README.md

Battle Line

Robert B. Kaspar ([email protected]) and Ben Zax

Computer players for a poker-inspired two-player card game

Intended to run in Python 3 (change the shebang in bl_wrapper.py)

Example usage

$ ./bl_wrapper.py sniper naive 

Snippet of example output

...
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Naive : 9g 0r 1b 9b 5b 0b 1y
        Plays 9g at 1
        Draws troop

                                       *      *             *      *       
                 8r                   3o     4y            7o     6p       
                 8y     7b     6g     4o     5y            8o     4p       
  Sniper         8b     6b     8g     5o     6y     6o     9o     5p     3r
                 
                 0*     1*     2*     3      4      5      6      7      8*
                 
  Naive          1o     2g     4b     9y     9r     9p     2r     1p     3g
                 0o     0g     3b     7y     7r     7p     1r            3y
                        9g     2b            4r     8p                     
                                                                           
                                                     *                     
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sniper: 1g 0p 3p 5g 2o 2p Fo
        Plays Fo at 0
        Draws tactics

                  *                    *      *             *      *       
                 8r                   3o     4y            7o     6p       
                 8y     7b     6g     4o     5y            8o     4p       
  Sniper         8b     6b     8g     5o     6y     6o     9o     5p     3r
                 
               Fo0      1*     2*     3      4      5      6      7      8*
                 
  Naive          1o     2g     4b     9y     9r     9p     2r     1p     3g
                 0o     0g     3b     7y     7r     7p     1r            3y
                        9g     2b            4r     8p                     
                                                                           
                                                     *                     
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Winner: Sniper

Available players

No tactics

• Kenny (kenny) by RK
  Veteran AI also skilled at skat; plays at random
• Racist (racist) by Jake Kaspar
  Believes colors should be segregated
• Naïve (naive) by RK
  Dreams big
• OCD (ocd) by JK
  Three of a kind soothes the orderly mind

Tactics

• Tactful (tactful) by RK
  Like Kenny but draws and plays only tactics
• Sniper (sniper) by RK
  Copies Naïve, plus tactics for the coup de grâce

The strongest player is currently Sniper, who beats Naïve 54.5 ± 0.2% of the time (n = 10^5).