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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)fish.6      6.1 (Berkeley) 5/20/85
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH FISH 6 "May 20, 1985"
        !             8: .UC 4
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: fish \- play ``Go Fish''
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B /usr/games/fish
        !            13: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            14: .I Fish
        !            15: plays the game of \*(lqGo Fish\*(rq,
        !            16: a childrens' card game.  The Object is to
        !            17: accumulate `books' of 4 cards with the same face value.  The
        !            18: players alternate turns; each turn begins with one player
        !            19: selecting a card from his hand, and asking the other player for
        !            20: all cards of that face value.  If the other player has one or
        !            21: more cards of that face value in his hand, he gives them to the
        !            22: first player, and the first player makes another request.
        !            23: Eventually, the first player asks for a card which is not in
        !            24: the second player's hand: he replies `GO FISH!' The first
        !            25: player then draws a card from the `pool' of undealt cards.  If
        !            26: this is the card he had last requested, he draws again.  When a
        !            27: book is made, either through drawing or requesting, the cards
        !            28: are laid down and no further action takes place with that face
        !            29: value.
        !            30: .PP
        !            31: To play the computer, simply make guesses by typing a,
        !            32: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, j, q, or k when asked.  Hitting
        !            33: return gives you information about the size of my hand and the
        !            34: pool, and tells you about my books.  Saying `p' as a first
        !            35: guess puts you into `pro' level; The default is pretty dumb.

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