riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) (11/15/83)
There's a rather nifty-looking program on our system called "sail" which
describes itself as a game of "wooden ships and iron men". It appears
to be a real-time, multi-user simulation game involving 30 different
scenarios of sea battles, ranging from "Constitution vs. Cyane & Levant"
and "Botany Bay" to "Battle of Midway" and even "Voyage to the Bottom of
the Sea".
Unfortunately, there is no documentation available, apparently not even
a "help" or "?" command within the program. If anyone out there has any
info which would help us play the game, it would be much appreciated.
So far I haven't even been able to figure out how to change course or
fire a round with the cannons!
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Prentiss Riddle
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riddle@ut-sally.UUCPPucc-H:Physics:crl@CS-Mordred.UUCP (11/26/83)
"Wooden Ships and Iron Men" is a board wargame produced by Avalon Hill. If you can locate a copy, it will describe the game mechanics in much more detail than the manual page for sail. Charles LaBrec UUCP: pur-ee!Physics:crl, purdue!Physics:crl INTERNET: crl @ pur-phy.UUCP