home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- *! BASIC RULES
- Move about on the playing field using the N,S,E,W keys. Attack other
- players and treasure ships you find using the A key. Try to have the
- most gold by the end of the month. Avoid the Spanish Armada and the
- Flying Dutchman.
- *A ATTACK
- Permits you to attack treasure ships and other players. Odds in attack
- are 1 in 3 that you will loose a battle with a treasure ship. Odds on
- attacking other players are based on the number of crew members and guns
- they possess in relation to you.
- *B BUY
- You may buy additional turns if your ship has not been sunk.
- *C CREW
- Crew members help you during fights with other pirate ships, but they are
- a scurvy lot, subject to mutiny and stealing your gold if you bury too
- much of it on Treasure Island.
- *D DIG
- This is a banking feature. Bury your gold to prevent other players from
- taking it if they attack you. Burying too much gold causes your crew to
- mutiny, so be careful about how much you try to bury.
- *E EAST
- Moves your player 1 position East on the playing field. The field is
- a 13 x 13 grid. The field wraps from East to West.
- *F INVALID COMMAND
- Invalid Command
- *G GUNS
- Guns help your crew when attacking other player's ships. One gun per
- crew member has the maximum effect. Having more than one gun per
- crew member does not increase the odds in a fight.
- *H HELP!!!
- Displays this menu. Press the SPACE BAR to return to the game.
- *I INFORMATION
- Buccaneer was written by Alan Graff and is distributed by Cross Connect
- Software. It is compiled in Turbo Pascal 6.0 and uses JPDoor 3.0 for
- for modem I/O and works with RemoteAccess, QuickBBS and SuperBBS.
- For more information call Cross Connect BBS (614) 776-7136 [1:2260/50]
- *J INVALID COMMAND
- Invalid Command
- *K KLUDGE
- This command is mainly for the ANSI users. In case of line noise or
- glitches in the game that cause the screen to be scrambled, pressing the
- K key will clear and redraw the screen.
- *L LIST
- This command lists the other players by name, name of their ship and
- tells whether they have been sunk or not.
- *M MENU
- This command is for the ASCII users, it displays the command menu.
- *N NORTH
- Moves your player 1 position North on the playing field. The field is
- a 13 x 13 grid. It does not wrap from North to South.
- *O INVALID COMMAND
- Invalid Command
- *P PRICE
- Various items and actions during the game cost certain amounts of gold.
- This displays how much they cost.
- *Q QUIT
- Ends the game and returns you to the BBS. If you have turns remaining
- you may resume the game later in the day.
- *R READ
- Permits you to read the ship's log which lists who has played the game
- recently, who attacked who, who won and lost, and other information.
- *S SOUTH
- Moves your player 1 position South on the playing field. The field is
- a 13 x 13 grid. It does not wrap from North to South.
- *T TELESCOPE
- Permits you to view a small section of the playing field, one space in
- all directions, around your current location. Using the telescope costs
- one turn each time you use it.
- *U INVALID COMMAND
- Invalid Command
- *V VIEW
- Displays a representation of the playing grid and your current location
- on it. Does not show any of the other players. See TELESCOPE command
- for this feature.
- *W WEST
- Moves your player 1 position West on the playing field. The field is
- a 13 x 13 grid. The field wraps from East to West.
- *X ANSI
- Toggles ANSI graphics ON and OFF for variation in game playing style.
- *Y YOUR
- Displays various information about you.
- *Z INVALID COMMAND
- Invalid Command
- *1 LOTTERY
- The lottery costs $5 to play. You may only play once per day.
- Matching 3 of the amounts wins the amount. If two sets of 3 matches
- occur, you win the higher of the two. Matching 4 multiplys the amount
- by 10, 5 by 100 and 6 by 1000. Maximum win is $6,000,000.00
- *2 FLYING DUTCHMAN
- This is an invisible ghost ship. It is the only ship that can not be
- seen with the telescope. Encountering it causes you to loose all of
- your guns and turns for the day. It will sometimes give you a small
- cash bonus also.
- *3 SPANISH ARMADA
- Encountering the Spanish Armada looses all of your crew, guns and turns
- and half of your gold.
- *4 TREASURE SHIPS
- There are 10 treasure ships placed at random locations around the grid.
- Each treasure ship carrys a random amount of gold and jewels. You may
- choose to attack them to try to sieze their treasure, but the odds are
- 1 in 3 that you will not succeed. Being sunk by a treasure ship looses
- all of your gold, turns and a random number of crew and guns.
- *5 HIGH SCORE LIST
- A list of the high scores is displayed when you quit the game.
- *6 SUNKEN SHIPS
- Sunken ships can not be seen nor do they affect the game play. If you
- are sunk, you must wait until the following day to continue the game.
- *7 GAME STRATEGY
- 1. Sell guns, fire crew, attack only treasure ships, bury everything.
- 2. Buy maximum guns & crew, attack only other players, bury 85%.
- 3. Try combinations of 1 and 2.
- 4. Only use telescope once every 3 moves maximum.
- *? WHAT'S A BUCCANEER?
- A high price to pay for corn!
- *
-