help play1

This server is dedicated to crossword games - games in which players take turn
placing words crosswordwise on a game board.  To begin, you will need a blank
game board.  `look me' will tell you what you are carrying.  Your board will
be called something like `Poslfit's Board [posldoom:bd_poslfit]', assuming
your name is `poslfit'.  This means that its name is `Poslfit's Board' and it
can be referred to in commands as `bd_poslfit'.  Before you can play on your
board, you must take it to the Workshop (see `help map1') and configure it.
If you don't have a board, `newboard' will give you one in the Workshop.
`drop' your board at the Workshop (`drop bd_poslfit') and then use the
commands listed there by `help here' to place premium squares on the board and
to choose tile values and counts.  If you want to play rated games on your
board, use the `certify' command in the shop to check that your board conforms
to one of the possible configurations for rated play.

(continued in `help play2')

See also: map1 object play2