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author | Ryan Kavanagh <rak@debian.org> | 2013-03-07 16:41:02 -0500 |
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committer | Ryan Kavanagh <rak@debian.org> | 2013-03-07 17:54:42 -0500 |
commit | b1d02164f2fc3993004b28c17ca6f1fb79998431 (patch) | |
tree | e52214a0d5d3ee8e8c094975ae77cf17f3a6ddda /nmm.6 | |
parent | Add install targets to Makefile (diff) |
Release nmm version 1.0~beta11.0_beta1
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@@ -22,16 +22,20 @@ .\" 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. -.Dd February 18 2013 +.Dd March 07 2013 .Dt NMM 6 .\" Bad bad bad, I know, the .Os field is supposed to specify the OS .\" and its version, not the command and its version. -.Os nmm 0.1 +.Os nmm 1.0~beta1 .Sh NAME -.Nm nmm -.Nd Nine Men's Morris +.Nm nmm , +.Nm tmm , +.Nm twmm +.Nd Nine, Three, and Twelve Men's Morris .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm nmm +.Nm tmm +.Nm twmm .Sh DESCRIPTION Nine Men's Morris is an ancient board game, alleged to have been played by the Romans. Gameplay is similar to Tic-Tac-Toe, with users @@ -44,7 +48,8 @@ Players place, move, and remove pieces, and the winner is the first to reduce the opponent to 2 pieces. Gameplay is split into three phases. .Ss Phase 1 Users alternatingly place a piece on the board, until each player has -placed 7 pieces. The location is selected by entering its coordinates, +placed 3 (tmm), 9 (nmm), or 12 (twmm) pieces. The location is selected +by entering its coordinates, e.g\&. .Sq a1 or @@ -56,13 +61,16 @@ entering its coordinates. .Ss Phase 2 Users alternatingly slide one of their pieces along dashed line to an adjacent empty position. The piece is selected by entering its -coordinates and its direction is chosen from n s e w, for North, -South, East, West. For example, +coordinates and its direction is chosen from n s e w ne nw se sw, for +North, South, East, West, North East, North West, South East, South +West (ne\(emsw are only available in twmm). Note that to move in a +direction, there must be a dashed line emanating from the piece in +that direction. For example, .Sq a1n moves the piece at a1 north, -.Sq g7s -moves the piece at g7 south. Mills are formed and pieces removed as in -phase 1. Phase 2 continues until one player only has 3 pieces +.Sq g7sw +moves the piece at g7 south west. Mills are formed and pieces removed +as in phase 1. Phase 2 continues until one player only has 3 pieces remaining. .Ss Phase 3 The player with three pieces may move a piece to any empty @@ -71,6 +79,12 @@ location, e.g. moves the piece at a1 to location g7. The player with more than three pieces moves as in Phase 2. The first player to reduce the opponent to two pieces wins. +.Ss During game play +Press +.Sq \? +at any time to display instructions. Press +.Sq q +to quit. .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex .Sh AUTHORS |