4.3BSD Monopoly

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                    BSD                              MONOP(6)
NAME
     monop - Monopoly game
SYNOPSIS
     /usr/games/monop
DESCRIPTION
     monop is reminiscent of the Parker Brothers game Monopoly for 1 to 9
     players.  The program assumes that the rules of Monopoly are known.  It
     follows the standard rules, with the exception that if a property goes up
     for auction and there are only two solvent players, no auction is held
     and the property remains unowned.

     The game, in effect, lends the player money, so it is possible to buy
     something which you cannot afford.  However, as soon as a person goes
     into debt, he must "fix the problem", (i.e., make himself solvent) before
     play can continue.  If this is not possible, the player's property
     reverts to his debtee (either a player or the bank).  A player can resign
     at any time to any person or the bank, which puts the property back on
     the board unowned.

     Any time that the expected response to a question is a string, (for
     instance, a name, place or person) you can type a question mark (?) to
     get a list of valid answers.  It is not possible to input a negative
     number, nor is it ever necessary.

COMMANDS
     quit    Quit the game.  Asks for confirmation.
     print   Print out the current board.  The columns have the following
             meanings:
               Name  The first ten characters of the name of the square
               Own   The player number of the owner of the property
               Price The cost of the property (if any)
               Mg    This field has an asterisk (*) in it if the property is
                     mortgaged
               #     If the property is a Utility or Railroad, this is the
                     number of such owned by the owner.  If the property is
                     land, this is the number of houses on it.
               Rent  Current rent on the property.  If it is not owned, there
                     is no rent.
     where   Tell where all the players are.  An asterisk (*) indicates the
             current player.
     own holdings
             List your own holdings (money, "get out of jail free" cards, and
             property).
     holdings
             Look at anyone's holdings.  The program will ask you whose
             holdings you wish to look at.  When you are finished, type
             "done".
     shell   Escape to a shell.  When the shell dies, the program continues
             where you left off.
     mortgage
             Display a list of mortgageable property.  Asks which you wish to
             mortgage.
     unmortgage
             Unmortgage mortgaged property.
     buy     Display a list of monopolies on which you can buy houses.  If
             there is more than one, asks you which you want to buy for, and
             then asks you how many for each piece of property, giving the
             current amount in parentheses after the property name.  If you
             build in an unbalanced manner (a disparity of more than one house
             within the same monopoly), asks you to re-enter values.
     sell    Display a list of monopolies from which you can sell houses.  It
             operates in a manner analogous to buy.
     card    Use a "get out of jail free" card.  Informs you if you're not in
             jail, or you don't have such a card.
     pay     Pay $50 to get out of jail,  whence you are put on the Just
             Visiting space.
     trade   Trade with another player.  Asks you whom you wish to trade with,
             and then asks you what each wishes to give up.  You can get a
             summary at the end, and, in all cases, it asks for confirmation
             of the trade before completing it.
     resign  Resign to another player or the bank.  If you resign to the bank,
             all property reverts to its virgin state, and "get out of jail
             free" cards revert to the deck.
     save    Save the current game in a file for later play.  You can continue
             play later on either by giving the save file's name as an
             argument to the monop command, or by using the restore command
             (see below).  Asks you which file you wish to save to; if the
             file exists, asks you to confirm that you wish to overwrite it.
     restore Read in a previously saved game from a file.  Leaves the file
             intact.
     roll    Roll the dice and move forward to your new location. If you
             simply press <RETURN> without entering a command, a roll is
             performed.