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diff --git a/static/unix-v10/man6/cards.6 b/static/unix-v10/man6/cards.6 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4761650f --- /dev/null +++ b/static/unix-v10/man6/cards.6 @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +.TH CARDS 6 +.CT 1 games +.SH NAME +canfield, fish \- card games +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B /usr/games/fish +.PP +.B /usr/games/canfield +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +The object of the children's card game +.I fish +is to accumulate `books' of 4 cards of equal rank. +At each turn one player +selects a card from his hand, and asks the other player for +all cards of that rank. +If the other player has some, he hands them all over +and the first player makes another request. +The turn ends when +the second player has no card of the rank requested; +he replies, `Go fish!' +The first +player then draws a card from the `pool' of undealt cards. +If this is the card he had last requested, he draws again. +.PP +The ranks are called +.LR a , +.LR 2 , +\&..., +.LR 10 , +.LR j , +.LR q , +.LR k . +Hitting +return requests information about the state of the game. +Typing +.L p +as a first +guess gets `pro' level play. +.PP +.I Canfield +is a solitaire game. +It requires a cursor-addressed terminal. |
