pioneers(6)

1pioneers(6)                      Games Manual                      pioneers(6)
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NAME

6       pioneers - Turnbased board strategy game (colonize an island)
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SYNOPSIS

10       pioneers [ --server server ] [ --port port ] [ --name name ]
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DESCRIPTION

14       This manual page documents briefly the pioneers command.
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16       Pioneers is a computerized version of a well known strategy board game.
17       The goal of the game is to colonize an island.  The  players  play  the
18       first  colonists hence the name pioneers. It uses a client/server model
19       for networked play of between two and eight players.  You will need  to
20       connect  to  a  machine running either pioneers-server-gtk or pioneers-
21       server-console to play.  An AI client, pioneersai, is also available.
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OPTIONS

25       Pioneers accepts the standard GTK+/GNOME commandline options,  and  the
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28       -s, --server server
29              Hostname of the server
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31       -p, --port port
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34       -n, --name name
35              Use this name for the player instead of the name in the settings
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38       -v, --spectator
39              Connect as spectator instead of as a player
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41       -m, --metaserver metaserver
42              Connect to this metaserver instead of the metaserver in the set‐
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52       When  the  server  and port are both provided, the client automatically
53       quits when the connection is broken.
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ENVIRONMENT

57       The default settings can be influenced with the  following  environment
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61              The  hostname  of the metaserver.  If it is not set, the default
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FILES

66       /usr/share/games/pioneers/themes/*
67              Themes for display of the map. Each theme  goes  in  a  separate
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69       /usr/share/pixmaps/pioneers/*
70              Icons
71       /usr/share/pixmaps/pioneers.png
72              Main icon
73       $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pioneers
74              Saved settings
75       $XDG_DATA_HOME/pioneers/themes
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AUTHOR

80       This manual page was written by Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>, and
81       updated by Roland Clobus <rclobus@rclobus.nl>.  Pioneers was written by
82       Dave  Cole  <dave@dccs.com.au>, Andy Heroff <aheroff@mediaone.net>, and
83       Roman Hodek  <roman@hodek.net>,  with  contributions  from  many  other
84       developers  on  the Internet; see the AUTHORS file in the pioneers dis‐
85       tribution for a complete list of contributing authors.
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