Re: [pbmserv-dev] Cribbage

[Chris Nash <chris_nash@prodigy.net>]

> I can't help too much on the programming side.  I'm one of the "have ideas don't know
> how to program" people on this list.  I actually downloaded the hearts code and was
> looking at that since it at least has cards in it :-)

*smiles* well, that's where I've started :) I am pretty much good to go - I've got everything set
up here to start writing the thing, and I have a nice 'virtual' PBeM server to begin testing on.
help implementation.notes, a fetch, and I've hit the ground running. I don't see many problems
with coding the thing - I started work on a neural net crib player once so I have the scoring code
already.

Hearts is a good start point because like crib it has the discard stage, then plays round the
table. I'm planning to allow 2-player 6-card crib, 3-player 5-card, and 4-player 5-card (but no
partners), the four-player one might be a bit lame though because the first deal advantage will be
huge. 1 game to 121 points, I'll allow for match code while I go but I won't put it in first off.
And I'll definitely include cribbage boards for scoring and the "poetic" score counting, because
that's what makes crib for me!

Any ideas anyone has would be great to discuss either on list or off, if you'd like to mail me,
please send it to macro1970_at_prodigy.net instead of this address though, because that'll get to
me on the unix box I'm writing this thing on :)

I will check out the links, thanks Rick!

- Chris