*! 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!
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