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+.TH BRIDGE 6 alice
+.CT 1 games
+.SH NAME
+bridge \- card game
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B /usr/games/bridge
+[
+.I arg ...
+]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.I Bridge
+manages bridge games among four players.
+A master process mediates the
+flow of information between player processes.
+Each player process is either a `robot' player or a
+cursor-controlled screen
+interface with a human player.
+.PP
+If several humans wish to play each invokes
+.I bridge
+and a rendezvous protocol hooks them together
+in a common game.
+Once the game is set up
+.I bridge
+displays a diagram
+similar to those in newspaper
+bridge columns.
+.PP
+Bids are coded
+.B p
+for pass,
+.B d
+for double,
+.B 3n
+for three notrump,
+and so on.
+Plays are coded
+.B c3
+for the club three,
+.B ht
+for the heart ten, and so on.
+A menu of common commands appears at the
+bottom of the screen; further help may be obtained by typing
+.BR + .
+.PP
+Arguments take several forms:
+.de X1
+.TP
+.B \\$1
+.PD 0
+.TP
+.B \\$2
+..
+.de X2
+.TP
+.BI \\$1 " \\$2"
+.PD 0
+.TP
+.BI \\$3 \\$4
+..
+.X2 \-h "nhumans" humans= nhumans
+Join (or set up and join) a game with indicated number of human players.
+.X2 \-s "seed" seed= seed
+Initialize the random number generator. Useful for duplicate play.
+.X2 \-f "file" deck= file
+Take the initial shuffled card deck from named file.
+.X2 \-r "file" script= file
+Make a record of the game in the named file.
+.X2 \-d "dealership" dlr= dealership
+Specify dealership with a one-letter direction code.
+.X2 \-v "vulnerability" vuln= vulnerability
+Specify vulnerability with one of these codes:
+.B none
+.B both
+.BR n - s
+.BR e - w .
+.X1 -t tough
+Do not display bidding history on player's screen.
+.PD
+.SH FILES
+.TF /tmp/brdg.*
+rendezvous files
+.TP
+.F /etc/termcap
+.TP
+.F DEBUG
+recipient of debugging messages
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+J. A. Reeds and L. A. Shepp,
+.I Bridge: An exciting new card game,
+TM 11217-840119-02,
+TM 11218-840119-01.
+.SH BUGS
+Occasionally the whole program goes dead.
+.br
+The robots' bridge technique has subtle bugs.