JESTER(6)							   Games Manual 							 JESTER(6)

NAME

       jester - an X-based game similar to Othello(tm)

SYNOPSIS

       jester [{-display, -d, --display} display] [{-h, -help, --help}] [-2players] [-ai {white, black}]

DESCRIPTION

       jester  is  an X-based game similar to the board game Othello.  jester allows you to waste hours of otherwise productive time that could be
       spent playing Solitaire instead.

GAME PLAY

       There are two players, one playing the white pieces, the other playing the black pieces.  Each player takes turns placing a piece of his or
       her  color on an 8x8 board.  Each piece must be placed so as to bracket a line of the opponent's pieces between two of the current player's
       pieces.	When this happens, the opponent's pieces are replaced by pieces of the current player's color.

       When the cursor is over a square that it is legal for the current player to play in, the cursor will change to a pointing  hand.   A  small
       rectangle in the upper right side of the window shows the color of the current player.

       The  game ends when a player cannot make a move, either because the board is full or because the position of the pieces makes it impossible
       to make a move.	At this point, the player with the most pieces on the board is the winner.  You will be offered the option of  starting  a
       new game.

       You may exit at any time by clicking the "Exit" button.

   OPTIONS
       -d, -display, --display display
	      Display on display.

       -h, -help, --help
	      Print a help message and exit.

       -2players
	      Play against another person at the same console.

       -ai {white, black}
	      Tell the computer which side to play.  The default behavior is equivalent to -ai black.

ENVIRONMENT

       jester uses the environment variable "DISPLAY" as the default display.  This can be overridden on the command line.

BUGS

       None known...

AUTHOR

       Matt Grossman <mattg@oz.net>

5/16/1998							    jester 1.0								 JESTER(6)