Card Game Called War

War – This is a very simple game that’s fairly popular with children. A standard deck of cards is shuffled and split evenly between two players, who then lay their stacks face-down on a surface. Every turn, the players overturn their top card. Whoever’s card is of a higher rank wins the “battle,” claims both cards, and puts them at.

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Card Game Called War

Language used: Java

This program is created with NetBeans enviroment.

War is a card game for two players.A standard deck of 52 cards is dealt so that both players have 26 cards.During each round of play (or 'battle'), both players play a card from the top of their hand face up.The player who plays the card of the higher rank wins both cards and places them at the bottom of his stack of cards.If both cards played are of the same rank, then both players play three additional cards face down and then one more card face up (this is called a 'war').The player who wins the war by playing the higher card wins all ten cards.If the ranks are still the same, additional wars are played until one player wins the turn.If either player runs out of cards to play, he loses the game.You will use only ArrayLists to store the cards in this program. This means cards cannot be stored in arrays.

##Sample output might look like this:

War
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Alternative names	Battle
Type	Catching type
Players	2
Skills required	Counting and card values
Age range	5-12^[1]
Cards	52
Deck	French
Play	Clockwise
Card rank (highest first)	A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
Playing time	10–40 min.
Random chance	High
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War (also known as Battle in the United Kingdom) is a card game typically played by two players. It uses a standard playing card deck.^[2] Due to its simplicity, it is played most often by children. There are many variations, including the German 32-card variant Tod und Leben ('Life and Death').

Gameplay[edit]

The objective of the game is to win all of the cards.

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The deck is divided evenly among the players, giving each a down stack. In unison, each player reveals the top card of their deck—this is a 'battle'—and the player with the higher card takes both of the cards played and moves them to their stack. Aces are high, and suits are ignored.^[2]

If the two cards played are of equal value, then there is a 'war'.^[2] Both players place the next card of their pile face down (some variants have three face down cards) and then another card face-up. The owner of the higher face-up card wins the war and adds all the cards on the table to the bottom of their deck. If the face-up cards are again equal then the battle repeats with another set of face-down/up cards. This repeats until one player's face-up card is higher than their opponent's.^[2]

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Most descriptions of War are unclear about what happens if a player runs out of cards during a war.^[2] In some variants, that player immediately loses. In others, the player may play the last card in their deck as their face-up card for the remainder of the war or replay the game from the beginning.^[2]

Game designer Greg Costikyan has observed that since there are no choices in the game, and all outcomes are random, it cannot be considered a game by some definitions.^[3] However, the rules often do not specify in which order the cards should be returned to the deck. If they are returned in a non-random order, the decision of putting one card before another after a win can change the overall outcome of the game.^[4] The effects of such decisions are more visible with smaller size decks as it is easier for a player to card count, however the decisions can still affect gameplay if taken in standard decks.

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