FISH!



There's something fishy about Ken Rylett's Mancunian card game.



This simulation of the well known card game, which resembles "Happy

Families", is played between you and the Spectrum, and the computer

has obviously been tutored well.



Both you and the Spectrum are dealt a hand of cards and you then take

turns to ask each other for cards of the same value, but you must hold

at least one of those cards in your hand. For instance, if it is your

turn and you have one or more Kings then you may ask the Spectrum for

any Kings it has. When asked for any cards you must hand over all you

have of that value. If the player asked does not have any cards of the

value required, then the message "GOOD FISHING" is displayed and the

cards are added to the asker's total. [That sentence is wrong. "GOOD

FISHING" is displayed when the other player DOES have matching cards.

JimG] When the total of any card value is four then that player has a

made a "book". The first player to reach seven books wins the game.



If a player asks for a card value which the opponent does not have

then the message "GO FISH" is displayed and the player draws another

card from the pack and play passes to the other player - unless the

value of the card drawn happens to be the same as the card asked for

originally, in this case the player continues his turn.



A fascinating game which has caused us much frustration in the office!