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NAME
pig - Hearts-like card game
SYNOPSIS
pig [-option ...]
DESCRIPTION
Pig is a card game similar to Hearts, derived from Chinese card game
Gong3Zhu1 (pig-driving). It allows four players at different locations
to play a card game simultaneously. The game is started by one player
who has the xhost access permissions guaranteed by other players.
During the game, players can communicate among themselves using a
simple talk window. Conversations between two players are open to
others.
The objective of the game is to avoid getting positive scores and try
to collect negative scores. Pig (Black Queen) and all the Hearts
bigger than four are assigned positive scores, while Sheep (Diamond
Jack) is assigned a negative score. Transformer (Club Ten) will
double the scores accumulated in one hand. Score assignments are:
positive:
Heart Two : 0
Heart Three : 0
Heart Four : 0
Heart Five : +10
Heart Six : +10
Heart Seven : +10
Heart Eight : +10
Heart Nine : +10
Heart Ten : +10
Heart Jack : +20
Heart Queen : +30
Heart King : +40
Heart Ace : +50
Pig (Black Jack): +100
negative:
Sheep (Diamond Jack): -100
doubler:
Transformer (Club Ten): doubles total score
The total score for all the Hearts is +200. Once one player's score
accumulated from all the hands played reaches +1000 the game is over.
To make the game more exciting, Pig, Sheep, Heart Ace, and Transformer
can be shown before one hand starts. Pig will have +200 after shown
and Sheep will have -200. Showing Heart Ace will double all the Heart
scores. Transformer becomes a quadrupler after shown.
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There are a few exceptions:
(1) if a player collects all the Hearts (including ones without
score), the score associated with all the Hearts becomes -200;
(2) if a player collects Transformer alone at the end of a hand, the
score with it will be -50 or -100 if shown.
(3) if a player collects all the Hearts (including ones without
score), plus Pig, Sheep, and Transformer, all other players will be
considered lost and a new game will start.
The game requires more thinking when played in pair and is more fun.
OPTIONS
-n1 name1
specify player1's name (default: player1)
-n2 name2
specify player2's name (default: player2)
-n3 name3
specify player3's name (default: player3)
-n4 name4
specify player4's name (default: player4)
-d1 host1:display1[.screen1]
specify player1's display name (default specified by the
DISPLAY environment variable)
-d2 host2:display2[.screen2]
specify player2's display name (default specified by the
DISPLAY environment variable)
-d3 host3:display3[.screen3]
specify player3's display name (default specified by the
DISPLAY environment variable)
-d4 host4:display4[.screen4]
specify player4's display name (default specified by the
DISPLAY environment variable)
-iconic start game with the windows as icons
-noshow disable score doubling by skipping the card showing
-pair play game in pair
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-bell loudness
specify bell loudness from 0 (no sound) to 100 (loudest)
ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY To get the default host, display number, and screen for all
the players' screens
SEE ALSO
X(1)
BUGS
There are fixed number of players, and computer does not play.
AUTHOR
Yanan Yin
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