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Bandit

The Bandit wargame is aimed at absolute beginners. It will teach thebasics needed to be able to play other wargames.If you noticesomething essential is missing or have ideas for new levels, please letus know!

Note for beginners

This game, like most other games, is organised in levels. You start atLevel 0 and try to “beat” or “finish” it. Finishing a level results ininformation on how to start the next level. The pages on this websitefor “Level <X>” contain information on how to start level X from theprevious level. E.g. The page forLevel 1 has information on how togain access fromLevel 0 toLevel 1. All levels in this gamehave a page on this website, and they are all linked to from thesidemenu on the left of this page.

You will encounter many situations in which you have no idea what youare supposed to do.Don’t panic! Don’t give up! The purpose of thisgame is for you to learn the basics. Part of learning the basics, isreading a lot of new information. If you’ve never used the command linebefore, a good first read is thisintroduction to user commands.

There are several things you can try when you are unsure how tocontinue:

• First, if you know a command, but don’t know how to use it, try themanual (man page) by enteringman <command>.For example,man ls to learn about the “ls” command.The “man” command also has a manual, try it!When usingman, pressq to quit(you can also use/ andn andN to search).
• Second, if there is no man page, the command might be ashellbuilt-in. In that case use the “help <X>” command. E.g. helpcd
• Also, your favoritesearch-engine is your friend. Learn how touse it! I recommendGoogle.
• Lastly, if you are still stuck, you canjoin us via chat

You’re ready to start! Begin withLevel 0, linked at the left ofthis page. Good luck!

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