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diff --git a/upstream/fedora-40/man6/cribbage.6 b/upstream/fedora-40/man6/cribbage.6 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9bfdf804 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/fedora-40/man6/cribbage.6 @@ -0,0 +1,186 @@ +.\" Automatically generated from cribbage/cribbage.6.in. Do not edit. +.\" $NetBSD: cribbage.6,v 1.11 2003/08/07 09:37:09 agc Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)cribbage.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93 +.\" +.Dd May 31, 1993 +.Dt CRIBBAGE 6 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm cribbage +.Nd the card game cribbage +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl eqr +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +plays the card game cribbage, with the program playing one hand +and the user the other. +The program will initially ask the user if the rules of the game are +needed \(en if so, it will print out the appropriate section from +.Em According to Hoyle +with +.Xr more 1 . +.Pp +.Nm +options include: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Fl e +When the player makes a mistake scoring his hand or crib, provide an +explanation of the correct score. +(This is especially useful for beginning players.) +.It Fl q +Print a shorter form of all messages \(en this is only recommended for +users who have played the game without specifying this option. +.It Fl r +Instead of asking the player to cut the deck, the program will randomly +cut the deck. +.El +.Pp +.Nm +first asks the player whether he wishes to play a short game ( +.Dq once around , +to 61) or a long game ( +.Dq twice around , +to 121). +A response of +.Sq Ic s +will result in a short game, any other response will play a long game. +.Pp +At the start of the first game, the program +asks the player to cut the deck to determine who gets the first crib. +The user should respond with a number between 0 and +51, indicating how many cards down the deck is to be cut. +The player who cuts the lower ranked card gets the first crib. +If more than one game is played, the +loser of the previous game gets the first crib in the current game. +.Pp +For each hand, the program first prints the player's hand, +whose crib it is, and then asks the player +to discard two cards into the crib. +The cards are prompted for one per line, and are typed as explained below. +.Pp +After discarding, the program cuts the deck (if it is the player's +crib) or asks the player to cut the deck (if it's its crib); in the latter +case, the appropriate response is a number from 0 to 39 indicating +how far down the remaining 40 cards are to be cut. +.Pp +After cutting the deck, play starts with the non-dealer (the person +who doesn't have the crib) leading the first card. +Play continues, as per cribbage, until all cards are exhausted. +The program keeps track of the scoring of all points and the total of +the cards on the table. +.Pp +After play, the hands are scored. +The program requests the player to +score his hand (and the crib, if it is his) by printing out the +appropriate cards (and the cut card enclosed in brackets). +Play continues until one player reaches the game limit (61 or 121). +.Pp +A carriage return when a numeric input is expected is equivalent +to typing the lowest legal value; when cutting the deck this +is equivalent to choosing the top card. +.Pp +Cards are specified as rank followed by suit. +The ranks may be specified +as one of: +.Sq a , +.Sq 2 , +.Sq 3 , +.Sq 4 , +.Sq 5 , +.Sq 6 , +.Sq 7 , +.Sq 8 , +.Sq 9 , +.Sq t , +.Sq j , +.Sq q , +and +.Sq k , +or alternatively, one of: +.Sq ace , +.Sq two , +.Sq three , +.Sq four , +.Sq five , +.Sq six , +.Sq seven , +.Sq eight , +.Sq nine , +.Sq ten , +.Sq jack , +.Sq queen , +and +.Sq king . +Suits may be specified as: +.Sq s , +.Sq h , +.Sq d , +and +.Sq c , +or alternatively as: +.Sq spades , +.Sq hearts , +.Sq diamonds , +and +.Sq clubs . +A card may be specified as: +.Dq Ao rank Ac \ Aq suit , +or: +.Dq Ao rank Ac of Aq suit . +If the single letter rank and suit designations are used, the space +separating the suit and rank may be left out. +Also, if only one card +of the desired rank is playable, typing the rank is sufficient. +For example, if your hand was +.Dq 2H, 4D, 5C, 6H, JC, and KD +and it was desired to discard the king of diamonds, any of +the following could be typed: +.Sq k , +.Sq king , +.Sq kd , +.Sq k d , +.Sq k of d , +.Sq king d , +.Sq king of d , +.Sq k diamonds , +.Sq k of diamonds , +.Sq king diamonds , +.Sq king of diamonds . +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/bsd-games//cribbage.instr -compact +.It Pa /usr/bin/cribbage +.It Pa /var/games//criblog +.It Pa /usr/share/bsd-games//cribbage.instr +.El +.Sh AUTHORS +Earl T. Cohen wrote the logic. +Ken Arnold added the screen oriented interface. |