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