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+**🌄 {playerName}'s Oregon Trail Game Status Update 🌄**
+
+{message}
+
+📅 **Date:** {date}  
+💰 **Available Funds:** ${money}  
+🧭 **Distance Travelled:** {totalMilage}
+
+<details>
+<summary>🛒 Current Supplies</summary>
+
+- **Oxen:** {oxen} teams (Essential for travel speed)
+- **Food:** {food} lbs (Vital for health)
+- **Ammunition:** {ammo} boxes (Needed for hunting)
+- **Clothing:** {clothing} set(s) (Important for health in bad weather)
+- **Misc. Supplies:** {supplies} items (Useful for various challenges along the way)
+
+</details>
+
+<details>
+<summary>✨ Actions Available</summary>
+
+- **Start Over:** Begin a new game.
+- **Status:** Get the current game state.
+- **Help:** Show game instructions and tips.
+- **Buy Supplies:** Make purchases at the current location (Available at forts).
+- **Continue on Trail:** Move forward with your journey.
+- **Hunt:** Spend a day hunting for food.
+- **Rest:** Rest for a day to improve health.
+
+</details>
+
+### 🔄 To Make a Choice
+Please reply with **!!Oregon** followed by one of the actions above. For example:  
+```
+!!Oregon Buy Supplies
+```
+
+Remember, wise choices and preparation are key to a successful journey on the Oregon Trail. Good luck, traveler! 🚗💨
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