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- Sabacc FAQ
- Version 1.0 - 7/14/95
- by David Sanborn
- dasanbor@mailbox.syr.edu
- http://web.syr.edu/~dasanbor
-
-
-
- _--= CONTENTS =--_
-
-
- PART 1: General Sabacc Questions
-
- Q1.) What is Sabacc?
- Q2.) Where can I get...
- Q2A.) Rules for Sabacc?
- Q2B.) An actual deck of Sabacc cards?
- Q2C.) A Sabacc computer game?
-
-
- PART 2: Sabacc Home Page Questions
-
- Q3.) What is the Sabacc Home Page?
- Q4.) What is the URL of the Sabacc Home Page?
- Q5.) Why wasn't <Feature X> put into the Sabacc Home Page?
- Q6.) Can I get copies of the graphics used in the Sabacc Home Page?
-
-
- PART 3: Sabacc for Windows Questions
-
- Q7.) What is Sabacc for Windows?
- Q8.) Where can I get Sabacc for Windows?
- Q9.) Why isn't there a betting system in Sabacc for Windows, like there is in the Star Wars
- books?
- Q10.) Why wasn't "Random Sabacc" included as a game variant in Sabacc for Windows?
- Q11.) Can I get copies of the graphics used in Sabacc for Windows?
-
-
- PART 4: Internet Sabacc Questions
-
- Q12.) What is Internet Sabacc?
- Q13.) What platforms will Internet Sabacc be available for?
- Q14.) When will Internet Sabacc be available?
- Q15.) What if you don't have a SLIP/PPP connection, or a direct connection? Can you still play
- Internet Sabacc?
- Q16.) Will Internet Sabacc include <Feature X>?
-
-
-
- _--= Q&A PART 1: GENERAL SABACC QUESTIONS =--_
-
-
- Q1.) What is Sabacc?
- A1.) Sabacc is a fictional card game played in the casinos and cantinas of the Star Wars
- Universe. It was in a game of Sabacc that Han Solo originally won the Millenium Falcon
- from Lando Calrissian (and if you go by the Anderson trilogy of Star Wars novels, lost
- again to him, won back, etc. etc. ad nauseum). In the game, each player gets four cards.
- Electronic pulses generated by the Sabacc table randomize the values shown on each card's
- face (aka shuffling). When the hands are finished being "dealt" players take turns choosing
- which cards to discard, and which to keep, with the object of the game to have a hand worth
- 23 points.
-
- Q2.) Where can I get...
- Q2A.) Rules for Sabacc?
- A2A.) It all depends on which rules you want. West End Games has published the "official"
- rules for Sabacc in both the "Heir to the Empire Sourcebook", and the adventure
- module "Crisis at Cloud City". An entirely seperate set of rules (different in some
- aspects) has been written by Dagobah@delphi.com. As of a month ago, however,
- the author of this FAQ was not able to reach Dagobah at that address. Dagobah's
- rules can always be found on The Sabacc Home Page (http://web.syr.edu/~dasanbor).
-
- Q2B.) An actual deck of Sabacc cards?
- A2B.) West End Game's "Crisis at Cloud City" adventure module includes a deck of
- Sabacc cards. As of this writing, WEG is the only producer of such a deck.
-
- Q2C.) A Sabacc computer game?
- A2C.) The Sabacc Home Page (http://web.syr.edu/~dasanbor), a little invention of mine,
- has a playable Web version of Sabacc online. The game uses the Dagobah rule
- system.
- Sabacc for Windows is another program I cooked up, for playing Sabacc on your
- home PC. You can download it from either The Star Wars Archive at WPI
- (ftp://wpi.wpi.edu/starwars/Computer_Games/misc), or The Sabacc Home Page.
- As far as I know, these are the only computerized versions of Sabacc currently
- available. If someone finds out otherwise, let me know for inclusion into the next
- version of the FAQ.
-
-
-
- _--= Q&A PART 2: SABACC HOME PAGE QUESTIONS =--_
-
-
- Q3.) What is the Sabacc Home Page?
- A3.) As I mentioned earlier, The Sabacc Home Page is a page on the World Wide Web
- written by myself. It contains Dagobah's Sabacc rules, links to other Star Wars web sites,
- and best of all, a playable online version of the game itself. All you need to access it is
- a Web browser (Netscape 1.1 is preferred) and either a direct connection to the Internet,
- or a SLIP/PPP connection.
-
- Q4.) What is the URL of the Sabacc Home Page?
- A4.) The URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the Sabacc Home Page is:
- http:// web.syr.edu/~dasanbor
-
- Q5.) Why wasn't <Feature X> put into the Sabacc Home Page?
- A5.) The Sabacc Home Page was my first attempt at programming both CGI scripts in C, and
- HTML code. Between a hectic class and work schedule, I managed to get the thing
- programmed and working, and even managed to throw in a few upgrades to it. If a feature
- wasn't included it was because of one or more of the following:
-
- 1.) Given the constraints of CGI/HTML is would have been next to impossible.
- (re: Random Sabacc)
- 2.) Given the constraints of CGI/HTML it would have been a lot more work for me.
- (re: creating a betting system, as opposed to a point system, and having to store
- amounts of money and names in a database)
- 3.) I just didn't have the time and/or think of it.
-
- Q6.) Can I get copies of the graphics used in the Sabacc Home Page?
- A6.) No, sorry. I make it a habit not to just give out the graphics to anyone.
-
- _--= Q&A PART 3: SABACC FOR WINDOWS QUESTIONS =--_
-
- Q7.) What is Sabacc for Windows?
- A7.) Sabacc for Windows is another program written by myself, for playing Sabacc on your
- home PC. It's very similar to the online version available at the Sabacc Home Page,
- except that it's more streamlined for Windows. In addition, two rule variants are included
- with Sabacc for Windows that cannot be found at the Home Page: Old Republic rules and
- Mos Eisley rules.
-
- Q8.) Where can I get Sabacc for Windows?
- A8.) As stated before, Sabacc for Windows can be downloaded directly from the Sabacc Home
- Page (http://web.syr.edu/~dasanbor), and The Star Wars Archive at WPI (ftp://wpi.wpi.edu/
- starwars/Computer_Games/misc). It is also posted to the rec.arts.sf.starwars.games
- newsgroup in uuencoded form whenever a new version comes out. The filename in all
- cases will be "WINSABxx.ZIP", where xx is the version number.
-
- Q9.) Why isn't there a betting system in Sabacc for Windows, like there is in the Star Wars
- books?
- A9.) Although a betting system would have been much easier to implement in Sabacc for
- Windows than it would have for the Sabacc Home Page, I did not include one. Don't
- ask me why I didn't, but rest assured, a future version of Sabacc for Windows will
- include an optional betting system.
-
- Q10.) Why wasn't "Random Sabacc" included as a game variant in Sabacc for Windows?
- A10.) See the answer to Q8. Basically, I didn't think to add it, wanting to focus my attention
- on major pieces of the game itself. This _was_ my first time programming under
- Windows after all.
-
- Q11.) Can I get copies of the graphics used in Sabacc for Windows?
- A11.) No. See Q6.
-
-
-
- _--= Q&A PART 4: INTERNET SABACC QUESTIONS =--_
-
-
- Q12.) What is Internet Sabacc?
- A12.) Internet Sabacc will be the next incarnation of the Sabacc games I have written; a
- a client/server game, available for most major platforms, which would allow people
- from all over the world to connect with a remote I-Sabacc server, and play multi-
- player Sabacc over the Internet.
-
- Q13.) What platforms will Internet Sabacc be available for?
- A13.) Initially, a compilable UNIX server will be released, as well as a Windows client program.
- After that, I have yet to decide whether I will release the Windows client code to other
- programmers so that they too may write clients for other systems, or whether I will write
- them myself. Either way, expect X-Window and Macintosh clients to follow soon after.
-
- Q14.) When will Internet Sabacc be available?
- A14.) Between getting out of my Junior year with my scholarships still intact, and holding down
- a full-time job, I'm estimating Summer, 96'. The Sabacc Home Page's news section will
- keep you updated on my progress.
-
- Q15.) What if you don't have a SLIP/PPP connection, or a direct connection? Can you still play
- Internet Sabacc?
- A15.) Probably not. However, future versions of Sabacc for Windows may include a modem
- option to allow two players the chance to compete head to head.
-
- Q16.) Will Internet Sabacc include <Feature X>?
- A16.) Internet Sabacc will include every feature short of the ability to use the Falcon as a
- gambling chip. (Although that sounds like an awfully good idea... :-)
-
-
-
- _--= MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION =--_
-
- To contact me, (the author of this FAQ) send e-mail to dasanbor@mailbox.syr.edu
- Sabacc is a registered trademark of Lucasfilm LTD, all rights reserved.
-