Mille Bornes

published by author in 1993, running on Linux
type: casino/cards, board game
genre: Traditional game, Mille Bornes card game, Card game
perspective: other
player options: single player, shared-screen, hotseat
languages: eng
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Official description

Mille plays a two-handed game reminiscent of the Parker Brother's game
of Mille Bornes with you. The rules are described below. If a file
name is given on the command line, the game saved in that file is
started.

When a game is started up, the bottom of the score window will contain
a list of commands. They are:

P Pick a card from the deck. This card is placed in the `P' slot
in your hand.

D Discard a card from your hand. To indicate which card, type the
number of the card in the hand (or "P" for the just-picked card)
followed by a RETURN or SPACE. The RETURN or SPACE is required

to allow recovery from typos which can be very expensive, like
discarding safeties.

U Use a card. The card is again indicated by its number, followed
by a RETURN or SPACE.

O Toggle ordering the hand. By default off, if turned on it will
sort the cards in your hand appropriately. This is not recom‐
mended for the impatient on slow terminals.

Q Quit the game. This will ask for confirmation, just to be sure.
Hitting DELETE (or RUBOUT) is equivalent.

S Save the game in a file. If the game was started from a file,
you will be given an opportunity to save it on the same file.
If you don't wish to, or you did not start from a file, you will
be asked for the file name. If you type a RETURN without a
name, the save will be terminated and the game resumed.

R Redraw the screen from scratch. The command ^L (control `L')
will also work.

W Toggle window type. This switches the score window between the
startup window (with all the command names) and the end-of-game
window. Using the end-of-game window saves time by eliminating
the switch at the end of the game to show the final score. Rec‐
ommended for hackers and other miscreants.

If you make a mistake, an error message will be printed on the last
line of the score window, and a bell will beep.

At the end of each hand or game, you will be asked if you wish to play
another. If not, it will ask you if you want to save the game. If you
do, and the save is unsuccessful, play will be resumed as if you had
said you wanted to play another hand/game. This allows you to use the
"S" command to reattempt the save.

# 2012-05-13 12:15:07 - official description

Technical specs

hardware: x86-64 CPU,
display: text

Editor note

Linux port of BSD Games, 1997

# 2016-01-15 21:27:25

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hardware
software
traditional
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