diff options
author | cgd <cgd@NetBSD.org> | 1993-03-21 09:45:37 +0000 |
---|---|---|
committer | cgd <cgd@NetBSD.org> | 1993-03-21 09:45:37 +0000 |
commit | 77e3814f0c0e3dea4d0032e25666f77e6f83bfff (patch) | |
tree | 7eddfcbf3dd12089e71dc3fafb0a106c5c5766c7 /fish/fish.6 | |
parent | e81d63576b2e46ab90da7d75fa155ea57ee4d32e (diff) | |
download | bsdgames-darwin-77e3814f0c0e3dea4d0032e25666f77e6f83bfff.tar.gz bsdgames-darwin-77e3814f0c0e3dea4d0032e25666f77e6f83bfff.tar.zst bsdgames-darwin-77e3814f0c0e3dea4d0032e25666f77e6f83bfff.zip |
initial import of 386bsd-0.1 sources
Diffstat (limited to 'fish/fish.6')
-rw-r--r-- | fish/fish.6 | 84 |
1 files changed, 84 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fish/fish.6 b/fish/fish.6 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f565574a --- /dev/null +++ b/fish/fish.6 @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)fish.6 6.2 (Berkeley) 1/18/91 +.\" +.TH FISH 6 "January 18, 1991" +.UC 4 +.SH NAME +fish \- play ``Go Fish'' +.SH SYNOPSIS +.ft B +fish [\-p] +.ft R +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Fish +is the game +.IR "Go Fish" , +a traditional children's card game. +.PP +The computer deals the player and itself seven cards, and places +the rest of the deck face-down (figuratively). +The object of the game is to collect ``books'', or all of the members +of a single rank. +For example, collecting four 2's would give the player a ``book of +2's''. +.PP +The options are as follows: +.TP +\-p +Professional mode. +.PP +The computer makes a random decision as to who gets to start the +game, and then the computer and player take turns asking each other +for cards of a specified rank. +If the asked player has any cards of the requested rank, they give +them up to the asking player. +A player must have at least one of the cards of the rank they request +in their hand. +When a player asks for a rank of which the other player has no +cards, the asker is told to ``Go Fish!''. +Then, the asker draws a card from the non-dealt cards. +If they draw the card they asked for, they continue their turn, asking +for more ranks from the other player. +Otherwise, the other player gets a turn. +.PP +When a player completes a book, either by getting cards from the +other player or drawing from the deck, they set those cards aside and +the rank is no longer in play. +.PP +The game ends when either player no longer has any cards in their hand. +The player with the most books wins. +.PP +.I Fish +provides instructions as to what input it accepts. +.SH BUGS +The computer cheats only rarely. |