My exploration of different die rolling stats for D&D and Risk.

dierolling.py

print()
print()
print()
print("D&D")

totals = [0] * 19
for a in range(1, 7):
    for b in range(1, 7):
        for c in range(1, 7):
            for d in range(1, 7):
                rolls = [a, b, c, d]
                total = sum(rolls) - min(rolls)
                totals[total] += 1

def bar_graph(x):
    return "#" * (x // 2) + "&" * (x % 2)

for i in range(3, 19):
    print(f"{i:5} :: {totals[i]:3} {bar_graph(totals[i])}")

overall_total = 0
for i in range(19):
    overall_total += i * totals[i]

print("Overall Average: ", overall_total / (6*6*6*6) )

print()
print()
print()
print("Risk")

def evaluate(attack, defend):
    attack.sort()
    defend.sort()

    i = 1
    result = 0
    skirmishes = 0
    while i <= len(attack) and i <= len(defend):
        skirmishes += 1
        if defend[-i] >= attack[-i]:
            result -= 1
        else:
            result += 1
        i += 1

    return (result, skirmishes)