1.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 11.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 13.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 14.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 15.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 16.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 17.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 18.\" without specific prior written permission. 19.\" 20.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 21.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 22.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 23.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 24.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 25.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 26.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 27.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 28.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 30.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 31.\" 32.\" @(#)fish.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93 33.\" $FreeBSD: src/games/fish/fish.6,v 1.3 1999/08/27 23:29:02 peter Exp $ 34.\" $DragonFly: src/games/fish/fish.6,v 1.3 2007/03/11 19:05:31 swildner Exp $ 35.\" 36.Dd May 31, 1993 37.Dt FISH 6 38.Os 39.Sh NAME 40.Nm fish 41.Nd play 42.Dq Go Fish 43.Sh SYNOPSIS 44.Nm 45.Op Fl p 46.Sh DESCRIPTION 47.Nm 48is the game 49.Dq Go Fish , 50a traditional children's card game. 51.Pp 52The computer deals the player and itself seven cards, and places 53the rest of the deck face-down (figuratively). 54The object of the game is to collect 55.Dq books , 56or all of the members of a single rank. 57For example, collecting four 2's would give the player a 58.Dq book of 2's . 59.Pp 60The options are as follows: 61.Bl -tag -width ".Fl p" 62.It Fl p 63Professional mode. 64.El 65.Pp 66The computer makes a random decision as to who gets to start the 67game, and then the computer and player take turns asking each other 68for cards of a specified rank. 69If the asked player has any cards of the requested rank, they give 70them up to the asking player. 71A player must have at least one of the cards of the rank they request 72in their hand. 73When a player asks for a rank of which the other player has no 74cards, the asker is told to 75.Dq Go Fish! . 76Then, the asker draws a card from the non-dealt cards. 77If they draw the card they asked for, they continue their turn, asking 78for more ranks from the other player. 79Otherwise, the other player gets a turn. 80.Pp 81When a player completes a book, either by getting cards from the 82other player or drawing from the deck, they set those cards aside and 83the rank is no longer in play. 84.Pp 85The game ends when either player no longer has any cards in their hand. 86The player with the most books wins. 87.Pp 88.Nm 89provides instructions as to what input it accepts. 90.Sh BUGS 91The computer cheats only rarely. 92