Abstract

DouDiZhu, a multiplayer game with incomplete information, is the most popular card game in China. Although there are many DouDiZhu card games in the world, the specific characteristics of classical DouDiZhu card games are a harmonious combination of player numbers, player characters (landlords and peasants), deck numbers, and scoring systems. However, research on the complexity and attractiveness of DouDiZhu has not established. Therefore, in this paper, artificial intelligence (AI) players of different levels of DouDiZhu game were constructed for research, self-game simulation was conducted for DouDiZhu AI players, and game refinement measures were used to evaluate and identify the best Settings of the game. The results show that classical DouDiZhu provides the most complex game setup for all types of DouDiZhu AI players, while also clarifying its popularity.

Highlights

  • Games predate human culture [1]

  • Various types of fun games and serious games have been explored from different aspects, which bring us closer to the nature of real entertainment perceived in mind

  • Such a situation is the main difference between Poker and chess, which gradually becomes a new trend in the field of computer games

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Summary

Introduction

Games predate human culture [1]. With the emergence of games, human culture gradually began to take shape. Various types of fun games and serious games have been explored from different aspects, which bring us closer to the nature of real entertainment perceived in mind It is still unclear how the engagement of a game would affect the multi-player game in terms of the number of players, playing hands, and cooperation mode. DouDiZhu, in which the primary purpose is to empty one’s hand of all cards before all other players (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shedding-type_games). DouDiZhu is used as the benchmark to explore how settings changing in multi-player games would affect the engagement of players. How does cooperation affect engagement among these types of card games?. There are many card games similar to DouDiZhu with different hand settings. Is cooperation the essential factor that makes DouDiZhu game becoming so popular and exciting with only about 30 years’ development?

Multi-Player Card Games and Cooperation
DouDiZhu
Game Refinement Theory
Assessment Methods Employed for DouDiZhu
Simulation and Data Collection
Simulation Setups
Experiment on The Classical DouDiZhu
Comparison with the Variants of DouDiZhu Game in China
Comparative Study and Discussion
Other Popular Shedding-Type Card Games
Why DouDiZhu Is the Most Popular Card Game in China?
Concluding Remarks

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