GtkAtlantic Help
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Contents

	1) About Atlantic
		i. What is the Atlantic Game?
		ii. What is GtkAtlantic?
	2) How to Play
	3) Fun Chat Macros
		i. Remote Macros
		ii. Local Macros



1) About Atlantic
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i. What is the Atlantic Game?
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The goal in playing Atlantic is to 'Get Rich Quick and Win!' The richest 
player is the winner :) In order to win, you need to buy properties quickly 
and profitably. (To succeed, you need at least one set of the same group of 
properties, so that you can build Houses and ultimately Hotels upon them.) 
Play begins from 'Start' square. Players move their tokens about the board by 
clicking the 'Roll Dice' button. When a player lands on an unowned property, 
he may 'Buy' it from the bank or put it up for 'Auction'. When a player lands 
on a property owned by another player, he must pay rent to the owner. 
Building houses or hotels dramatically increase rents payable - so much so 
that it may force other players to declare 'Bankruptcy'. To raise money, you 
can mortgage any owned property to the bank. The 'Chance' and 'Community' 
squares give you a card whose instructions must be followed. Sometimes you 
are sent to Jail! :(

Atlantic is a game that combines subtlety and a sense of business - a good 
mood helps if you are losing! :)

ii. What is GtkAtlantic?
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GtkAtlantic is a network client to play the Atlantic game on monopd servers. 
The Atlantic game looks like a Monopoly(R) game.


2) How to Play
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Well, it's quite easy to play with GtkAtlantic. If you know how to play 
Monopoly(R) -- you can probably play without problems.


Roll Dice;

    Click the 'Roll' button.

Estates:

    Buy house: Press left button on estate.
    Sell house: Press right button on estate.
    Mortgage: Press middle button on estate to toggle.

Players:

    Trade: press right button on the player who want to trade with, then 
select "Initiate a trade"


3) Fun Chat Macros
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i. Remote Macros
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Note that all players will know what you are doing, and all players will 
receive what you have requested. Please do not flood chat - use with care 
because some players don't like receiving this information. Only a 
GtkAtlantic client will answer these requests.

!version [player]
Returns player client version. If no player is specified, returns client 
version of all players.

!date [player]
Returns player local time. If no player is specified, returns date of all 
players.

!ping [player]
Returns pong if player is still connected. If no player is specified, returns 
pong of all players

ii. Local Macros
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Local commands to use whenever you want and as often as you need:

/me msg
Sends an action message

/date
Returns local time

/nick [new_nick]
Changes nick

/assets [player]
Returns player assets. If no player is specified, returns assets of all 
players.

/elapsed
Returns elapsed time since start game.