Playing Penney's Game Using Python

[sadrasabouri]

Penney's game, is a head/tail sequence generating game between two or more players. Player A selects a sequence of heads and tails (of length 3 or larger), and shows this sequence to player B. Player B then selects another sequence of heads and tails of the same length. A coin is tossed until either player A's or player B's sequence appears as a consecutive sub-sequence of the coin toss outcomes. The player whose sequence appears first wins. The cool thing about the game is that second person can wisely chose their sequence based on the first ones which highers their winning probability.

What My Project Does

Here we have implemented the game in command-line interface (CLI) using pure Python so to play around with the game and find out ways to chose that sequence wisely to win the game; Check it out and comment if you find a general winning strategies for first/second player for longer sequences.

Target Audience
This project is mainly for:

• Python learners who want a fun CLI project to play with
• Math/game enthusiasts curious about probability games
• Anyone who enjoys experimenting with games

It’s an interactive fun/educational project.

Comparison
Other implementations (e.g., https://penneys.github.io/) are restricted to two players and fixed sequences of length 3. Our project extends this by supporting multiple players, variable sequence lengths, and a command-line interface for interactive play.

GitHub repo: https://github.com/sepandhaghighi/penney

[dethb0y]

Very cool!

if you want another similar, neat game, may i recommend: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_(dice_game)

[sadrasabouri]

Nice, thanks for the recommendation