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AWALE(6)                    DragonFly Games Manual                    AWALE(6)

NAME
       awale - the free implementation of the African game

SYNOPSIS
       awale [-h] [-v] [-r] [-b board] [-o score] [-c line] [-p hole] [-d
       depth] [-l level] [-e number] [-m] [-a] [-k] [-s] [-i] [-x]

DESCRIPTION
       awale is a game widely spread in Africa and is played with different
       rules. The rules adopted in this implementation of the game are those
       encountered in West Africa and more specifically in Ivory Coast.

OPTIONS
       -h, --help
              display this help and exit

       -v, --version
              display version information and exit

       -r, --rule
              display the rule of awale game

       -b board, --board=board
              initialize the board with board. board is a string of the form
              h1-h2- ... h12 where hi is the number of seeds in hole i

       -o score, --score=score
              initialize the score with score. score is a string of the form
              s1-s2 where sj is the score of player j

       -c line, --computer=line
              computer begins and plays the line=1 or 2

       -p hole, --player=hole
              player begins and first plays the hole=1...12

       -d depth, --depth=depth
              initial depth of searching for the min-max algorithm (default
              depth=9)

       -l level, --level=level
              play the game at level=1, 2 or 3 (default level=1)

       -e number, --eat=number,
              maximum number of holes which can be eaten (default E=4)

       -m, --noeatmore
              eat nothing when trying to eat more than E holes

       -a, --noeatall
              eat nothing when trying to eat all opponent seeds

       -k, --noattackall
              forbidden to attack all opponent seeds excepted if this is the
              only possible move

       -s, --single
              process a single move

       -i, --hint
              print hints

       -x, --xawale
              start in engine mode. A several line output is provided at each
              turn. Each line is, board=BOARD score=SCORE move=I LABEL where I
              is the last hole played, LABEL may be COM if the turn is still
              in computing, RUN if the turn is finished but the game is still
              running, END if the game is over or ERR if the played hole is
              invalid.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <alain.le-bot@ec-lyon.fr>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2006 Alain and Laurent Le Bot.  There is NO warranty; not
       even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  You may
       redistribute copies of awale under the terms of the GNU General Public
       License.  For more information about these matters, see the file named
       COPYING.

SEE ALSO
       xawale(6)

awale 1.6                         August 2009                         AWALE(6)