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@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +.\" Copyright (C) 2013 Ryan Kavanagh <rak@debian.org> +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products +.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, +.\" INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY +.\" AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL +.\" THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, +.\" EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, +.\" PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; +.\" OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, +.\" 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 +.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. |