1*43957SbosticWelcome to the game of Hunt the Wumpus. 2*43957Sbostic 3*43957SbosticThe Wumpus typically lives in a cave of twenty rooms, with each room having 4*43957Sbosticthree tunnels connecting it to other rooms in the cavern. Caves may vary, 5*43957Sbostichowever, depending on options specified when starting the game. 6*43957Sbostic 7*43957SbosticThe game has the following hazards for intrepid adventurers to wind their 8*43957Sbosticway through: 9*43957Sbostic 10*43957Sbostic Pits -- If you fall into one of the bottomless pits, you find yourself 11*43957Sbostic slung back out on the far side of the Earth and in very poor 12*43957Sbostic shape to continue your quest since you're dead. 13*43957Sbostic 14*43957Sbostic Bats -- As with any other cave, the Wumpus cave has bats in residence. 15*43957Sbostic These are a bit more potent, however, and if you stumble into 16*43957Sbostic one of their rooms they will rush up and carry you elsewhere in 17*43957Sbostic the cave. 18*43957Sbostic 19*43957Sbostic Wumpus -- If you happen to walk into the room the Wumpus is in you'll find 20*43957Sbostic that he has quite an appetite for young adventurous humans! Not 21*43957Sbostic recommended. 22*43957Sbostic 23*43957SbosticThe Wumpus, by the way, is not bothered by the hazards since he has sucker 24*43957Sbosticfeet and is too big for a bat to lift. If you try to shoot him and miss, 25*43957Sbosticthere's also a chance that he'll up and move himself into another cave, 26*43957Sbosticthough by nature the Wumpus is a sedentary creature. 27*43957Sbostic 28*43957SbosticEach turn you may either move or shoot a crooked arrow. Moving is done 29*43957Sbosticsimply by specifying "m" for move and the number of the room that you'd 30*43957Sbosticlike to move down a tunnel towards. Shooting is done similarly; indicate 31*43957Sbosticthat you'd like to shoot one of your magic arrows with an "s" for shoot, 32*43957Sbosticthen list a set of connected room numbers through which the deadly shaft 33*43957Sbosticshould fly! 34*43957Sbostic 35*43957SbosticIf your path for the arrow is incorrect, however, it will flail about in 36*43957Sbosticthe room it can't understand and randomly pick a tunnel to continue 37*43957Sbosticthrough. You might just end up shooting yourself in the foot if you're 38*43957Sbosticnot careful! On the other hand, if you shoot the Wumpus you've WON! 39*43957Sbostic 40*43957SbosticGood luck. 41*43957Sbostic 42