1MPOLY(6) BSD Games Manual MPOLY(6)
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4 mpoly — Monopoly game
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7 mpoly [file]
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10 mpoly is reminiscent of the Parker Brother's game Monopoly, and monitors
11 a game between 1 to 9 users. It is assumed that the rules of Monopoly
12 are known. The game follows the standard rules, with the exception that,
13 if a property goes up for auction and there are only two solvent players,
14 no auction is held and the property remains unowned. mpoly The game, in
15 effect, lends the player money, so it is possible to buy something which
16 you cannot afford. However, as soon as a person goes into debt, he must
17 “fix the problem”, i.e., make himself solvent, before play can continue.
18 If this is not possible, the player's property reverts to his debtee,
19 either a player or the bank. A player can resign at any time to any per‐
20 son or the bank, which puts the property back on the board, unowned.
21 Any time that the response to a question is a string, e.g., a name, place
23 or person, you can type ‘?’ to get a list of valid answers. It is not
24 possible to input a negative number, nor is it ever necessary.
25 A Summary of Commands:
27 quit quit game: This allows you to quit the game. It asks you if you're
29 sure.
30 print
32 print board: This prints out the current board. The columns have
33 the following meanings (column headings are the same for the where,
34 own holdings, and holdings commands):
35 Name The first ten characters of the name of the square.
37 Own The number of the owner of the property.
38 Price The cost of the property (if any).
39 Mg This field has a ‘*’ in it if the property is mortgaged.
40 # If the property is a Utility or Railroad, this is the num‐
41 ber of such owned by the owner. If the property is land,
42 this is the number of houses on it.
43 Rent Current rent on the property. If it is not owned, there is
44 no rent.
45 where
47 where players are: Tells you where all the players are. A ‘*’
48 indicates the current player.
49 own holdings
51 List your own holdings, i.e., money, get-out-of-jail-free cards,
52 and property.
53 holdings
55 holdings list: Look at anyone's holdings. It will ask you whose
56 holdings you wish to look at. When you are finished, type ‘done’.
57 mortgage
59 mortgage property: Sets up a list of mortgageable property, and
60 asks which you wish to mortgage.
61 unmortgage
63 unmortgage property: Unmortgage mortgaged property.
64 buy buy houses: Sets up a list of monopolies on which you can buy
66 houses. If there is more than one, it asks you which you want to
67 buy for. It then asks you how many for each piece of property,
68 giving the current amount in parentheses after the property name.
69 If you build in an unbalanced manner (a disparity of more than one
70 house within the same monopoly), it asks you to re-input things.
71 sell sell houses: Sets up a list of monopolies from which you can sell
73 houses. It operates in an analogous manner to buy.
74 card card for jail: Use a get-out-of-jail-free card to get out of jail.
76 If you're not in jail, or you don't have one, it tells you so.
77 pay pay for jail: Pay $50 to get out of jail, from whence you are put
79 on Just Visiting. Difficult to do if you're not there.
80 trade
82 This allows you to trade with another player. It asks you whom you
83 wish to trade with, and then asks you what each wishes to give up.
84 You can get a summary at the end, and, in all cases, it asks for
85 confirmation of the trade before doing it.
86 resign
88 Resign to another player or the bank. If you resign to the bank,
89 all property reverts to its virgin state, and get-out-of-jail-free
90 cards revert to the deck.
91 save save game: Save the current game in a file for later play. You can
93 continue play after saving, either by adding the file in which you
94 saved the game after the mpoly command, or by using the restore
95 command (see below). It will ask you which file you wish to save
96 it in, and, if the file exists, confirm that you wish to overwrite
97 it.
98 restore
100 restore game: Read in a previously saved game from a file. It
101 leaves the file intact.
102 roll Roll the dice and move forward to your new location. If you simply
104 hit the ⟨RETURN⟩ key instead of a command, it is the same as typing
105 roll.
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108 Ken Arnold
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111 /usr/share/bsd-games//monop-cards.pck Chance and Community Chest cards
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114 No command can be given an argument instead of a response to a query.
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