---
name: "dopewars"
section: "6"
platform: "linux"
package: "dopewars"
version: "1.6.2-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dopewars"
---

# dopewars(6)

drug dealing game

## NAME

dopewars - drug dealing game

## SYNOPSIS

**dopewars** *\[OPTIONS\] ...*

## DESCRIPTION

**dopewars** is a ncurses- and GTK- based drug dealing game based in New York, with you as the drug dealer striving to become filthy rich. It supports network play and single-player games.

## OPTIONS

Valid commandline options:

- **-b**, **--no-color**, **--no-colour**

  "black and white", i.e. do not use pretty colours

- **-n**, **--single-player**

  Do not connect to any available dopewars servers

- **-a**, **--antique**

  Antique dopewars; stick as close as possible to the functionality of the original version.

- **-f**, **--scorefile**=*FILE*

  Specify a file to use as high score table (defaults to /usr/share/dopewars.sco)

- **-o**, **--hostname**=*ADDR*

  Specify a multiplayer hostname

- **-s**, **--public-server**

  Run in server mode. (Note: see the **-A** option for configuring a server once it's running.)

- **-S**, **--private-server**

  Run as a "private" server (do not report to the metaserver)

- **-p**, **--port**=*PORT*

  Specify the network port to use

- **-g**, **--config-file**=*FILE*

  Specify the pathname of a dopewars configuration file

- **-r**, **--pidfile**=*FILE*

  Specify the pathname of a PID file to maintain while running as a server

- **-l**, **--logfile**=*FILE*

  Write log messages to the given file (rather than standard output)

- **-A**, **--admin**

  Connect to a server running on localhost, for administration

- **-c**, **--ai-player**

  Create and run a computer player

- **-w**, **--windowed-client**

  Force the use of a graphical client (GTK+ or Win32)

- **-t**, **--text-client**

  Force the use of a text-mode (curses) client (by default, a windowed client is used when possible)

- **-P**, **--player**=*NAME*

  Sets the default player name

- **-C**, **--convert**=*FILE*

  Convert a high score file used by dopewars-1.5.1 or earlier to the format used by more recent versions

- **-h**, **--help**

  Display a help screen

- **-v**, **--version**

  Output version information and exit.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Leon Breedt \<ljb@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). Additional updates by Ben Webb \<benwebb@users.sf.net\>.