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authorMario Kilies <MarioKilies@GMX.net>2011-01-29 20:07:23 +0100
committerMario Kilies <MarioKilies@GMX.net>2011-01-29 20:07:23 +0100
commit1d4a0a4dc7e4de235212f5a7e06ba27326ad1c3e (patch)
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parent1dafa958514d881940a21d4aeba64b5eac5db0ee (diff)
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" Players can set their nickname with '-u name' or by setting the USER\n"
" environment variable.\n\n"
" HOW TO PLAY:\n\n"
-" Oxen is inspired by the card game \"6 nimmt!\".\n"
+" Oxen is inspired by the card game known as \"Take 6\" or \"6 nimmt!\".\n"
" It consists of a main stack with cards numbered from 1 to 104 and of 4 open\n"
-" table stacks that grow every round, but must not get larger than 5 cards.\n"
+" table stacks that grow every round, but must not get larger than 5 cards.\n\n"
+
" At the beginning of the game the main stack is shuffled and 4 cards are\n"
-" drawn which start 4 new table stacks. Then the first round starts.\n"
+" drawn which start 4 new table stacks. Then the first round starts.\n\n"
+
" In every round each player is dealt 10 cards (or less if there are not\n"
-" enough cards in the main stack). Every player chooses one card he wants\n"
-" to put on a table stack. When every player has selected their card, they\n"
-" are revealed to the others and they will be placed on table stack depending\n"
-" on their value (in ascending order, smallest card will be placed first).\n"
-" A card has to be placed on a stack where the upmost card is lower than\n"
-" itself. If there are multiple stacks with lower top cards, the one with\n"
-" the smallest difference to the selected card has to be used. If a stack\n"
-" contains 6 cards after placing a card on it, the player who chose the card\n"
-" has to take the stack without the top card and add them to his score\n"
-" (therefore the name \"6 nimmt\").\n"
-" If a card can not be placed on any table stack (because it is lower than\n"
-" the top cards of all stacks), the player can create a new stack with his\n"
-" chosen card by selecting a table stack and add its cards to his score.\n"
-" After placing the cards of all players, the next turn begins where the\n"
-" players select their cards.\n"
+" enough cards in the main stack, but the minimum is one card).\n"
+" Each player chooses one card he wants to put on a table stack. When each\n"
+" player has selected his card, the cards are revealed to all other players\n"
+" and will then automatically be placed on a table stack depending on their\n"
+" values (in ascending order; smallest card will be placed first).\n\n"
+
+" A selected card will be placed on a stack where the top card's number is\n"
+" lower than the selected card's number. If there are multiple stacks with\n"
+" lower top cards, the one with the smallest difference to the selected card\n"
+" has to be used.\n\n"
+
+" If a stack would contain 6 cards after placing a card on it, the player who\n"
+" chose the card has to replace the stack with his chosen card and add the\n"
+" number of diamonds of all the cards within the replaced stack to his score\n"
+" (therefore the name \"Take 6\" or \"6 nimmt\").\n\n"
+
+" If a card can not be placed on any table stack (because its number is lower\n"
+" than the top cards numbers of all stacks), the player can create a new\n"
+" stack with his chosen card by selecting a table stack and add its cards to\n"
+" his score. After placing the cards of all players, the next turn begins\n"
+" where the players select their cards.\n\n"
+
" When no hand cards are left, new cards are dealt from the main stack.\n"
-" The game ends when no more cards can be dealt to all players from the\n"
-" main stack. The player with the lowest score (negative points) will win\n"
+" The game ends when no more cards can be dealt to the players.\n"
+" The player with the lowest score (negative points) has won.\n"
"\n";
/**