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1df930be7SderaadtWelcome to the game of Hunt the Wumpus.
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3*40c957bfSderaadtThe Wumpus typically lives in a cave of twenty rooms, where each room
4*40c957bfSderaadtis connected by three tunnels to the other rooms in the cavern.  Caves
5*40c957bfSderaadtmay vary, however, depending on options specified when starting the game.
6*40c957bfSderaadtThe cave may contain one-way passages.
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8*40c957bfSderaadtThe game has the following hazards for intrepid adventurers to wend their
9df930be7Sderaadtway through:
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11df930be7Sderaadt  Pits   -- If you fall into one of the bottomless pits, you find yourself
12df930be7Sderaadt	    slung back out on the far side of the Earth and in very poor
13df930be7Sderaadt	    shape to continue your quest since you're dead.
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15df930be7Sderaadt  Bats   -- As with any other cave, the Wumpus cave has bats in residence.
16df930be7Sderaadt	    These are a bit more potent, however, and if you stumble into
17df930be7Sderaadt	    one of their rooms they will rush up and carry you elsewhere in
18df930be7Sderaadt	    the cave.
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20df930be7Sderaadt  Wumpus -- If you happen to walk into the room the Wumpus is in you'll find
21df930be7Sderaadt	    that he has quite an appetite for young adventurous humans!  Not
22df930be7Sderaadt	    recommended.
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24df930be7SderaadtThe Wumpus, by the way, is not bothered by the hazards since he has sucker
25*40c957bfSderaadtfeet and is too big for the bats to lift.  If you try to shoot him and miss,
26*40c957bfSderaadtthere's also a chance that he'll up and move himself into another room,
27df930be7Sderaadtthough by nature the Wumpus is a sedentary creature.
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29df930be7SderaadtEach turn you may either move or shoot a crooked arrow.  Moving is done
30df930be7Sderaadtsimply by specifying "m" for move and the number of the room that you'd
31df930be7Sderaadtlike to move down a tunnel towards.  Shooting is done similarly; indicate
32df930be7Sderaadtthat you'd like to shoot one of your magic arrows with an "s" for shoot,
33df930be7Sderaadtthen list a set of connected room numbers through which the deadly shaft
34df930be7Sderaadtshould fly!
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36*40c957bfSderaadtIf a tunnel does not exist between two consecutive rooms in the arrow's
37*40c957bfSderaadtpath, the arrow will flail about and randomly pick an existing tunnel
38*40c957bfSderaadtto continue through.  You might just end up shooting yourself in the
39*40c957bfSderaadtfoot if you're not careful!  On the other hand, if you shoot the Wumpus
40*40c957bfSderaadtyou've WON!
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42df930be7SderaadtGood luck.
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