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@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@ +# A Party of Dice + +A game simulation I wrote to help me better understand Go concurrency +concepts. + +Based loosely on the `makeThumbnails6` example in Chapter 8 (page 238) +of *The Go Programming Language* (Addison-Wesley, 2016). + +# Usage + +The following invocation runs the simulation with two players, each of +which plays with a six-sided die: + +`go run . -n 2 -sides 6` + +Since 2 and 6 are the default values, in this case the following is +equivalent: + +`go run .` + +Of course, `go run . -help` will print a detailed listing of available +command-line arguments. + # The Scene Several people agree to convene to play a game of dice. Beforehand, @@ -19,3 +42,4 @@ the case of a tie, the first one to roll the winning number wins. For example, if player 1 hits the number in three turns, then player 2 hits the number in two turns, then player 3 also in two turns, player 2 wins. + |