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+.\" Copyright (C) 2013 Ryan Kavanagh <rak@debian.org>
+.\" All rights reserved.
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+.Dd February 18 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
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm nmm
+.Nd Nine Men's Morris
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm nmm
+.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
+placing pieces in attempt to form three in a row, except that players
+can additionally move their pieces and remove their opponents pieces.
+.Pp
+The board consists of positions connected with dashed lines, initially
+marked empty (E), but then filled with black (B) and white (W) pieces.
+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,
+e.g\&.
+.Sq a1
+or
+.Sq g7  .
+A mill can be formed by aligning three pieces along a dashed line, at
+which point an opponent's piece is removed. This piece is selected by
+entering its coordinates.
+.Pp
+.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,
+.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
+remaining.
+.Ss Phase 3
+The player with three pieces may move a piece to any empty
+location, e.g.
+.Sq a1g7
+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.
+.Sh EXIT STATUS
+.Ex
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.Sy nmm
+is Copyright \(co 2013
+.An Ryan Kavanagh
+.Aq Mt rak@debian.org
+and is distributed under a BSD-style license.
+.Sh BUGS
+None known.