[net.games] Wanted Sail Instructions.

granvold@tymix.UUCP (Tom Granvold) (12/14/83)

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     We now have Sail on our system, but no instructions! I am lucky to
     have played the board game it is patterned after, Wooden Ships and
     Iron Men. I think I have most of the basics down, but there are still
     several things that puzzle me.

     1.) I defeated a ship so that it struck its colors. In WS&IM this 
	 would be the end of the game (there was only one ship for each
	 side in this scenerio). But the computer keep playing. I was 
	 not allowed to fire on the ship. It had its colors struck but
	 fight any people that I transfered ( boarded ) to it. What is
	 happening here? How do I end and win the game?

     2.) How do I know which way the wind is blowing? How do I tell
	 how strong the wind is?

     3.) What of the advanced and optional rules of WS&IM are used in
	 Sail?

     4.) In multi-ship scenerios, can I control each of my ship individually
	 and how is this done?

     5.) Is there any way to change the time allowed to make a move in? I
	 am connected to the VAX over a network where there can be long
	 network delays at times.

     6.) On some of the scenerios, it is indicated that other people are
	 playing in that scenerio. Yet I know for a fact that on this system
	 no one else is playing Sail let alone are playing that scenerio.
	 What is happening here?

     If there is interest, I will post the result in net.games if I get
     answers to these questions.

     Tom Granvold
     Tymshare
     Cupertino, California
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msc@qubix.UUCP (Mark Callow) (12/19/83)

How many more times are we going to go through this.  Enough already.

For the last time (I hope) the instructions can be found in the sail
source directory (at least on the 4.2 distribution) in a file called
"sail.6".
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From the Tardis of Mark Callow
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