Sh NAME
  40 .Nm monop
  41 .Nd Monopoly game
  42 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  43 .Nm
  44 .Op Ar file
  45 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  46 .Nm
  47 is reminiscent of the Parker Brother's game Monopoly, and
  48 monitors a game between 1 to 9 users.
  49 It is assumed that the rules of Monopoly are known.
  50 The game follows the standard rules, with the exception that,
  51 if a property goes up for auction and there are only two solvent players,
  52 no auction is held and the property remains unowned.
  53 .Nm
  54 The game, in effect, lends the player money,
  55 so it is possible to buy something which you cannot afford.
  56 However, as soon as a person goes into debt, he must
  57 .Dq fix the problem ,
  58 i.e., make himself solvent, before play can continue.
  59 If this is not possible, the player's property reverts to his debtee,
  60 either a player or the bank.
  61 A player can resign at any time to any person or the bank,
  62 which puts the property back on the board, unowned.
  63 .Pp
  64 Any time that the response to a question is a
  65 .Em string ,
  66 e.g., a name, place or person, you can type
  67 .Sq Ic \&?
  68 to get a list of valid answers.
  69 It is not possible to input a negative number, nor is it ever necessary.
  70 .Pp
  71 .Em A Summary of Commands :
  72 .Bl -tag -width item
  73 .It Ic quit
  74 quit game: This allows you to quit the game.
  75 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.
 104 If it is not owned, there is no rent.
 105 .El
 106 .It Ic where
 107 where players are: Tells you where all the players are.
 108 A
 109 .Sq *
 110 indicates the current player.
 111 .It Ic own holdings
 112 List your own holdings,
 113 i.e., money, get-out-of-jail-free cards, and property.
 114 .It Ic holdings
 115 holdings list: Look at anyone's holdings.
 116 It will ask you whose holdings you wish to look at.
 117 When you are finished, type
 118 .Sq Ic done .
 119 .It Ic mortgage
 120 mortgage property:
 121 Sets up a list of mortgageable property, and asks which you wish to mortgage.
 122 .It Ic unmortgage
 123 unmortgage property:
 124 Unmortgage mortgaged property.
 125 .It Ic buy
 126 buy houses:
 127 Sets up a list of monopolies on which you can buy houses.
 128 If there is more than one, it asks you which you want to buy for.
 129 It then asks you how many for each piece of property,
 130 giving the current amount in parentheses after the property name.
 131 If you build in an unbalanced manner
 132 (a disparity of more than one house within the same monopoly),
 133 it asks you to re-input things.
 134 .It Ic sell
 135 sell houses:
 136 Sets up a list of monopolies from which you can sell houses.
 137 It operates in an analogous manner to
 138 .Ic buy .
 139 .It Ic card
 140 card for jail:
 141 Use a get-out-of-jail-free card to get out of jail.
 142 If you're not in jail, or you don't have one, it tells you so.
 143 .It Ic pay
 144 pay for jail:
 145 Pay $50 to get out of jail, from whence you are put on Just Visiting.
 146 Difficult to do if you're not there.
 147 .It Ic trade
 148 This allows you to trade with another player.
 149 It asks you whom you wish to trade with,
 150 and then asks you what each wishes to give up.
 151 You can get a summary at the end, and, in all cases,
 152 it asks for confirmation of the trade before doing it.
 153 .It Ic resign
 154 Resign to another player or the bank.
 155 If you resign to the bank, all property reverts to its virgin state,
 156 and get-out-of-jail-free cards revert to the deck.
 157 .It Ic save
 158 save game:
 159 Save the current game in a file for later play.
 160 You can continue play after saving,
 161 either by adding the file in which you saved the game after the
 162 .Nm
 163 command, or by using the
 164 .Ic restore
 165 command (see below).
 166 It will ask you which file you wish to save it in,
 167 and, if the file exists, confirm that you wish to overwrite it.
 168 .It Ic restore
 169 restore game:
 170 Read in a previously saved game from a file.
 171 It leaves the file intact.
 172 .It Ic roll
 173 Roll the dice and move forward to your new location.
 174 If you simply hit the
 175 .Aq RETURN
 176 key instead of a command, it is the same as typing
 177 .Ic roll .
 178 .El
 179 .Sh AUTHOR
 180 .An Ken Arnold
 181 .Sh FILES
 182 .Bl -tag -width /usr/share/games/cards.pck -compact
 183 .It Pa /usr/share/games/cards.pck
 184 Chance and Community Chest cards
 185 .El
 186 .Sh BUGS
 187 No command can be given an argument instead of a response to a query.