Grime Dice Test

"""
Test out the combinations of the five Grime dice
http://grime.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/
http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/weird-probabilities-of-non-tra.html
"""

import random

class Dice:
    def __init__(self,name,sideList):
        self.name = name
        self.sideList = sideList

    def roll(self):
        return random.choice(self.sideList)

    def totalOfSides(self):
        return sum(self.sideList)

    def rollAverage(self,rollIters):
        """ Run through a series of tests to determine average roll value """
        rollTotal = 0;
        for i in range(rollIters):
            rollTotal += self.roll()
        rollAverage = float(rollTotal)/float(rollIters)
        return rollAverage

    def valueAverage(self):
        """ Average the possible values """
        return float(self.totalOfSides()) / len(self.sideList)


traditional = Dice("traditional",[1,2,3,4,5,6])
red = Dice("red",[4,4,4,4,4,9])
yellow = Dice("yellow",[3,3,3,3,8,8])
blue = Dice("blue",[2,2,2,7,7,7])
magenta = Dice("magenta",[1,1,6,6,6,6])
olive = Dice("olive",[0,5,5,5,5,5])



def rollOff(die1,die2,rollIters):
    """ Roll two dice a number of times and print the results """
    print "ROLLOFF: " + die1.name + " vs. " + die2.name
    die1.wins = 0
    die2.wins = 0
    ties = 0
    for i in range(rollIters):
        die1roll = die1.roll()
        die2roll = die2.roll()

        if die1roll > die2roll:
            die1.wins += 1
        elif die2roll > die1roll:
            die2.wins += 1
        else:
            ## Tie shouldn't be possible with Grime dice
            ties += 1
            print "TIE? " + str(die1.roll) + " " + str(die1.roll)
    if die1.wins > die2.wins:
        winPercentage = die1.wins*100/(die1.wins+die2.wins+ties)
        print die1.name + " wins " + str(winPercentage) + "%"
        print "  (" + str(die1.wins) + " to "+ str(die2.wins) + ")"
    else:
        winPercentage = die2.wins*100/(die1.wins+die2.wins+ties)
        print die2.name + " wins " + str(winPercentage) + "%"
        print "  (" + str(die2.wins) + " to "+ str(die1.wins) + ")"
    print ""

#rollOff(red,blue,10000)
#rollOff(blue,olive,10000)
#rollOff(olive,red,10000)

diceList = [red,yellow,blue,magenta,olive]

for die1 in diceList:
    print "----"
    print

    for die2 in diceList:
        if die1.name != die2.name:
            rollOff(die1,die2,10000)