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NAME
monop - Monopoly game
SYNOPSIS
/usr/games/monop [ file ]
DESCRIPTION
Monop is reminiscent of the Parker Brother's game
Monopoly, and monitors a game between 1 to 9 users. It is
assumed that the rules of Monopoly are known. The game
follows the standard rules, with the exception that, if a
property goes up for auction and there are only two sol-
vent players, no auction is held and the property remains
unowned.
The game, in effect, lends the player money, so it is pos-
sible to buy something which you cannot afford. However,
as soon as a person goes into debt, he must fix the prob-
lem, i.e., make himself solvent, before play can continue.
If this is not possible, the player's property reverts to
his debtee, either a player or the bank. A player can
resign at any time to any person or the bank, which puts
the property back on the board, unowned.
Any time that the response to a question is a string,
e.g., a name, place or person, you can type `?' to get a
list of valid answers. It is not possible to input a neg-
ative number, nor is it ever necessary.
A Summary of Commands:
quit: quit game: This allows you to quit the game. It
asks you if you're sure.
print: print board: This prints out the current board.
The columns have the following meanings (column
headings are the same for the where, own hold-
ings, and holdings commands):
Name The first ten characters of the name of
the square
Own The number of the owner of the property.
Price The cost of the property (if any)
Mg This field has a `*' in it if the property
is mortgaged
# If the property is a Utility or Railroad,
this is the number of such owned by the
owner. If the property is land, this is
the number of houses on it.
Rent Current rent on the property. If it is
not owned, there is no rent.
where: where players are: Tells you where all the play-
ers are. A `*' indicates the current player.
own holdings:
List your own holdings, i.e., money, get-out-of-
jail-free cards, and property.
holdings: holdings list: Look at anyone's holdings. It
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will ask you whose holdings you wish to look at.
When you are finished, type done.
shell: shell escape: Escape to a shell. When the shell
dies, the program continues where you left off.
mortgage: mortgage property: Sets up a list of mortgage-
able property, and asks which you wish to mort-
gage.
unmortgage:
unmortgage property: Unmortgage mortgaged prop-
erty.
buy: buy houses: Sets up a list of monopolies on
which you can buy houses. If there is more than
one, it asks you which you want to buy for. It
then asks you how many for each piece of prop-
erty, giving the current amount in parentheses
after the property name. If you build in an
unbalanced manner (a disparity of more than one
house within the same monopoly), it asks you to
re-input things.
sell: sell houses: Sets up a list of monopolies from
which you can sell houses. It operates in an
analogous manner to buy.
card: card for jail: Use a get-out-of-jail-free card
to get out of jail. If you're not in jail, or
you don't have one, it tells you so.
pay: pay for jail: Pay $50 to get out of jail, from
whence you are put on Just Visiting. Difficult
to do if you're not there.
trade: This allows you to trade with another player.
It asks you whom you wish to trade with, and
then asks you what each wishes to give up. You
can get a summary at the end, and, in all cases,
it asks for confirmation of the trade before
doing it.
resign: Resign to another player or the bank. If you
resign to the bank, all property reverts to its
virgin state, and get-out-of-jail free cards
revert to the deck.
save: save game: Save the current game in a file for
later play. You can continue play after saving,
either by adding the file in which you saved the
game after the monop command, or by using the
restore command (see below). It will ask you
which file you wish to save it in, and, if the
file exists, confirm that you wish to overwrite
it.
restore: restore game: Read in a previously saved game
from a file. It leaves the file intact.
roll: Roll the dice and move forward to your new loca-
tion. If you simply hit the <RETURN> key
instead of a command, it is the same as typing
roll.
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AUTHOR
Ken Arnold
FILES
/usr/games/lib/cards.pck Chance and Community Chest cards
BUGS
No command can be given an argument instead of a response
to a query.
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