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   30: .\"     @(#)fish.6  8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
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   32: .Dd May 31, 1993
   33: .Dt FISH 6
   34: .Os
   35: .Sh NAME
   36: .Nm fish
   37: .Nd play
   38: .Dq Go Fish
   39: .Sh SYNOPSIS
   40: .Nm
   41: .Op Fl p
   42: .Sh DESCRIPTION
   43: .Nm
   44: is the game
   45: .Dq Go Fish ,
   46: a traditional children's card game.
   47: .Pp
   48: The computer deals the player and itself seven cards, and places
   49: the rest of the deck face-down (figuratively).
   50: The object of the game is to collect
   51: .Dq books ,
   52: or all of the members of a single rank.
   53: For example, collecting four 2's would give the player a
   54: .Dq book of 2's .
   55: .Pp
   56: The options are as follows:
   57: .Bl -tag -width indent
   58: .It Fl p
   59: Professional mode.
   60: .El
   61: .Pp
   62: The computer makes a random decision as to who gets to start the
   63: game, and then the computer and player take turns asking each other
   64: for cards of a specified rank.
   65: If the asked player has any cards of the requested rank, they give
   66: them up to the asking player.
   67: A player must have at least one of the cards of the rank they request
   68: in their hand.
   69: When a player asks for a rank of which the other player has no
   70: cards, the asker is told to
   71: .Dq Go Fish! .
   72: Then, the asker draws a card from the non-dealt cards.
   73: If they draw the card they asked for, they continue their turn, asking
   74: for more ranks from the other player.
   75: Otherwise, the other player gets a turn.
   76: .Pp
   77: When a player completes a book, either by getting cards from the
   78: other player or drawing from the deck, they set those cards aside and
   79: the rank is no longer in play.
   80: .Pp
   81: The game ends when either player no longer has any cards in their hand.
   82: The player with the most books wins.
   83: .Pp
   84: .Nm
   85: provides instructions as to what input it accepts.
   86: .Sh BUGS
   87: The computer cheats only rarely.