1MPOLY(6)                       BSD Games Manual                       MPOLY(6)
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NAME

4     mpoly — Monopoly game
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SYNOPSIS

7     mpoly [file]
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DESCRIPTION

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.
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22     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.
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26     A Summary of Commands:
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28     quit  quit game: This allows you to quit the game.  It asks you if you're
29           sure.
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31     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):
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36           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.
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46     where
47           where players are: Tells you where all the players are.  A ‘*’
48           indicates the current player.
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50     own holdings
51           List your own holdings, i.e., money, get-out-of-jail-free cards,
52           and property.
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54     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’.
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58     mortgage
59           mortgage property: Sets up a list of mortgageable property, and
60           asks which you wish to mortgage.
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62     unmortgage
63           unmortgage property: Unmortgage mortgaged property.
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65     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.
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72     sell  sell houses: Sets up a list of monopolies from which you can sell
73           houses.  It operates in an analogous manner to buy.
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75     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.
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78     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.
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81     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.
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87     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.
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92     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.
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99     restore
100           restore game: Read in a previously saved game from a file.  It
101           leaves the file intact.
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103     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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AUTHOR

108     Ken Arnold
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FILES

111     /usr/share/bsd-games//monop-cards.pck  Chance and Community Chest cards
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BUGS

114     No command can be given an argument instead of a response to a query.
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116BSD                             March 25, 1993                             BSD
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