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FISH(6) 			   Games Manual 			 FISH(6)

NAME
     fish -- play "Go Fish"

SYNOPSIS
     fish [-p]

DESCRIPTION
     fish is the game "Go Fish", a traditional children's card game.

     The  computer  deals the player and itself seven cards, and places the rest
     of the deck face-down (figuratively).  The object of the game is to collect
     "books", or all of the members of a single rank.  For  example,  collecting
     four 2's would give the player a "book of 2's".

     The options are as follows:

     -p  Professional mode.

     The  computer makes a random decision as to who gets to start the game, and
     then the computer and player take turns asking each other for  cards  of  a
     specified	rank.	If the asked player has any cards of the requested rank,
     they give them up to the asking player.  A player must have at least one of
     the cards of the rank they request in their hand.	When a player asks for a
     rank of which the other player has no cards,  the	asker  is  told  to  "Go
     Fish!".   Then,  the  asker draws a card from the non-dealt cards.  If they
     draw the card they asked for, they continue their	turn,  asking  for  more
     ranks from the other player.  Otherwise, the other player gets a turn.

     When  a  player  completes  a  book, either by getting cards from the other
     player or drawing from the deck, they set those cards aside and the rank is
     no longer in play.

     The game ends when either player no longer has any  cards	in  their  hand.
     The player with the most books wins.

     fish provides instructions as to what input it accepts.

BUGS
     The computer cheats only rarely.

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly	  May 31, 1993				 FISH(6)

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