
1: Welcome to the game of Hunt the Wumpus. 2: 3: The Wumpus typically lives in a cave of twenty rooms, with each room having 4: three tunnels connecting it to other rooms in the cavern. Caves may vary, 5: however, depending on options specified when starting the game. 6: 7: The game has the following hazards for intrepid adventurers to wind their 8: way through: 9: 10: Pits -- If you fall into one of the bottomless pits, you find yourself 11: slung back out on the far side of the Earth and in very poor 12: shape to continue your quest since you're dead. 13: 14: Bats -- As with any other cave, the Wumpus cave has bats in residence. 15: These are a bit more potent, however, and if you stumble into 16: one of their rooms they will rush up and carry you elsewhere in 17: the cave. 18: 19: Wumpus -- If you happen to walk into the room the Wumpus is in you'll find 20: that he has quite an appetite for young adventurous humans! Not 21: recommended. 22: 23: The Wumpus, by the way, is not bothered by the hazards since he has sucker 24: feet and is too big for a bat to lift. If you try to shoot him and miss, 25: there's also a chance that he'll up and move himself into another cave, 26: though by nature the Wumpus is a sedentary creature. 27: 28: Each turn you may either move or shoot a crooked arrow. Moving is done 29: simply by specifying "m" for move and the number of the room that you'd 30: like to move down a tunnel towards. Shooting is done similarly; indicate 31: that you'd like to shoot one of your magic arrows with an "s" for shoot, 32: then list a set of connected room numbers through which the deadly shaft 33: should fly! 34: 35: If your path for the arrow is incorrect, however, it will flail about in 36: the room it can't understand and randomly pick a tunnel to continue 37: through. You might just end up shooting yourself in the foot if you're 38: not careful! On the other hand, if you shoot the Wumpus you've WON! 39: 40: Good luck. 41: