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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

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GOMOKU(6)							 BSD Games Manual							 GOMOKU(6)

NAME

     gomoku -- game of 5 in a row

SYNOPSIS

     gomoku [-bcdu] [-D debugfile] [inputfile]

DESCRIPTION

     gomoku is a two player game where the object is to get 5 in a row horizontally, vertically or diagonally on a 19 by 19 grid.  By convention,
     black always moves first.	With no arguments, gomoku will display a playing board and prompt for moves from the user.  Valid moves are a let-
     ter for the column and a number for the row of an empty board location.  Entering ``quit" or ``resign" will end the game.	You can save the
     current state of the game by entering ``save" and supplying a file name when prompted.  The optional file inputfile can be used to restore a
     saved game.

     The options are:

     -b      This option sets background mode.	Input moves are read from standard input, the computer picks a move, and prints it to standard
	     output.  The first input line should be either ``black" or ``white" to specify whether gomoku has the first move or not respectively.
	     This option was intended for game tournaments where a referee program handles the board display and pits one program against another.

     -c      Computer versus computer.	gomoku will play a game against itself.  This is mostly used for testing.

     -d      Print debugging information.  Repeating this option more than once yields more detailed information.

     -D debugfile
	     Print the debug information to debugfile instead of to the standard output.

     -u      User versus user.	This is mostly used for testing.

AUTHOR

     Ralph Campbell

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

     The board display routines were based on the goref program written by Peter Langston.

BSD
								  August 4, 1994							       BSD

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