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This is my entry for the MudMagic Code Challenge.  The challenge consists of 
a three card games which can be easily extended or added to, using a standard 
52 card deck.

I use C++ for my current mud development (God Wars II), but as most muds are 
written in C, and I really needed to release this preinstalled into a public 
codebase, I decided that it would make more sense to use C.


The main directory structure for this snippet is laid out as follows:

1. contest/doc

This directory contains installation.txt (which describes how to install the 
snippet into Merc 2.1), licence.txt (containing the licensing conditions) and 
a text file for each of the three games.

2. contest/Merc21

This directory contains a copy of Merc 2.1, with the snippet installed as 
described in the installation.txt file.

3. contest/snippet

This directory contains copies of the various files used by the snippet.


To get started, go into the Merc21/src directory and type 'make', then run 
the startup script.  It'll start on port 4000, and there is already an 
implementor character created by the name of 'Test' (password '12345').