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Diffstat (limited to 'games/fish')
| -rw-r--r-- | games/fish/fish.6 | 37 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | games/fish/fish.instr | 8 |
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/games/fish/fish.6 b/games/fish/fish.6 index 3c60193c420..e654454fb56 100644 --- a/games/fish/fish.6 +++ b/games/fish/fish.6 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: fish.6,v 1.4 1995/03/23 08:28:16 cgd Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: fish.6,v 1.2 1998/08/22 09:10:12 pjanzen Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ .Nm fish .Nd play ``Go Fish'' .Sh SYNOPSIS -.Nm fish +.Nm .Op Fl p .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm Fish @@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ is the game .Dq 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 computer deals the player and itself seven cards each, and places +the rest of the deck face-down (figuratively), to be drawn from later. The object of the game is to collect .Dq books , -or all of the members of a single rank. +or all of the cards of a given rank. For example, collecting four 2's would give the player a .Dq book of 2's . .Pp @@ -64,24 +64,23 @@ 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 -.Dq 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. +for cards by rank. +If the asked player has any cards of the requested rank, they must be given +up to the asking player. +There must be at least one card of the requested rank already in the asking +player's hand. +When the asked player has no +cards of the requested rank, the asker is told to +.Dq Go Fish! +Then, the asker draws a card from the deck. +If the card drawn is of the rank asked for, the turn continues; +otherwise, it becomes the other player's 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 +other player or by drawing from the deck, those cards are set 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 game ends when one player no longer has any cards. The player with the most books wins. .Pp .Nm Fish diff --git a/games/fish/fish.instr b/games/fish/fish.instr index b7e87a0a7b5..4c2098e4985 100644 --- a/games/fish/fish.instr +++ b/games/fish/fish.instr @@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ We take turns asking each other for cards, but you can't ask me for a card value if you don't have one of them in your hand! If I have any cards of the value you ask for, I have to give them to you. As long as I have one of the cards you ask for, you get to keep asking. If you ask me for a -card of which I don't have any, then I'll tell you to "Go Fish!" This -means that you draw a card from the deck. If you draw the card you asked -me for, you get to keep asking me for cards. If not, it's my turn and I ask +card value that I don't have, then I'll tell you to "Go Fish!" This means +that you draw a card from the deck. If you draw the card you asked me +for, you get to keep asking me for cards. If not, it's my turn and I ask you for a card. Sometimes you get to ask first, sometimes I do. I'll tell you when it's @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ your turn to move, I'll draw cards from the deck for you, and I'll tell you what you have in your hand. (Don't worry, I don't look at your hand when I'm trying to decide what card to ask for, honest!) -Your input can be a card name ("A", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", +Your input can be a card value ("A", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "J", "Q" or "K") or the letter "p", or "quit". The letter "p" makes my game much smarter, and the line "quit" stops the game. Just hitting the carriage return key displays how many cards I have in my hand, |