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1.1     ! root        1: .TH CARDS 6
        !             2: .CT 1 games
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: canfield, fish \- card games
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B /usr/games/fish
        !             7: .PP
        !             8: .B /usr/games/canfield
        !             9: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            10: .PP
        !            11: The object of the children's card game
        !            12: .I fish
        !            13: is to accumulate `books' of 4 cards of equal rank.
        !            14: At each turn one player
        !            15: selects a card from his hand, and asks the other player for
        !            16: all cards of that rank.
        !            17: If the other player has some, he hands them all over
        !            18: and the first player makes another request.
        !            19: The turn ends when
        !            20: the second player has no card of the rank requested;
        !            21: he replies, `Go fish!'
        !            22: The first
        !            23: player then draws a card from the `pool' of undealt cards.
        !            24: If this is the card he had last requested, he draws again.
        !            25: .PP
        !            26: The ranks are called 
        !            27: .LR a ,
        !            28: .LR 2 ,
        !            29: \&...,
        !            30: .LR 10 , 
        !            31: .LR j ,
        !            32: .LR q ,
        !            33: .LR k .
        !            34: Hitting
        !            35: return requests information about the state of the game.
        !            36: Typing 
        !            37: .L p
        !            38: as a first
        !            39: guess gets `pro' level play.
        !            40: .PP
        !            41: .I Canfield
        !            42: is a solitaire game.
        !            43: It requires a cursor-addressed terminal.

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