fish(6) fish(6)NAME fish - plays the game of ``Go Fish'' SYNOPSIS fish DESCRIPTION fish plays the children's card game of ``Go Fish.'' The object is to accumulate ``books'' of 4 cards with the same face value. The players alternate turns; each turn begins with one player selecting a card from his hand and asking the other player for all cards of that face value. If the other player has one or more cards of that face value in his hand, those cards are given to the first player, and the first player makes another request. Eventually, the first player asks for a card which is not in the second player's hand: the second player replies GO FISH! The first player then draws a card from the ``pool'' of undealt cards. If this is the card that was last requested, the player may draw again. When a book is made, either through drawing or requesting, the cards are laid down and no further action takes place with that face value. To play the computer, simply make guesses by typing a, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, j, q, or k when asked. Pressing RETURN gives you information about the size of my hand and the pool, and tells you about my books. Saying p as a first guess puts you into ``pro'' level; the default is pretty dumb. FILES /usr/games/fish Executable file January 1992 1