Introduction

Research Question

In the card game quartets, the goal is obviously to win, which is done by getting as many quartets as possible. There are different strategies to do this. One simple strategy would be to simply ask for a random card that you need from a random other agent. A smarter player will use logic to deduce which cards other people do and do not have, and use this to their advantage. A player can then also decide to use either a defensive or an aggressive strategy, where they play either for their own interest or to sabotage other players who are doing well.

Our goal in this project is to find out how to win. The strategies of the players obviously influence who will win. However, another thing that influences who wins is the player that begins and the order in which they play. Our research question is “Which strategy gives the highest chance to win and to what extent does the play order influence the chance to win?”.