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Code for a game of backgammon played either against an AI, against a human on the same computer, or against another computer

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AI$1.class		AI$1.class
AI.class		AI.class
AI.java		AI.java
Colour.class		Colour.class
Colour.java		Colour.java
Comp.class		Comp.class
Comp.java		Comp.java
EndSpace.class		EndSpace.class
EndSpace.java		EndSpace.java
Game.class		Game.class
Game.java		Game.java
Harvey$1.class		Harvey$1.class
Harvey.class		Harvey.class
Harvey.java		Harvey.java
Human.class		Human.class
Human.java		Human.java
Jackson$1.class		Jackson$1.class
Jackson.class		Jackson.class
Jackson.java		Jackson.java
Jax$1.class		Jax$1.class
Jax.class		Jax.class
Jax.java		Jax.java
Main.class		Main.class
Main.java		Main.java
Move.class		Move.class
Move.java		Move.java
Player.class		Player.class
Player.java		Player.java
Random.class		Random.class
Random.java		Random.java
Space.class		Space.class
Space.java		Space.java
Statistics.class		Statistics.class
Statistics.java		Statistics.java
Type.class		Type.class
Type.java		Type.java
readme.txt		readme.txt
stats.txt		stats.txt

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Backgammon

This game of backgammon may be played between mutliple human players on the same computers, between two different computers running this program, or can be played between or against an AI. 
The most interesting part of this to write was the AI, of which I created 3, then pitted them against each other to determine the best player. I tried many different heuristics to improve their performance. I particularly enjoyed the process of coming up with various ideas, then implementing them to try and figure out what strategies worked and which didn't. 
Another interesting part of this particular project was the networking protocols, figuring out how to have the game communicate with other computers, to make sure both games would have a consistent board and a consistent idea of the winner.

Contents:
* Source Directory
	* contains all java classes for the program
* Statistic.txt file
	* contains statistics comapring the different AIs


Execution Instructions:
1) Run program in terminal
2) Play game, following instructions presented in terminal
3) Execute program