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1 | Welcome to the game of Hunt the Wumpus. |
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3 | The Wumpus typically lives in a cave of twenty rooms, with each room having | |
4 | three tunnels connecting it to other rooms in the cavern. Caves may vary, | |
5 | however, depending on options specified when starting the game. | |
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7 | The game has the following hazards for intrepid adventurers to wind their | |
8 | way through: | |
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10 | Pits -- If you fall into one of the bottomless pits, you find yourself | |
11 | slung back out on the far side of the Earth and in very poor | |
12 | shape to continue your quest since you're dead. | |
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14 | Bats -- As with any other cave, the Wumpus cave has bats in residence. | |
15 | These are a bit more potent, however, and if you stumble into | |
16 | one of their rooms they will rush up and carry you elsewhere in | |
17 | the cave. | |
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19 | Wumpus -- If you happen to walk into the room the Wumpus is in you'll find | |
20 | that he has quite an appetite for young adventurous humans! Not | |
21 | recommended. | |
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23 | The Wumpus, by the way, is not bothered by the hazards since he has sucker | |
24 | feet and is too big for a bat to lift. If you try to shoot him and miss, | |
25 | there's also a chance that he'll up and move himself into another cave, | |
26 | though by nature the Wumpus is a sedentary creature. | |
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28 | Each turn you may either move or shoot a crooked arrow. Moving is done | |
29 | simply by specifying "m" for move and the number of the room that you'd | |
30 | like to move down a tunnel towards. Shooting is done similarly; indicate | |
31 | that you'd like to shoot one of your magic arrows with an "s" for shoot, | |
32 | then list a set of connected room numbers through which the deadly shaft | |
33 | should fly! | |
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35 | If your path for the arrow is incorrect, however, it will flail about in | |
36 | the room it can't understand and randomly pick a tunnel to continue | |
37 | through. You might just end up shooting yourself in the foot if you're | |
38 | not careful! On the other hand, if you shoot the Wumpus you've WON! | |
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40 | Good luck. | |
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