Random card generator for The Quiet Year

the-quiet-year.py

#!/usr/bin/python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

about = """
A random card generator for The Quiet Year, which ends when 🂮 is drawn.
"""

fleet = """
short game: remove 5 cards from each suit; drop 🃎 but keep 🂮
"""

from argparse import ArgumentParser
import random
import sys
try:
    from rich import print
except ImportError:
    pass

def get_suit(a):
    # simple range(a, a+13) includes the "cup" as card 11 and drops the king
    return [chr(a+x) for x in list(range(0, 11)) + list(range(12, 14))]


deck = {
    "Spring": get_suit(0x1f0b1),  # '🂱' .. '🂾'
    "Summer": get_suit(0x1f0c1),  # '🃁' .. '🃎'
    "Autumn": get_suit(0x1f0d1),  # '🃑' .. '🃞'
    "Winter": get_suit(0x1f0a1),  # '🂡' .. '🂮'
}

parser = ArgumentParser(
    prog = "the-quiet-year",
    description = about,
    epilog = "Visit <https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/the-quiet-year> for details!"
)

parser.add_argument(
    '-f',
    '--fleeting',
    action='store_true',
    help=fleet,
)

parser.add_argument(
    '-p',
    '--print',
    action='store_true',
    help="print the deck and exit",
)

args = parser.parse_args()

if args.fleeting:
    print("~ The Fleeting Year ~\n")
    deck["Summer"].remove("🃎")
    for suit, cards in deck.items():
        deck[suit] = sorted(random.sample(cards, k=7))
    if not "🂮"  in  deck["Winter"]:
        deck["Winter"][-1] = "🂮"
else:
    print("~ The Quiet Year ~\n")

if args.print:
    for season, suit in deck.items():
        print("{}: {}".format(season, suit))
    sys.exit()

if not "🂮" in deck["Winter"]:
    raise RuntimeError("King of Spades missing from the Winter suit. Unable to proceed.")
    sys.exit(1)

if args.fleeting and "🃎" in deck["Summer"]:
    raise RuntimeError("King of Diamonds found in the Summer suit. Unable to proceed.")
    sys.exit(1)

z = ""
for season, suit in deck.items():
    z = input("{} has begun.\n    ⏎ to draw a card, q to exit".format(season))
    if z == "q" or z == "Q":
        sys.exit()
    random.shuffle(suit)
    for card in suit:
        if (season == "Winter") and (card == "🂮"):
            print("{} The Frost Shepherds are here!".format(card))
            print("~ The Quiet Year has ended ~")
            sys.exit()

        z = input(" {}  ".format(card))
        if z == "q" or z == "Q":
            sys.exit()