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.\" $NetBSD: monop.6,v 1.19 2008/02/24 03:50:07 dholland Exp $
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.\" @(#)monop.6 6.5 (Berkeley) 3/25/93
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.\"
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.Dd February 23, 2008
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.Dt MONOP 6
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm monop
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.Nd Monopoly game
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Ar file
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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is reminiscent of the Parker Brother's game Monopoly, and
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monitors a game between 2 to 9 users.
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It is assumed that the rules of Monopoly are known.
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The game follows the standard rules, with the exception that,
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if a property goes up for auction and there are only two solvent players,
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no auction is held and the property remains unowned.
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.Pp
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The game, in effect, lends the player money,
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so it is possible to buy something which you cannot afford.
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However, as soon as a person goes into debt, he must
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.Dq fix the problem ,
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i.e., make himself solvent, before play can continue.
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If this is not possible, the player's property reverts to his debtee,
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either a player or the bank.
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A player can resign at any time to any person or the bank,
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which puts the property back on the board, unowned.
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.Pp
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Any time that the response to a question is a
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.Em string ,
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e.g., a name, place or person, you can type
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.Sq Ic \&?
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to get a list of valid answers.
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It is not possible to input a negative number, nor is it ever necessary.
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.Pp
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.Em A Summary of Commands :
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.Bl -tag -width item
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.It Ic quit
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quit game: This allows you to quit the game.
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It asks you if you're sure.
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.It Ic print
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print board: This prints out the current board.
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The columns have the following meanings (column headings are the same for the
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.Ic where ,
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.Ic own holdings ,
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and
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.Ic holdings
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commands):
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
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.It Name
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The first ten characters of the name of the square.
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.It Own
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The
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.Em number
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of the owner of the property.
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.It Price
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The cost of the property (if any).
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.It Mg
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This field has a
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.Sq *
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in it if the property is mortgaged.
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.It \&#
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If the property is a Utility or Railroad, this is the number
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of such owned by the owner.
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If the property is land, this is the number of houses on it.
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.It Rent
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Current rent on the property.
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If it is not owned, there is no rent.
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.El
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.It Ic where
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where players are: Tells you where all the players are.
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A
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.Sq *
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indicates the current player.
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.It Ic own holdings
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List your own holdings,
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i.e., money, get-out-of-jail-free cards, and property.
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.It Ic holdings
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holdings list: Look at anyone's holdings.
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It will ask you whose holdings you wish to look at.
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When you are finished, type
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.Sq Ic done .
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.It Ic mortgage
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mortgage property:
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Sets up a list of mortgageable property, and asks which you wish to mortgage.
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.It Ic unmortgage
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unmortgage property:
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Unmortgage mortgaged property.
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.It Ic buy
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buy houses:
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Sets up a list of monopolies on which you can buy houses.
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If there is more than one, it asks you which you want to buy for.
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It then asks you how many for each piece of property,
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giving the current amount in parentheses after the property name.
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If you build in an unbalanced manner
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(a disparity of more than one house within the same monopoly),
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it asks you to re-input things.
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.It Ic sell
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sell houses:
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Sets up a list of monopolies from which you can sell houses.
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It operates in an analogous manner to
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.Ic buy .
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.It Ic card
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card for jail:
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Use a get-out-of-jail-free card to get out of jail.
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If you're not in jail, or you don't have one, it tells you so.
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.It Ic pay
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pay for jail:
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Pay $50 to get out of jail, from whence you are put on Just Visiting.
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Difficult to do if you're not there.
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.It Ic trade
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This allows you to trade with another player.
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It asks you whom you wish to trade with,
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and then asks you what each wishes to give up.
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You can get a summary at the end, and, in all cases,
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it asks for confirmation of the trade before doing it.
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.It Ic resign
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Resign to another player or the bank.
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If you resign to the bank, all property reverts to its virgin state,
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and get-out-of-jail-free cards revert to the deck.
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.It Ic save
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save game:
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Save the current game in a file for later play.
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You can continue play after saving,
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either by adding the file in which you saved the game after the
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.Nm
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command, or by using the
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.Ic restore
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command (see below).
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It will ask you which file you wish to save it in,
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and, if the file exists, confirm that you wish to overwrite it.
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.It Ic restore
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restore game:
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Read in a previously saved game from a file.
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It leaves the file intact.
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.It Ic roll
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Roll the dice and move forward to your new location.
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If you simply hit the
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.Aq RETURN
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key instead of a command, it is the same as typing
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.Ic roll .
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.El
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An Ken Arnold
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.Sh BUGS
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No command can be given an argument instead of a response to a query.
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