Hi,

My apologies if I am posting in the wrong section. I want to code a card game where the player needs to make pairs, triplet or quadruple to earn points. I need some help/guidance  for the AI to make it compute the best strategy based on the hand it draws and the cards on the table. to take decisions. If possible to rise difficulty by teaching the AI to count the cards in some manners to predict the player moves / mimic real players.

1- the game has 40 cards 1st round 4 cards are distributed and 3 cards for each player after that

2- points can be earned by making a match: 1point = a pair, 5points = triplet, 6point = quadruple.

I don't Know if this is similar to some existing pattern, the one I found were specific to some pupular card games like black jack.

thanks

9 minutes ago, rip-off said:

I'm not getting a clear picture of the game from your description, so it is hard to give a concrete answer.

Do you understand how to win the game yourself? When you are playing, do you hold out for a quadruple or do you immediately "cash in" pairs as soon as you get them. What about for a triplet?

If you haven't already, this sounds like the kind of game you could quickly prototype with a regular deck of cards and start playing with your family and friends.

sorry about that, the highest score wins, yes you cash in the points as you go no stack up

the only situation where you can stack up points are:

1- making a pair with the opponent card right after it is played

2- make a pair with the last card on the table

it gives 1 extra point each.

there are 40 card arranged this way 4 cards of each type so below combination would be possible.

triplet and quadruplet is basically when player2 makes a pair with player1 card and player1 responds by making a triplet with player2's card

quadruple is rare as it assumes that both players have 2cards of the same type.

The rules of a game are often given by describing:

• the setup,
• what you do in your turn,
• when the game ends and
• how you determine who won.

It's not even clear to me from the description if this is a game the OP is creating or an existing game.

Once we know what we are talking about, we might be able to give you decent advice.

ah you got a point guys thanks for your comprehension and sorry.

yes, existing game no rule book it is more like a folklore thing played with Spanish card it is not a Spanish game however

the setup:

40 cards = 4 cards of the same type 1 to 7 jack / knight / king

the dealer distributes cards 4 on the first round then 3 each round

dealer always plays at the end case of 2, 3 or 4 players

***what you do in your turn

you can play one card only

=>during the first round

     1- first turn you play a card from your hand (this is no match no point ever)

     2- 2nd turn you try to make a match using cards in hand and the card on the table

=>during the rounds after

     1- you try to make a match using cards in hand and the cards on the table

=>during final round: last player to score points gets all the cards left on the table

***battle chance to make hit(pair) triplet or quadruplet

when you play a card if next play makes a matching with your card that's a hit

if you respond by another hit that's a triplet

if the player respond by another hit that's a quadruple (rare case in 2 players mode means the dealer distributed a pair of the same type to each hand, more chance to happen in 4 players mode)

***when the game ends and

when there is no cards left to distribute

***how you determine who won.

the player with more cards wins since one card is 1 point added to final score

Thanks, IADaveMark

I'll give it a try :)