#define NUMTOPS 3 /* number of lines at top of screen for messages */
#define NUMSIDES 6 /* number of lines at side of screen */
-#define STRSIZE 80 /* number of characters in a string */
+
+/*
+ * This used to be 80, and that was appropriate back when this game was
+ * played on hardware terminals. Nowadays it's almost certain to be running
+ * on a software terminal emulator that would have been considered
+ * dizzyingly huge back in the day. Memory is cheap, we'll leave some
+ * headroom.
+ */
+#define STRSIZE 400 /* number of characters in a string */
/* Information we maintain about cities. */