CarcassonneScore

Carcassonne Score keeping

Score keeping software for Carcassonne to facilitate statistical analysis of games. Information (players, games, scores, expansions) are stored in a sqlite3 database. The location of this database defaults to CarcassonneScore.db, but can be specified in the CarcassonneScore.conf configuration file.

Requirements

• python 3 (currently tested on python 3.7.x, but has previously worked with python 3.6.x)
• numpy
• matplotlib (only needed for for analysis scripts)

Usage

Before your first game you will need to initialize the sqlite database:

$ python manage_database.py --init

Score keeping

After a database has been initialized, you can score a game with:

$ python CarcassonneScore.py

This launches the interactive shell which sets up a game (gets the names and order of players, list of active expansions, and other information). Within this shell various commands are available to record scores, advance to a next player's turn, and end the game. Press ? within the shell for a list of commands (note that the list of available commands may change depending on the expansions being played and whether the game is in active tile-placing mode or post-game scoring mode).

Database Maintenance

To update the database (e.g., to add new players or toggle availability of expansions), use the manage_database.py command. For example, to add a new player:

$ python manage_database.py -n NEW PLAYER

Use python manage_database.py -h to see the full list of options.

Analysis

Some jupyter notebooks with sample analysis and a sample sqlite database containing one game are available in the analysis/ directory.

Miscellaneous Utilities

The utilities/ directory contains scripts which may be useful for correcting issues, but these should not be needed for normal operations.