ship_captain_crew.py

from random import randint

class Player(object):
    def __init__(self, name, hold):
        self.name = name
        self.hold_limit = hold
        self.total_score = 0
        self.score = 0

    def take_turn(self, printing):
        self.score = 0
        ship = 0
        captain = 0
        crew = 0
        if printing:
            print "\n" + self.name
        for i in range(3):
            num_dice = 5 - sum((ship, captain, crew))
            dice = [randint(1, 6) for x in range(num_dice)]
            if printing:
                print dice
            if not ship and 6 in dice:
                ship = 1
                dice.remove(6)
            if ship and not captain:
                if 5 in dice:
                    captain = 1
                    dice.remove(5)
            if captain and not crew:
                if 4 in dice:
                    crew = 1
                    dice.remove(4)
            if crew:
                cargo = sum(dice)
                if cargo >= self.hold_limit:
                    self.score = cargo
                    if printing:
                        print "{} held with {}".format(self.name, self.score)
                    return
        if crew:
            self.score = cargo
            if printing:
                print "{} scored {} points".format(self.name, self.score)


def ship():
    players = [Player("Re-Roller", 12), Player("Aggressive", 10),
                    Player("Average", 9), Player("Conservative", 8),
                    Player("Timid", 7), Player("Never-Roller", 2)]

    num_rounds = int(raw_input("How many rounds?"))
    printing = True
    if num_rounds > 50:
        printing = False
    for i in range(num_rounds):
        for player in players:
            player.take_turn(printing)
            player.total_score += player.score
        players = players[1:] + players[:1]

    print "\n"
    for final in sorted(players, key=lambda x: x.total_score)[::-1]:
        print "{:15} {}".format(final.name, final.total_score)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    ship()