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xmille - X window mille bourne game
xmille [restore-file]
Xmille
brings up a window for a mille bournes game. When selecting one of your
cards, the left button plays the card, the right button discards the card
and the middle button chooses whichever is appropriate, first trying to
play the card, and then discarding it.
For those who don't know, the point behind mille bournes is to get to 700
miles before your opponent. You can opt for an extension, and for extra
points go the full 1000 (mille) miles (bournes). You must get exactly the
correct number of miles.
You can try and stop your opponent with various "battle" cards. It will
try and stop you. You can counter the "battle" cards with the appropriate
gasoline, repair, Go, or spare tire card. Or you may have a "Safety", with
will make it impossible for your opponent to hurt you in some fashion.
It's a good idea to keep your Safety's in your hand (unless your opponent
gets close to the end). If your opponent, say, hands you an "out of gas"
card and you have the Tanker truck card, you play it immediately and cry
out, "Coup Fourre'!!" (pronounced, "KOO four RAY") You get bonus points
for that. For full game rules, see the Parker Brothers card game by the
same name.
There are now keyboard equivalents for some of the actions:
p - Pick a card
u# - use card number "#" (1-6)
up - use picked card
d# - discard card number "#" (1-6)
dp - discard picked card
Q - absolute Quit, doesn't check with you before doing so.
s - save game
AuthorKeith Packard
Dave Lemke
Dana Chee
Keyboard stuff and minor mods by: Mike Schwager (schwager@wwa.com) See AlsoBugsIt
does not accept any X arguments, including the -display argument. The DISPLAY
environment variable must be set for it to work
Sometimes it crashes if you win :-(. I need to look into it further. If you
can reproduce it on a regular basis, or if you can figure it out, that
would be great! -Mike, 3/28/96