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BOGGLE(6)							 BSD Games Manual							 BOGGLE(6)

NAME

     boggle -- word search game

SYNOPSIS

     boggle [-bd] [-s seed] [-t time] [-w length] [+ [+]] [boardspec]

DESCRIPTION

     The object of boggle is to find as many words as possible on the Boggle board within the three minute time limit.	A Boggle board is a four
     by four arrangement of Boggle cubes, each side of each cube displaying a letter of the alphabet or `qu'.  Words are formed by finding a
     sequence of cubes (letters) that are in the game's dictionary.  The (N+1)th cube in the word must be horizontally, vertically, or diagonally
     adjacent to the Nth cube.	Cubes cannot be reused.  Words consist solely of lower case letters and must be at least 3 letters long.

     Command line flags can be given to change the rules of the game.

     -b 	Run boggle in batch mode.  A boardspec must also be given.  The dictionary is read from stdin and a list of words appearing in
		boardspec is printed to stdout.

     -d 	Enable debugging output.

     -s seed	Specify a seed seed other than the time of day.

     -t time	Set the time limit for each game from the default 3 minutes to time seconds.

     -w length	Change the minimum word length from 3 letters to length.

     +		This flag allows a cube to be used multiple times, but not in succession.

     ++ 	This flag allows the same cubes to be considered adjacent to itself.

     boardspec	A starting board position can be specified on the command line by listing the board left to right and top to bottom.

     Help is available during play by typing '?'.  More detailed information on the game is given there.

BUGS

     If there are a great many words in the cube the final display of the words may scroll off of the screen.  (On a 25 line screen about 130
     words can be displayed.)

     No word can contain a 'q' that is not immediately followed by a 'u'.

     When using the + or ++ options the display of words found in the board doesn't indicate reused cubes.

AUTHOR

     Boggle is a trademark of Parker Brothers.

     Barry Brachman
     Dept. of Computer Science
     University of British Columbia

BSD
								   April 1, 2001							       BSD

XVIER(6)							   Games Manual 							  XVIER(6)

NAME

       xvier - a X11 board game.

SYNOPSIS

       xvier  [ -display displayname ] [ -geometry geometry ] [ -fn fontpattern ] [ -iconic ] [ -rows rows ] [ -columns columns ] [ -prog program-
       path ] [ -level levelnumber ]

DESCRIPTION

       Xvier is a board game where you and the computer alternately throw stones into free columns. The stones pile up in  the	columns,  and  the
       goal is to get four stones in a row, in a column or diagonally. You can choose various board sizes and levels of difficulty.

       During  the  game  you click with the mouse onto the column where you want to put your stone. Another possibility is a lower case letter in
       the range 'a' to 'm' (maximally) where 'a' is the left column. If you want to change the level of difficulty, you must  use  the  keyboard.
       Simply  type  the  number of the desired level. These levels correspond to the search depth of the game program. The meaning of the command
       line options and buttons is given below.

       While the game program computes a move, everything besides Change and Quit is blocked.

OPTIONS

       -display displayname
	      The X11 screen you want to use.

       -geometry geometry
	      The desired geometry of the game window.

       -fn fontpattern
	      A pattern describing the fonts which are used for the buttons and messages.  Xvier chooses the biggest font that fits into the  win-
	      dow. Therefore the pattern should describe different sizes of one font. The default is *-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal-*.

       -iconic
	      Start in iconic state.

       -rows rows
	      The number of rows of the board. The possible range is 4 to 13. The default is 6.

       -columns columns
	      The number of columns of the board. The possible range is 4 to 13. The default is 7.

       -prog programpath
	      The path of the game program.

       -level levelnumber
	      The level of difficulty to start with. The possible range is 0 to 9.  The default is 0.

BUTTONS

       The keyboard equivalents of the buttons are given in brackets.

       Quit ['q' or 'Q']   Finish the game.

       New ['n' or 'N']    Start a new game.

       Undo ['u' or 'U']   Undo one move.

       Start ['s' or 'S']  Let the computer begin with the first move. The board must be empty.

       Change ['C']	   Exchange the colours of your and the computer's stones.

AUTHOR

       Norbert Jung   jung@dia.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de

								   21 April 1992							  XVIER(6)