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authorjtc <jtc@NetBSD.org>1994-05-12 17:39:26 +0000
committerjtc <jtc@NetBSD.org>1994-05-12 17:39:26 +0000
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-.\" Copyright (c) 1983 The Regents of the University of California.
-.\" All rights reserved.
+.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1993
+.\" 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
@@ -29,20 +29,20 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" from: @(#)mille.6 6.4 (Berkeley) 6/23/90
-.\" $Id: mille.6,v 1.2 1993/08/01 07:46:43 mycroft Exp $
+.\" from: @(#)mille.6 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/30/93
+.\" $Id: mille.6,v 1.3 1994/05/12 17:39:32 jtc Exp $
.\"
-.TH MILLE 6 "June 23, 1990"
+.TH MILLE 6 "December 30, 1993"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
-mille \- play Mille Bournes
+mille \- play Mille Bornes
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /usr/games/mille
[ file ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Mille
plays a two-handed game reminiscent of
-the Parker Brother's game of Mille Bournes with you.
+the Parker Brother's game of Mille Bornes with you.
The rules are described below.
If a file name is given on the command line,
the game saved in that file is started.
@@ -325,8 +325,9 @@ If the trip is completed after the deck runs out, this is called
.PP
.BR "Coup Fourr\o'\(aae'" :
This is a French fencing term for a counter-thrust move as part of a parry
-to an opponents attack.
-In Mille Bournes, it is used as follows:
+to an opponent's attack.
+In current French colloquial language it means a sneaky, underhanded blow.
+In Mille Bornes, it is used as follows:
If an opponent plays a Hazard card,
and you have the corresponding Safety in your hand,
you play it immediately, even
@@ -349,8 +350,8 @@ Each player scores as many miles as they played before the trip ended.
.RB "\ \ \ \ " "All 4 Safeties" :
300 points if all four safeties are played.
.br
-.RB "\ \ \ \ " "Each Coup Four\o'\(aae'" :
-300 points for each Coup Four\o'\(aae' accomplished.
+.RB "\ \ \ \ " "Each Coup Fourr\o'\(aae'" :
+300 points for each Coup Fourr\o'\(aae' accomplished.
.PP
The following bonus scores can apply only to the winning player.
.br