GOFISH(6)                        Games Manual                        GOFISH(6)

NAME
     gofish - play "Go Fish"

DESCRIPTION
     gofish is the game "Go Fish", a traditional children's card game.

     The computer deals the player and itself seven cards, and places the rest
     of the deck face-down (figuratively).  The object of the game is to
     collect "books", or all of the members of a single rank.  For example,
     collecting four 2's would give the player a "book of 2's".

     The computer makes a random decision as to who gets to start the game,
     and then the computer and player take turns asking each other for cards
     of a specified rank. If the asked player has any cards of the requested
     rank, they give them up to the asking player. A player must have at least
     one of the cards of the rank they request in his hand. When a player asks
     for a rank of which the other player has no cards, the asker is told to
     "Go Fish!".  Then, the asker draws a card from the non-dealt cards. If he
     draws the card he asked for, he continue his turn, asking for more ranks
     from the other player. Otherwise, the other player gets a turn.

     When a player completes a book, either by getting cards from the other
     player or drawing from the deck, they set those cards aside and the rank
     is no longer in play.

     The game ends when either player no longer has any cards in their hand.
     The player with the most books wins.

     gofish provides instructions as to what input it accepts.

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