Program name:  FIVE
 
Author name:  Fredric J. Smothers
              366 19th Avenue
              San Francisco, CA 94121
Telephone:    none
 
Suggested donation:  $5.00
 
Program description:
 
Five is based on a dice game played by two or more players. The object of
the game is to accumulate a score of 5000 points or more. Each player rolls
the dice, accumulating scoring dice as long as he rolls scoring dice, if he
fails to roll any score, he loses his turn and a 'scratch' is posted
against him. After any player has 5000 points, every other player gets one
more chance to beat that score. At the end, the player with the highest
score wins. Each losing player pays the winner $0.25 for the game, and
$0.10 for each scratch. A typical losing score is five to ten scratches.
The gam ecan be played by up to 15 human or computer controlled players
(counting yourself). The computer can play any of three different
strategies from very conservative to fairly aggressive. This game is
extremely addictive I found myself playing for literally hours at a time.
The program is is very simple to operate and instructions are provided
within the program if requested. This is an excellent program for any user,
novice to expert. The source code is included in case you wish to modify or
write your own computer players. The source language is Turbo Pascal. The
program will run on any IBM-PC or compatible with at least 128 K of memory
and one disk drive.