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Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 19.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 20.\" without specific prior written permission. 21.\" 22.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 23.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 24.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 25.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 26.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 27.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 28.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 29.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 30.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 31.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 32.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 33.\" 34.\" @(#)monop.6 6.5 (Berkeley) 3/25/93 35.\" 36.Dd March 25, 1993 37.Dt MONOP 6 38.Os 39.Sh NAME 40.Nm monop 41.Nd Monopoly game 42.Sh SYNOPSIS 43.Nm 44.Op Ar file 45.Sh DESCRIPTION 46.Nm 47is reminiscent of the Parker Brother's game Monopoly, and 48monitors a game between 1 to 9 users. 49It is assumed that the rules of Monopoly are known. 50The game follows the standard rules, with the exception that, 51if a property goes up for auction and there are only two solvent players, 52no auction is held and the property remains unowned. 53.Nm 54The game, in effect, lends the player money, 55so it is possible to buy something which you cannot afford. 56However, as soon as a person goes into debt, he must 57.Dq fix the problem , 58.Em i.e. , 59make himself solvent, before play can continue. 60If this is not possible, the player's property reverts to his debtee, 61either a player or the bank. 62A player can resign at any time to any person or the bank, 63which puts the property back on the board, unowned. 64.Pp 65Any time that the response to a question is a 66.Em string , 67e.g., a name, place or person, you can type 68.Sq Ic ? 69to get a list of valid answers. 70It is not possible to input a negative number, nor is it ever necessary. 71.Pp 72.Em A Summary of Commands : 73.Bl -tag -width item 74.It Ic quit 75quit game: This allows you to quit the game. 76It asks you if you're sure. 77.It Ic print 78print board: This prints out the current board. 79The columns have the following meanings (column headings are the same for the 80.Ic where , 81.Ic own holdings , 82and 83.Ic holdings 84commands): 85.Pp 86.Bl -tag -width indent -compact 87.It Name 88The first ten characters of the name of the square 89.It Own 90The 91.Em number 92of the owner of the property. 93.It Price 94The cost of the property (if any) 95.It Mg 96This field has a 97.Sq * 98in it if the property is mortgaged 99.It \&# 100If the property is a Utility or Railroad, this is the number 101of such owned by the owner. 102If the property is land, this is the number of houses on it. 103.It Rent 104Current rent on the property. 105If it is not owned, there is no rent. 106.El 107.It Ic where 108where players are: Tells you where all the players are. 109A 110.Sq * 111indicates the current player. 112.It Ic own holdings 113List your own holdings, 114.Em i.e. , 115money, get-out-of-jail-free cards, and property. 116.It Ic holdings 117holdings list: Look at anyone's holdings. 118It will ask you whose holdings you wish to look at. 119When you are finished, type 120.Sq Ic done . 121.It Ic mortgage 122mortgage property: 123Sets up a list of mortgageable property, and asks which you wish to mortgage. 124.It Ic unmortgage 125unmortgage property: 126Unmortgage mortgaged property. 127.It Ic buy 128buy houses: 129Sets up a list of monopolies on which you can buy houses. 130If there is more than one, it asks you which you want to buy for. 131It then asks you how many for each piece of property, 132giving the current amount in parentheses after the property name. 133If you build in an unbalanced manner 134(a disparity of more than one house within the same monopoly), 135it asks you to re-input things. 136.It Ic sell 137sell houses: 138Sets up a list of monopolies from which you can sell houses. 139It operates in an analogous manner to 140.Ic buy . 141.It Ic card 142card for jail: 143Use a get-out-of-jail-free card to get out of jail. 144If you're not in jail, or you don't have one, it tells you so. 145.It Ic pay 146pay for jail: 147Pay $50 to get out of jail, from whence you are put on Just Visiting. 148Difficult to do if you're not there. 149.It Ic trade 150This allows you to trade with another player. 151It asks you whom you wish to trade with, 152and then asks you what each wishes to give up. 153You can get a summary at the end, and, in all cases, 154it asks for confirmation of the trade before doing it. 155.It Ic resign 156Resign to another player or the bank. 157If you resign to the bank, all property reverts to its virgin state, 158and get-out-of-jail free cards revert to the deck. 159.It Ic save 160save game: 161Save the current game in a file for later play. 162You can continue play after saving, 163either by adding the file in which you saved the game after the 164.Nm 165command, or by using the 166.Ic restore 167command (see below). 168It will ask you which file you wish to save it in, 169and, if the file exists, confirm that you wish to overwrite it. 170.It Ic restore 171restore game: 172Read in a previously saved game from a file. 173It leaves the file intact. 174.It Ic roll 175Roll the dice and move forward to your new location. 176If you simply hit the 177.Aq RETURN 178key instead of a command, it is the same as typing 179.Ic roll . 180.El 181.Sh AUTHOR 182.An Ken Arnold 183.Sh FILES 184.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/games/cards.pck -compact 185.It Pa /usr/share/games/cards.pck 186Chance and Community Chest cards 187.El 188.Sh BUGS 189No command can be given an argument instead of a response to a query. 190