mastermind(6) mastermind(6)NAME mastermind - play the game of Mastermind SYNOPSIS /usr/games/mastermind DESCRIPTION mastermind plays the board game Mastermind. The playing field is a number of slots, in which a number of colored pegs can be placed. The object of the game is to guess a hidden sequence of colored pegs. Each guess con- sists of a possible sequence of colored pegs. The guesser's opponent then answers with two numbers: the number of pegs in the guess that exactly match the corresponding pegs in the configuration, and the number of pegs in the guess that match in color but not in position. Play continues until the sequence is guessed correctly. Then players change po- sitions and the program will try to guess your hidden se- quence. The guesser's opponent gets one point for each guess made. You have a chance to decide before starting how many slots and how many colors you want to use. Any time it is your turn to enter a guess, you can review the board by typing review instead of your guess. FILES /usr/games/mastermind lock file /usr/games/mmhow instruction file April, 1990 1