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1.1       root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1983 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: .\"    @(#)canfield.6  6.2 (Berkeley) 5/6/86
                      6: .\"
                      7: .TH CANFIELD 6 "May 6, 1986"
                      8: .UC 5
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: canfield, cfscores \- the solitaire card game canfield
                     11: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     12: .B /usr/games/canfield
                     13: .br
                     14: .B /usr/games/cfscores
                     15: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     16: .PP
                     17: If you have never played solitaire before, it is recommended
                     18: that you consult a solitaire instruction book. In
                     19: Canfield, tableau cards may be built on each other downward
                     20: in alternate colors. An entire pile must be moved as a unit
                     21: in building. Top cards of the piles are available 
                     22: to be played on foundations, but never into empty spaces.
                     23: .PP
                     24: Spaces must be filled from the stock. The top card of
                     25: the stock also is available to be played on foundations or
                     26: built on tableau piles. After the stock is exhausted,
                     27: tableau spaces may be filled from the talon and the player may
                     28: keep them open until he wishes to use them.
                     29: .PP
                     30: Cards are dealt from the hand to the talon by threes
                     31: and this repeats until there are no more cards in the hand
                     32: or the player quits. To have cards dealt onto the talon the
                     33: player types 'ht' for his move. Foundation base cards are
                     34: also automatically moved to the foundation when they become
                     35: available.
                     36: .PP
                     37: The command 'c' causes
                     38: .I canfield
                     39: to maintain card counting statistics
                     40: on the bottom of the screen. 
                     41: When properly used this can greatly increase one's chances of 
                     42: winning.
                     43: .PP
                     44: The rules for betting are somewhat less strict than
                     45: those used in the official version of the game.
                     46: The initial deal costs $13.
                     47: You may quit at this point or inspect the game.
                     48: Inspection costs $13 and allows you to make as many
                     49: moves as possible without moving any cards from your hand
                     50: to the talon.
                     51: (The initial deal places three cards on the talon;
                     52: if all these cards are used,
                     53: three more are made available.)
                     54: Finally, if the game seems interesting,
                     55: you must pay the final installment of $26.
                     56: At this point you are
                     57: credited at the rate of $5 for each card on the foundation;
                     58: as the game progresses you are credited with $5 for each
                     59: card that is moved to the foundation.
                     60: Each run through the hand after the first costs $5.
                     61: The card counting feature
                     62: costs $1 for each unknown card that is identified.
                     63: If the information is toggled on,
                     64: you are only charged for cards
                     65: that became visible since it was last turned on.
                     66: Thus the maximum cost of information is $34.
                     67: Playing time is charged at a rate of $1 per minute.
                     68: .PP
                     69: With no arguments, the program
                     70: .I cfscores
                     71: prints out the current status of your canfield account.
                     72: If a user name is specified,
                     73: it prints out the status of their canfield account.
                     74: If the
                     75: .B \-a
                     76: flag is specified,
                     77: it prints out the canfield accounts for all users that have
                     78: played the game since the database was set up.
                     79: .SH FILES
                     80: /usr/games/canfield    the game itself
                     81: .br
                     82: /usr/games/cfscores    the database printer
                     83: .br
                     84: /usr/games/lib/cfscores        the database of scores
                     85: .SH BUGS
                     86: It is impossible to cheat.
                     87: .SH AUTHORS
                     88: Originally written: Steve Levine
                     89: .br
                     90: Further random hacking by: Steve Feldman, Kirk McKusick, 
                     91: Mikey Olson, and Eric Allman.

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