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AWALE(6)							      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  ©  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)
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