I tried my hand once or twice at (re-)implementing board games [0], so that I could run some common "AI" algorithms on the game trees.
What tripped me up every time is that most board games have a lot of "if this happens, there is this specific rule that applies". Even relatively simple games (like Homeworlds) are pretty hard to nail down perfectly due to all the special cases.
Do you, or somebody else, have any recommendations on how to handle this?
[0] Dominion, Homeworlds and the battle part of Eclipse iirc.
What tripped me up every time is that most board games have a lot of "if this happens, there is this specific rule that applies". Even relatively simple games (like Homeworlds) are pretty hard to nail down perfectly due to all the special cases.
Do you, or somebody else, have any recommendations on how to handle this?
[0] Dominion, Homeworlds and the battle part of Eclipse iirc.