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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California. |
2 | .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement | |
3 | .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. | |
4 | .\" | |
6bc80c78 | 5 | .\" @(#)monop.6 6.2 (Berkeley) %G% |
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6 | .\" |
7 | .de Sc \" start command list macro | |
8 | .ie n .PD 0 | |
9 | .el .PD 0.5 | |
10 | .sp | |
11 | .. | |
12 | .de Cm \" define command macro | |
13 | .TP 10 | |
14 | .ie t .BR "\\$1" : | |
15 | .el .IR "\\$1" : | |
16 | .. | |
17 | .de Ec \" end command macro | |
18 | .PD 1 | |
19 | .. | |
8d248fa2 | 20 | .TH MONOP 6 "" |
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21 | .UC 4 |
22 | .SH NAME | |
23 | monop \- Monopoly game | |
24 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
25 | .B /usr/games/monop | |
26 | [ file ] | |
27 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
28 | .I Monop | |
bee33e9b | 29 | is reminiscent of the Parker Brother's game Monopoly, and |
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30 | monitors a game between 1 to 9 users. |
31 | It is assumed that the rules of Monopoly are known. | |
bee33e9b | 32 | The game follows the standard rules, with the exception that, |
6bc80c78 | 33 | if a property goes up for auction and there are only two solvent players, |
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34 | no auction is held and the property remains unowned. |
35 | .PP | |
bee33e9b | 36 | The game, in effect, lends the player money, |
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37 | so it is possible to buy something which you cannot afford. |
38 | However, as soon as a person goes into debt, | |
39 | he must \*(lqfix the problem\*(rq, | |
40 | .IR i.e. , | |
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41 | make himself solvent, before play can continue. |
42 | If this is not possible, the player's property reverts to his debtee, | |
e3080b11 | 43 | either a player or the bank. |
bee33e9b | 44 | A player can resign at any time to any person or the bank, |
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45 | which puts the property back on the board, unowned. |
46 | .PP | |
47 | Any time that the response to a question is a | |
48 | .IR string , | |
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49 | e.g., a name, place or person, you can type `?' to get a list of valid answers. |
50 | It is not possible to input a negative number, nor is it ever necessary. | |
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51 | .Sc |
52 | .IR "A Summary of Commands" : | |
53 | .Cm quit | |
bee33e9b | 54 | quit game: This allows you to quit the game. It asks you if you're sure. |
e3080b11 | 55 | .Cm print |
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56 | print board: This prints out the current board. |
57 | The columns have the following meanings (column headings are the same for the | |
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58 | .BR where , |
59 | .BR "own holdings" , | |
60 | and | |
61 | .B holdings | |
62 | commands): | |
63 | .PP | |
64 | .RS 10 | |
65 | .TP "\w'Name\ \ 'u" | |
66 | Name | |
67 | The first ten characters of the name of the square | |
68 | .TP | |
69 | Own | |
70 | The \fInumber\fR of the owner of the property. | |
71 | .TP | |
72 | Price | |
73 | The cost of the property (if any) | |
74 | .TP | |
75 | Mg | |
76 | This field has a `*' in it if the property is mortgaged | |
77 | .TP | |
78 | # | |
79 | If the property is a Utility or Railroad, this is the number | |
80 | of such owned by the owner. | |
81 | If the property is land, this is the number of houses on it. | |
82 | .TP | |
83 | Rent | |
bee33e9b | 84 | Current rent on the property. If it is not owned, there is no rent. |
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85 | .RE |
86 | .Cm where | |
bee33e9b | 87 | where players are: Tells you where all the players are. |
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88 | A `*' indicates the current player. |
89 | .Cm "own\ holdings" | |
90 | List your own holdings, | |
91 | .IR i.e. , | |
92 | money, get-out-of-jail-free cards, and property. | |
93 | .Cm holdings | |
bee33e9b | 94 | holdings list: Look at anyone's holdings. |
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95 | It will ask you whose holdings you wish to look at. |
96 | When you are finished, type \*(lqdone\*(rq. | |
97 | .Cm shell | |
bee33e9b | 98 | shell escape: Escape to a shell. When the shell dies, |
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99 | the program continues where you left off. |
100 | .Cm mortgage | |
101 | mortgage property: | |
bee33e9b | 102 | Sets up a list of mortgageable property, and asks which you wish to mortgage. |
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103 | .Cm unmortgage |
104 | unmortgage property: | |
105 | Unmortgage mortgaged property. | |
106 | .Cm buy | |
107 | buy houses: | |
108 | Sets up a list of monopolies on which you can buy houses. | |
109 | If there is more than one, it asks you which you want to buy for. | |
110 | It then asks you how many for each piece of property, | |
111 | giving the current amount in parentheses after the property name. | |
112 | If you build in an unbalanced manner | |
113 | (a disparity of more than one house within the same monopoly), | |
114 | it asks you to re-input things. | |
115 | .Cm sell | |
116 | sell houses: | |
117 | Sets up a list of monopolies from which you can sell houses. | |
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118 | It operates in an analogous manner to |
119 | .I buy. | |
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120 | .Cm card |
121 | card for jail: | |
122 | Use a get-out-of-jail-free card to get out of jail. | |
bee33e9b | 123 | If you're not in jail, or you don't have one, it tells you so. |
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124 | .Cm pay |
125 | pay for jail: | |
bee33e9b | 126 | Pay $50 to get out of jail, from whence you are put on Just Visiting. |
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127 | Difficult to do if you're not there. |
128 | .Cm trade | |
129 | This allows you to trade with another player. | |
130 | It asks you whom you wish to trade with, | |
131 | and then asks you what each wishes to give up. | |
bee33e9b | 132 | You can get a summary at the end, and, in all cases, |
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133 | it asks for confirmation of the trade before doing it. |
134 | .Cm resign | |
135 | Resign to another player or the bank. | |
bee33e9b | 136 | If you resign to the bank, all property reverts to its virgin state, |
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137 | and get-out-of-jail free cards revert to the deck. |
138 | .Cm save | |
139 | save game: | |
140 | Save the current game in a file for later play. | |
141 | You can continue play after saving, | |
142 | either by adding the file in which you saved the game after the | |
143 | .I monop | |
bee33e9b | 144 | command, or by using the |
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145 | .I restore |
146 | command (see below). | |
147 | It will ask you which file you wish to save it in, | |
148 | and, if the file exists, confirm that you wish to overwrite it. | |
149 | .Cm restore | |
150 | restore game: | |
151 | Read in a previously saved game from a file. | |
152 | It leaves the file intact. | |
153 | .Cm roll | |
154 | Roll the dice and move forward to your new location. | |
155 | If you simply hit the <RETURN> key instead of a command, | |
156 | it is the same as typing | |
157 | .IR roll . | |
158 | .Ec | |
159 | .SH AUTHOR | |
160 | Ken Arnold | |
161 | .SH FILES | |
162 | /usr/games/lib/cards.pck Chance and Community Chest cards | |
163 | .SH BUGS | |
164 | No command can be given an argument instead of a response to a query. |