command-line-games

My implementations of different games for entertainment that can be played in command line

games implemented

• Othello (Reversi)

  • Players take turns placing pieces on an 8x8 board, flipping opponent's pieces. Black ('B') goes first. The player with the most pieces at the end wins.
  • Detailed rules from wikipedia
  • Start playing: python othello.py

• Tic-Tac-Toe

  • Two players take turns placing X or O on a 3x3 board.
  • The first player to get three in a row (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) wins.
  • If the board fills up with no winner, it's a tie.
  • Start playing: python tic_tac_toe.py

• Connect Four

  • Two players take turns dropping pieces into a 7-column, 6-row board.
  • The first player to get four in a row (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) wins.
  • If the board fills up with no winner, it's a tie.
  • Detailed rules from wikipedia
  • Start playing: python connect_four.py

• Checkers (Draughts)

  • Two players take turns moving their pieces diagonally forward on an 8x8 board.
  • Capture by jumping over opponent's pieces. No kinging or forced jumps for simplicity.
  • Black ('B') goes first. The player who captures all opponent's pieces wins.
  • Detailed rules from wikipedia
  • Start playing: python checkers.py

• Minesweeper

  • Single player game on a 9x9 board with 10 hidden mines.
  • Uncover all non-mine cells to win. Uncovering a mine ends the game.
  • Numbers indicate how many mines are adjacent to a cell.
  • Detailed rules from wikipedia
  • Start playing: python minesweeper.py

• Blackjack (21)

  • One player vs the dealer. Try to get as close to 21 as possible without going over.
  • Aces count as 1 or 11. Dealer hits until reaching 17 or more.
  • Standard 52-card deck. Simple ASCII output.
  • Detailed rules from wikipedia
  • Start playing: python blackjack.py

• Poker (Five Card Draw)

  • 2-4 human players. Each player is dealt 5 cards, can discard and draw new ones.
  • The best hand wins. Basic hand ranking (pair, two pair, three of a kind, straight, flush, full house, four of a kind, straight flush).
  • Standard 52-card deck. Simple ASCII output.
  • Detailed rules from wikipedia
  • Start playing: python poker.py

• Go Fish

  • 2-4 human players. Players ask each other for cards to collect books of four cards of the same rank.
  • If the asked player has the rank, they must give all cards of that rank; otherwise, the asker draws from the deck ('Go Fish').
  • The player with the most books at the end wins.
  • Detailed rules from wikipedia
  • Start playing: python go_fish.py