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 col
lect ``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 oth - er 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.
- BSD May 31, 1993