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@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +.TH battleship 1 +.SH NAME +bts, btsd \- multi-user on-line battleship (sink the fleet) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B games/bts +[ +.B -d +] +.I dialstring +.br +.B games/btsd +[ +.B -d +] +[ +.B -a +.I addr +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I bts +and +.I btsd +are the client and server for a multi-user, on-line version of +.IR Battleship , +the strategy and guessing board game. It's based on Milton Bradley's +1990 release, but without the player having to disclose the kind of +ship the opponent hits. +.PP +The +.I -d +flag enables debugging for both programs. You can change the server's +announce address with +.IR -a , +which by default is tcp!*!3047. +.SH PLAYING +First each player lays their fleet on their +.I local +board. +.PP +Then the battle will begin, and each player has a turn to try and +figure out their opponent's fleet layout, by taking a shot at any +coordinate in the +.I target +board. +.PP +There's no timeout, so players can take as long as they want to fire a +shot. Use this to deploy your PSYOP skills. +.PP +The first player to find and sink the enemy fleet wins. If you quit +or disconnect, you lose. +.SH SOURCE +.B /sys/src/games/battleship +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR games (1) +.br +battleship.pdf, +.I +Milton Bradley Company, 1990. +.SH BUGS +What are bugs? turns out it's a complicated question. +.SH HISTORY +Battleship first appeared in 9front on September, 2023. @@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ HFILES=\ </sys/src/cmd/mkmany -install:V: man +ohman:V: + cp bts.man $MAN/battleship + +install:V: ohman uninstall:V: - for(i in $TARG){ + for(i in $TARG) rm -f $BIN/$i - rm -f $MAN/$i - } + rm -f $MAN/battleship |