## Description
_Forty Fives!_ is a single-player, shareware, card game.
The game is also known as Forty-Five, Forte Fives, Auction Forty-Fives,
Auction 120s, 120, Growl, Spoil Five, Maw and Strong Fives. It is a trick-
taking card game for two to six people which originated in Ireland and is said
to be well known in Eastern Canada. This computerised version of the game is
played by one player against the computer and is based on rules common in the
Merrimack Valley area of Massachusetts and its surrounding area.
Briefly the object of the game is to score one hundred and twenty points, the
first player to reach this number wins the game. In each hand the players are
dealt five cards, each player then takes it in turn to bid for trumps. The
highest bidder wins and names trumps, they also get the opportunity to discard
weak cards from their hand and replace them with cards from the kitty. Both
players also get to discard unwanted cards and draw unseen replacements from
the deck. Players then play cards and attempt to win as many tricks as
possible.
This game has a comprehensive help file explaining the rules, scoring and
principles of the game, it also has an optional tutor mode which the player
can use while playing a game to aid them in their play.
Forty Fives!