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  4.  
  5. CadenzaCribbage(version1.9,May29,1988)
  6.  
  7.  
  8. HardwareRequirements
  9.  
  10. ThisprogramshouldrunonanyAtariSTcomputerwithamonochrome
  11. monitor.ThisprogramMAYrunoncolormonitorsinmedium
  12. resolution(pleaseseetheBugssectionbelow).
  14.  
  15. DistributionofthisProgram
  16.  
  17. SinceCadenzaCribbageispublicdomain,youmayfreelydistribute
  18. copiesoftheprogramtootherusers,usergroups,electronic
  19. bulletinboards,etc.
  20.  
  21.  
  22. TheRulesofCribbage
  23.  
  24. Preliminaries
  25.  
  26. Cribbageisatwoplayercardgame.Theplayerstaketurnsbeing
  27. thedealer.Cardsarevaluedasfollows:aceisworth1,number
  28. cardsareworththeirfacevalue,andtensandfacecardsare
  29. worth10.
  30.  
  31. TheDeal
  32.  
  33. Whenthegamebegins,thedealerfirstdealssixcardstoboth
  34. players.Theneachplayerselectstwocardsfromhis/herhand,
  35. andplacesthemfacedowninapilecalledthecrib.Afterthe
  36. cribisformed,thedealercutstherestofthepack,andturnsup
  37. thetopcardofthelowerportion.Thiscardiscalledthe
  38. starter.Ifthestarterisajack,thedealerscorestwopoints
  39. "forhisheels".
  40.  
  41. Play
  42.  
  43. Afterthedealisfinishedandthecribisformed,andthestarter
  44. isturnedupplayersalternatelyplayonecard,withthenon-
  45. dealerplayingfirst.Thiscontinuesuntilaplayer,during
  46. his/herturneithercannotplaywithoutmakingthetotalofthe
  47. playedcardsgreaterthan31orissimplyoutofcards.
  48.  
  49. Atthispoint,iftheplayerisnotoutofcardstheplayermust
  50. say"go",andtheplayer'sopponentscores1.Afterthegois
  51. called,theplayerwhosaid"go"leadsforanotherseriesof
  52. plays.Thecountstartsatzeroagain,andasalways,thetotal
  53. oftheplayedcardscannotexceed31.
  54.  
  55.  
  56.  
  57.  
  58. Whenaplayersays"go",thatplayer'sopponentmustplayuntil
  59. he/sheisoutofcards,orhasnocardthatwouldnotmakethe
  60. totaloftheplayedcardsgreaterthan31.Consequently,this
  61. playercouldplaymorethanonecard.
  62.  
  63. Ifaplayercannotplaybecausehe/shehasnocards,theother
  64. playerplaysouthis/herhand,butisnotgivenanyadditional
  65. score.Astheplayerplaysouthis/herhand,ifthetotalofthe
  66. playedcardswouldexceed31,theplayedcardsaremovedawayand
  67. thecountstartsatzeroagain.
  68.  
  69.  
  70. Scoring
  71.  
  72. Scoringisdoneduringplay(seeScoringInPlay),andalso
  73. immediatelyafterplayceases(seeShowing).
  74.  
  75.  
  76. ScoringInPlay
  77.  
  78. Whenaplayersays"go",theotherplayerscores1.
  79.  
  80. 31
  81.  
  82. Aplayerscores2forbringingthetotaloftheplayedcardsto
  83. exactly31.
  84.  
  85. LastCard
  86.  
  87. Aplayerreceives1forplayingthelastcard,or2ifthisbrings
  88. thetotalofplayedcardstoexactly31.
  89.  
  90. 15s
  91.  
  92. Aplayerreceives2forbringingthetotaloftheplayedcardsto
  93. exactly15.
  94.  
  95. Pairs
  96.  
  97. Ifaplayerplaysacardofthesamerankasthecardplayed
  98. immediatelybefore(i.e.iftheplayerformsapair),theplayer
  99. scores2.Iftheplayerplaysacardofrankequaltotheranks
  100. ofthepreviouslyplayed2cards,he/shescores6.Iftheplayer
  101. playsacardofrankequaltotheranksofthepreviouslyplayed3
  102. cards,theplayerreceivesascoreof12.(Notethatrankshould
  103. notbeconfusedwithvalue:10andKingareofequalvaluebut
  104. differentranks).
  105.  
  106.  
  107.  
  108.  
  109.  
  110.  
  111.  
  112. Runs
  113.  
  114. Ifaplayerplaysacardthatresultsinarunoflengthgreater
  115. than2,theplayerreceivesascoreequaltothenumberofcards
  116. intherun.Thecardsintherunneednotbeordered,butthere
  117. maynotbeany"foreign"cardsinthemiddleoftherun.For
  118. example,theplayerscores3forthefollowing:
  119.  
  120. A3576(5,7,&6forma3-run)
  121.  
  122. Andthefollowingisnotarun:
  123.  
  124. 5J67(theJackisforeign,sothe5,6,&7donotformarun)
  125.  
  126. Showing
  127.  
  128. Afterplayiscomplete,eachplayerturnsallofhis/hercards
  129. faceup,thecribisturnedup,andadditionalscoringisdonefor
  130. eachplayer.Thisprocessiscalled"showing".Cardsareshown
  131. inthefollowingorder:non-dealer'shand,dealer'shand,andcrib
  132. (whichbelongstothedealer).Foreachhand(dealer's,non-
  133. dealer's,andcrib)thestarterformsafifthcard).Thedealer
  134. receivesthescoreforthecrib.
  135.  
  136. 15
  137.  
  138. Eachcombinationof15scores2points.Forexample:
  139.  
  140. Player'sHand       Starter
  141.  
  142. A783             7
  143.  
  144. Theplayerintheaboveexamplehas2fifteens:
  145.  
  146. 1:   7&8bothfromplayer'shand
  147. 2:   8fromplayer'shandand7(starter)
  148.  
  149. Forthetwofifteens,theplayerscores4.
  150.  
  151. Pairs
  152.  
  153. Aplayerscores2foreachpair,6foreach3ofakind,and12
  154. foreach4ofakind.Forexample:
  155.  
  156. Player'sHand       Starter
  157.  
  158. 4555             3
  159.  
  160. Intheaboveexample,theplayerreceives6forthe3ofakind
  161. (i.e.the35's).Theplayerdoesnothaveanypairs(the3ofa
  162. kindcannotbesplittoformpairs).Iftheplayerhad4ofa
  163. kind,itcouldnotbespliteither.
  164.  
  165.  
  166. Runs
  167.  
  168. Foreachcombinationthataplayerhasthatformsarunoflength
  169. 3ormore,theplayerscoresthelengthoftherun.Forexample:
  170.  
  171. Player'sHand       Starter
  172.  
  173. A237             2
  174.  
  175. Intheaboveexample,theplayerhastwo3-runs:
  176.  
  177. 1:   A23   (allcardsfromplayer'shand)
  178. 2:   A23   (usingthestarter)
  179.  
  180. Theplayerthenreceives6:3foreither3-run.
  181.  
  182. Flush
  183.  
  184. Iftheplayerhas4cardsofthesamesuitinhis/herhand(not
  185. includingthecribandstarter),theplayerreceives4.Ifthe
  186. starterisalsoofthesamesuit,theplayerreceives5.Ifthe
  187. cribandstarterareallofthesamesuit,theplayerreceives5.
  188.  
  189. HisNobs
  190.  
  191. Ifaplayerhasajackwiththesamesuitasthestarter,the
  192. playerscores1for"hisnobs".
  193.  
  194. GameLength
  195.  
  196. Thegamecanbeplayed"oncearound"or"twicearound."Ifthe
  197. gameisplayedoncearound,playcontinuesuntiloneplayer
  198. achievesascoreof61ormore.Ifthegameisplayedtwice
  199. around(asismostoftenthecase),playceaseswhenaplayergets
  200. ascoreof121orgreater.
  201.  
  202. Lurch
  203.  
  204. Ifthegameisplayedoncearoundandtheloserreceivesascore
  205. lessthan31,thatplayeris"lurched",andthewinnerreceivesan
  206. additionalgamescore.Ifthegameisplayedtwicearoundandthe
  207. loserreceivesascorelessthan61,thewinnerisgivenan
  208. additionalgamescoreforthelurch.
  209.  
  210.  
  211.  
  212.  
  213.  
  214.  
  215.  
  216.  
  217.  
  218.  
  219.  
  220. AdditionalInformationaboutCribbage
  221.  
  222. Thefollowingtextswillprovideadditionalinformationaboutthe
  223. strategyofCribbage:
  224.  
  225. Hoyle'sModernEncyclopediaofCardGames(HighlyRecommended)
  226. WalterB.Gibson
  227. DolphinBooks,DoubledayandCo.,Inc.,GardenCity,NewYork
  228. ISBN0-385-07680-0
  229.  
  230. Hoyle'sRulesofGames,SecondRevisedEdition
  231. AlbertH.MoreheadandGeoffreyMott-Smith
  232. SignetNewAmericanLibrary,NALPenguin,Inc.,NewYork
  233. ISBN0-451-14842-8
  234.  
  235.  
  236. RunningtheProgram
  237.  
  238. Oncetheprogramhasbeenstartedyouarereadytoplay.However,
  239. therearemenusthatwillallowyoutosetthelengthofthegame,
  240. disableorenablex-rayvision,andstartanewgameorquitthe
  241. program.Menuoptionscanbechangedbeforethestartofanygame
  242. (notjustbeforethefirstgame).Menuoptionsanddesk
  243. accessoriescannotbeaccessedinthemiddleofagame,however.
  244.  
  245. TheGameLengthMenu
  246.  
  247. Thismenuallowsyoutoplayagameto121(twicearound)orto61
  248. (oncearound).Bydefaultthegamewillgoto121.
  249.  
  250.  
  251. TheX-RayVisionMenu
  252.  
  253. LikeSuperman,youmaychoosetohavex-rayvisionwhichwill
  254. allowyoutoseeallofyouropponent'scards.Thisfeatureis
  255. disabledbydefault.
  256.  
  257.  
  258. TheWhoPlays?Menu
  259.  
  260. Bydefaultyouplaythecomputer.However,ifyoueverwantto
  261. watchthecomputerplayitself,selectthe"Iplayforyou"
  262. submenu.Thecomputerwillplayitselfuntilyoupressthe<UNDO>
  263. key.
  264.  
  265.  
  266. TheStart/StopMenu
  267.  
  268. Whenyouarereadytoplayagame(afterthemenuoptionsareto
  269. yourliking),selecttheStartNewGamesubmenu.Whenyouwantto
  270. quittheprogram,selecttheQuitProgramsubmenu.
  271.  
  272.  
  273.  
  274. ScreenLayoutandCardSelection
  275.  
  276. Youandthecomputerwilltaketurnsbeingthedealer,butthe
  277. computerisalwaysthedealerforthefirsthandofagame.The
  278. scoreboardisdisplayedasfollows:
  279.  
  280. Me:<gameswon>/<currentscore>You:<gameswon>/<currentscore>
  281. RT:<runningtotalofplayedcards>
  282.  
  283. Throughouttheprogram,thecomputerisreferredtoas"I",and
  284. thehumanplayeras"you".
  285.  
  286. Toselectacard,placethemousearrowontopofthedesired
  287. cardandthenpressandreleasetheleftmousebutton.Whenyou
  288. playagivencard,itisturnedover.Ifyouattempttoplaya
  289. cardthatcannotlegallybeplayed,thecomputer'sbellwill
  290. sound,andyouwillhavetochooseanothercardtoplay.
  291.  
  292. Thecomputer'scardsaredrawnintheuppermostrowonthescreen,
  293. andyourcardsaredrawnimmediatelybelowthem.Thecribis
  294. drawninarowbelowthecomputer'scards,andthestarteris
  295. drawnbelowthecrib,andtotheright.Ascardsareplayed,they
  296. aredrawnonthebottomofthescreenfromlefttoright.The
  297. humanplayer'scardsaredrawnwithsolidborders,andthe
  298. computer'scardshavedottedborders.
  299.  
  300. QuittingintheMiddleofaGame
  301.  
  302. YoucanquitinthemiddleofagamebypressingtheUNDOkey.
  303. However,afteryoupressUNDOplaywillnotendimmediately-if
  304. youareinthemiddleofplayingahand,playwillcontinueuntil
  305. thathandiscompletelyfinished.PressingtheUNDOwillonly
  306. allowyoutoquitthecurrentgame.Ifyouwanttoquitthe
  307. program,selecttheQuitProgrammenuoptionafteryouhavequit
  308. thecurrentgame.
  309.  
  310.  
  311. Payment
  312.  
  313. Ifyoulikethisprogram,pleasesend$5.00UStothefollowing
  314. address:
  315.  
  316. EricBergman-Terrell
  317. CadenzaSoftware,Ltd.
  318. 1450West116thAvenue,#21
  319. Westminster,CO80234
  320. U.S.A.
  321.  
  322. For$10.00+$2.00postageyoumayorderadiskcontainingthe
  323. completesourcecodeforthisprogram,writteninOSSPersonal
  324. Pascalversion2.0.
  325.  
  326.  
  327.  
  328. Youmaywritetothesameaddresstoreportbugs,request
  329. additionalinformation,suggestimprovementsintheprogram,etc.
  330. Ifyouwantareply,pleaseincludereturnpostage(2IRCsfor
  331. thoseoutsidetheU.S.A.).
  332.  
  333.  
  334. Bugs:
  335.  
  336. Whenthecomputerplaysthelastcard,andthisbringsthetotal
  337. oftheplayedcardsto31,theuserisobligedtopresstheleft
  338. mousebuttontwice,ratherthanjustonce.
  339.  
  340. Thisprogramfrequentlyerasesandredrawsthescreen.This
  341. maycauseproblemswithsomedeskaccessories.
  342.  
  343. Sincethisprogramwasdevelopedonamonochromesystem,theremay
  344. besomebugswhenitisrunonacolormonitor.
  345.  
  346.  
  347. Enjoytheprogram!
  348.  
  349.