Boardgame Tester

This script simulates “snakes and ladders” style games in an abstract way to generate statistics about the number of turns taken to finish.

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Parameters

Set the customisable parameters based on the game you want to simulate.

• Runs: How many times to simulate the game. It should be able to run hundreds of thousands of times in a few seconds.
• Start: The square players begin on. Usually 0.
• Finish: The square players finish on.
• Ladders: This dictionary represents the snakes or ladders on the game (or any abstract equivalent). Each integer key-value pair represents moving from one square to another in the format { from : to }.

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The default parameters simulate this Snakes and Ladders board.

The script prints summary statistics and a histogram.

Games: 100000

Stats for number of moves

Mean: 46.31
SD: 33.1
Median: 36.0
Mode: 21
Min: 6
Max: 381

Played the game 100000 times in 9.79 seconds.