$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $ $ $ Mud Monopoly $ $ $ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ By Jubal E. Harshaw (the LP Jubal, not the MudOS one :) Description ----------- Mud Monopoly is played much like real Monopoly, but on a 'mud-life-size' board. This document assumes that you already know how to play Monopoly. If not, type 'rules' to see the entire set of rules that came with the Monopoly game (sorry if they seem antiquated, I wanted them to be as authentic as possible, including the annoying usage of all-caps. If you think you can figure it out, try 'help' or 'help topics' for a list of commands. You can also use the form 'help ' to get quick information on a certain Monopoly command. Starting the game ----------------- Go to the Monopoly main entrance. One of the players must name the game and type in 'new ' (for example, 'new jubalalwayswins') Then, all the other players can join the game by: 'join ' You can see the games currently in use by typing 'games' Game play --------- The game moves in normal fashion except for one major change. The mud version of Monopoly is a type of 'speed Monopoly.' As long as everyone is caught up to the turn that you are on, you can take your next turn at any time. This means that there can sometimes be races to buy a property that people land on at the same time. However, if any player is behind one turn, none of the other players will be able to 'roll,' so don't take too long. The main commands for the game are: roll roll the dice, take a turn buy buy a property or a house sell sell houses i inventory l (as in look). Try looking at players and properties. For dealing with other players: mwho show all players and some info mshout yell something to everyone in the game mgive for making deals And also, very important commands are: help try the following arguments: topics, id, and any command name rules The authentic Monopoly rules return Puts you back on the right space on the board exit game exit the game Deals ----- Deals must be made as agreements between players. There is no code to enforce this, so its on the honor system. Use the 'mgive' command. Examples: mgive boardwalk to jubal mgive $1000 to jubal Bankruptcy ---------- As soon as your amount of cash goes negative, you will be stuck in bankruptcy. You will be unable to move ('roll') until you go back into positive amounts. Your options are to try to mortgage properties, sell houses, sell to other players, and so forth, in order to get back up to positive amounts. If you can't, then you must exit the game. You cannot just hold the game up until someone gives you the money you need. It is considered highly unfair to make a deal with a player that is unbalanced just before quitting the game. (For example, giving all your property and cash to another player for $1 and then quitting) Miscellaneous ------------- If you are in brief mode, your descriptions will be without the ascii graphics. (This includes houses and die rolls) The Chance card: "Advance token to nearest utility" is not fully correct. The original Monopoly had you pay 10 times the rent for landing there. There was no easy way to implement this. The cards are not really drawn from a 'stack' per se. They are picked randomly from all 16 cards, so it is possible to get the same card twice. There was no easy way to implement this. Each person can only have one Monopoly player at a time. It is of course, unfair to use wiz powers to cheat at Monopoly. It is unfair to join a game without the other players permission. Check out the bleachers. You can watch all the Monopoly games going on. Known Bugs ---------- This really depends on how well the code is ported to the mud you are on. Net dead players should be able to return to the game. On some systems this doesn't work, it has to do with when inventory is moved from the net dead object to the new character. Author ------ Monopoly is a creation of Parker Brothers Mud Monopoly was written by David Ljung Spawning Cow! Productions 3404 East Harmony Road Mailstop 55 Fort Collins, CO. 80525 (970) 229-2379 dxl@fc.hp.com Copyright --------- Monopoly is Copyright 1961, Parker Brothers This code is Copyright 1993, David Ljung It may not be rewritten without consent of the author, except for the sake of fixing bugs or porting to new platforms. If you want to use the game structure that Mud Monopoly is built on to create new games, send me some mail. It may be freely redistributed, but it may not be sold in any form.