Installation
1 - Clone this github repo: git clone git@github.com:stuart-robinson/cards-react-tsx.git
2 - Install required packages: yarn (or npm)
3 - Run the local dev server with yarn start
4 - Run the test suit with yarn test
Rules
- This is a simplified version of BlackJack so there are only two players the 'player' and the 'dealer'. There is also no gambling!
- The game is played with a deck of 52 cards
- At the start of the game the deck is shuffled and two cards are dealt to the player and the dealer
- Play begins with the player. The following choices available to the player:
- "Stand": Player stays put with their cards.
- "Hit": Player draws another card. If this card causes the player's total points to exceed 21 ("bust") then they will lose.
- After the player has had their turn, the dealer will turn over their first card.
- If the dealer has a score of 16 or less then the dealer must take another card
Result
- If the player or the dealer goes over 21 then they will 'bust' and lose.
- If no player has bust then the player with the higher point total will win.
- If both players have the same score the result is a draw unless one player has blackjack in which case they win.
Scoring
- Aces may be counted as 1 or 11 points. The higher value applies if it does not cause the player to go over 21
- Cards 2 to 9 points are same as face value (e.g 5 = 5 points)
- Ten, Jack, Queen and King cards count as ten points.
- The value of a hand is the sum of the point values of the individual cards. Except, a "blackjack" is the highest hand, consisting of one ace and any 10-point card, and it outranks all other 21-point hands.