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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.\" @(#)cribbage.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93 31.\" 32.Dd May 31, 1993 33.Dt CRIBBAGE 6 34.Os 35.Sh NAME 36.Nm cribbage 37.Nd the card game cribbage 38.Sh SYNOPSIS 39.Nm 40.Op Fl eqr 41.Sh DESCRIPTION 42.Nm 43plays the card game cribbage, with the program playing one hand 44and the user the other. 45The program will initially ask the user if the rules of the game are 46needed \(en if so, it will print out the appropriate section from 47.Em According to Hoyle 48with 49.Xr more 1 . 50.Pp 51.Nm 52options include: 53.Bl -tag -width indent 54.It Fl e 55When the player makes a mistake scoring his hand or crib, provide an 56explanation of the correct score. 57(This is especially useful for beginning players.) 58.It Fl q 59Print a shorter form of all messages \(en this is only recommended for 60users who have played the game without specifying this option. 61.It Fl r 62Instead of asking the player to cut the deck, the program will randomly 63cut the deck. 64.El 65.Pp 66.Nm 67first asks the player whether he wishes to play a short game ( 68.Dq once around , 69to 61) or a long game ( 70.Dq twice around , 71to 121). 72A response of 73.Sq Ic s 74will result in a short game, any other response will play a long game. 75.Pp 76At the start of the first game, the program 77asks the player to cut the deck to determine who gets the first crib. 78The user should respond with a number between 0 and 7951, indicating how many cards down the deck is to be cut. 80The player who cuts the lower ranked card gets the first crib. 81If more than one game is played, the 82loser of the previous game gets the first crib in the current game. 83.Pp 84For each hand, the program first prints the player's hand, 85whose crib it is, and then asks the player 86to discard two cards into the crib. 87The cards are prompted for one per line, and are typed as explained below. 88.Pp 89After discarding, the program cuts the deck (if it is the player's 90crib) or asks the player to cut the deck (if it's its crib); in the latter 91case, the appropriate response is a number from 0 to 39 indicating 92how far down the remaining 40 cards are to be cut. 93.Pp 94After cutting the deck, play starts with the non-dealer (the person 95who doesn't have the crib) leading the first card. 96Play continues, as per cribbage, until all cards are exhausted. 97The program keeps track of the scoring of all points and the total of 98the cards on the table. 99.Pp 100After play, the hands are scored. 101The program requests the player to 102score his hand (and the crib, if it is his) by printing out the 103appropriate cards (and the cut card enclosed in brackets). 104Play continues until one player reaches the game limit (61 or 121). 105.Pp 106A carriage return when a numeric input is expected is equivalent 107to typing the lowest legal value; when cutting the deck this 108is equivalent to choosing the top card. 109.Pp 110Cards are specified as rank followed by suit. 111The ranks may be specified 112as one of: 113.Sq a , 114.Sq 2 , 115.Sq 3 , 116.Sq 4 , 117.Sq 5 , 118.Sq 6 , 119.Sq 7 , 120.Sq 8 , 121.Sq 9 , 122.Sq t , 123.Sq j , 124.Sq q , 125and 126.Sq k , 127or alternatively, one of: 128.Sq ace , 129.Sq two , 130.Sq three , 131.Sq four , 132.Sq five , 133.Sq six , 134.Sq seven , 135.Sq eight , 136.Sq nine , 137.Sq ten , 138.Sq jack , 139.Sq queen , 140and 141.Sq king . 142Suits may be specified as: 143.Sq s , 144.Sq h , 145.Sq d , 146and 147.Sq c , 148or alternatively as: 149.Sq spades , 150.Sq hearts , 151.Sq diamonds , 152and 153.Sq clubs . 154A card may be specified as: 155.Dq Ao rank Ac \ Aq suit , 156or: 157.Dq Ao rank Ac of Aq suit . 158If the single letter rank and suit designations are used, the space 159separating the suit and rank may be left out. 160Also, if only one card 161of the desired rank is playable, typing the rank is sufficient. 162For example, if your hand was 163.Dq 2H, 4D, 5C, 6H, JC, and KD 164and it was desired to discard the king of diamonds, any of 165the following could be typed: 166.Sq k , 167.Sq king , 168.Sq kd , 169.Sq k d , 170.Sq k of d , 171.Sq king d , 172.Sq king of d , 173.Sq k diamonds , 174.Sq k of diamonds , 175.Sq king diamonds , 176.Sq king of diamonds . 177.Sh FILES 178.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/games/cribbage.instr -compact 179.It Pa /usr/games/cribbage 180.It Pa /var/games/criblog 181.It Pa /usr/share/games/cribbage.instr 182.El 183.Sh AUTHORS 184Earl T. Cohen wrote the logic. 185Ken Arnold added the screen oriented interface. 186