Rash is a very very lightweight version of the popular boardgame Risk(TM). Version 1 is played in the linux command line and is written entirely in Python3. Rash Roller is a python script that can be used to calculate the outcome of battles in Risk-like games. It can be used independently of the whole game.
- Download this repository and unzip it.
- In the command line, change direcctory to the folder containing all the files from the repo and enter
pip install -r requests.txt - Once the required libraries are installed, enter
python3 main.py - You're on your way. Good luck, noble warrior.
The Map for version 1 of the game is called The Cold War: Abridged. It consists of two territories, East & West.
- Version 2 will consist of a new map The Battle for Sodor and will have a code update that can support any arbitrary size of map. It will also feature 3 players, 2 human players and 1 non-attacking computer player. It will still be played in the command line
- Version 3 will feature a computer player that will launch its own attacks. If this aggressive computer player will be any good remains to be seen.
- Version 4 will use pygame to create a GUI, and will drag this game kicking and screaming out of its early 1970s aesthetic and into a late 1970s one.
Also: eRashRoller, when I get round to learning Django, I want to make a web interface version of RashRoller for all those times when you need to play games of Risk quickly on the go.
A python coded dice roller for Risk-type games, such as Rash.
As well as being part of the mechanics of Rash, Rash-Roller can be used by itself in the terminal to help calculate the result of large battles in an IRL game of Risk. to do this, simply change directory to the folder where you've downloaded all the game files and type python3 RashRoller.py.
$> python3 RashRoller.py
$>Number of attacking armies: > 8
$>Number of defending armies: > 7
ROUND: 1 Attacker has 8 armies. Defenders has 7 armies.
Attacker Dice = [6, 4, 3]
Defender Dice = [5, 5]
Defender loses: 1 Attacker loses: 1
ROUND: 2 Attacker has 7 armies. Defenders has 6 armies.
Attacker Dice = [2, 2, 1]
Defender Dice = [4, 2]
Defender loses: 0 Attacker loses: 2
ROUND: 3 Attacker has 5 armies. Defenders has 6 armies.
Attacker Dice = [5, 5, 2]
Defender Dice = [6, 5]
Defender loses: 0 Attacker loses: 2
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After: 4 rounds.
DEFENDER WINS. Attacker has 3 armies remaining. Defender has 6 armies remaining.
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