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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 22.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 23.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 24.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 25.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 26.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 27.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 28.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.\" @(#)monop.6 6.5 (Berkeley) 3/25/93 31.\" 32.Dd February 23, 2008 33.Dt MONOP 6 34.Os 35.Sh NAME 36.Nm monop 37.Nd Monopoly game 38.Sh SYNOPSIS 39.Nm 40.Op Ar file 41.Sh DESCRIPTION 42.Nm 43is reminiscent of the Parker Brother's game Monopoly, and 44monitors a game between 2 to 9 users. 45It is assumed that the rules of Monopoly are known. 46The game follows the standard rules, with the exception that, 47if a property goes up for auction and there are only two solvent players, 48no auction is held and the property remains unowned. 49.Pp 50The game, in effect, lends the player money, 51so it is possible to buy something which you cannot afford. 52However, as soon as a person goes into debt, he must 53.Dq fix the problem , 54i.e., make himself solvent, before play can continue. 55If this is not possible, the player's property reverts to his debtee, 56either a player or the bank. 57A player can resign at any time to any person or the bank, 58which puts the property back on the board, unowned. 59.Pp 60Any time that the response to a question is a 61.Em string , 62e.g., a name, place or person, you can type 63.Sq Ic \&? 64to get a list of valid answers. 65It is not possible to input a negative number, nor is it ever necessary. 66.Pp 67.Em A Summary of Commands : 68.Bl -tag -width item 69.It Ic quit 70quit game: This allows you to quit the game. 71It asks you if you're sure. 72.It Ic print 73print board: This prints out the current board. 74The columns have the following meanings (column headings are the same for the 75.Ic where , 76.Ic own holdings , 77and 78.Ic holdings 79commands): 80.Pp 81.Bl -tag -width indent -compact 82.It Name 83The first ten characters of the name of the square. 84.It Own 85The 86.Em number 87of the owner of the property. 88.It Price 89The cost of the property (if any). 90.It Mg 91This field has a 92.Sq * 93in it if the property is mortgaged. 94.It \&# 95If the property is a Utility or Railroad, this is the number 96of such owned by the owner. 97If the property is land, this is the number of houses on it. 98.It Rent 99Current rent on the property. 100If it is not owned, there is no rent. 101.El 102.It Ic where 103where players are: Tells you where all the players are. 104A 105.Sq * 106indicates the current player. 107.It Ic own holdings 108List your own holdings, 109i.e., money, get-out-of-jail-free cards, and property. 110.It Ic holdings 111holdings list: Look at anyone's holdings. 112It will ask you whose holdings you wish to look at. 113When you are finished, type 114.Sq Ic done . 115.It Ic mortgage 116mortgage property: 117Sets up a list of mortgageable property, and asks which you wish to mortgage. 118.It Ic unmortgage 119unmortgage property: 120Unmortgage mortgaged property. 121.It Ic buy 122buy houses: 123Sets up a list of monopolies on which you can buy houses. 124If there is more than one, it asks you which you want to buy for. 125It then asks you how many for each piece of property, 126giving the current amount in parentheses after the property name. 127If you build in an unbalanced manner 128(a disparity of more than one house within the same monopoly), 129it asks you to re-input things. 130.It Ic sell 131sell houses: 132Sets up a list of monopolies from which you can sell houses. 133It operates in an analogous manner to 134.Ic buy . 135.It Ic card 136card for jail: 137Use a get-out-of-jail-free card to get out of jail. 138If you're not in jail, or you don't have one, it tells you so. 139.It Ic pay 140pay for jail: 141Pay $50 to get out of jail, from whence you are put on Just Visiting. 142Difficult to do if you're not there. 143.It Ic trade 144This allows you to trade with another player. 145It asks you whom you wish to trade with, 146and then asks you what each wishes to give up. 147You can get a summary at the end, and, in all cases, 148it asks for confirmation of the trade before doing it. 149.It Ic resign 150Resign to another player or the bank. 151If you resign to the bank, all property reverts to its virgin state, 152and get-out-of-jail-free cards revert to the deck. 153.It Ic save 154save game: 155Save the current game in a file for later play. 156You can continue play after saving, 157either by adding the file in which you saved the game after the 158.Nm 159command, or by using the 160.Ic restore 161command (see below). 162It will ask you which file you wish to save it in, 163and, if the file exists, confirm that you wish to overwrite it. 164.It Ic restore 165restore game: 166Read in a previously saved game from a file. 167It leaves the file intact. 168.It Ic roll 169Roll the dice and move forward to your new location. 170If you simply hit the 171.Aq RETURN 172key instead of a command, it is the same as typing 173.Ic roll . 174.El 175.Sh AUTHORS 176.An Ken Arnold 177.Sh BUGS 178No command can be given an argument instead of a response to a query. 179