War (card Game) - Statistics

Statistics

After one million games were run with a computer program, the following results were achieved:

Statistic Value
Average battles per game: 253.314
Average wars per game: 15.0961
Average double wars per game: 0.756801
Average triple wars per game: 0.042637
Average quadruple wars per game: 0.002265
Average quintuple wars per game: 0.000113
Average sextuple wars per game: 0.000001
Most battles in a game: 2958
Most wars in a game: 155
Most double wars in a game: 12
Most triple wars in a game: 5
Most quadruple wars in a game: 2
Most quintuple wars in a game: 2
Most sextuple wars in a game: 1
Fewest battles in a game: 10

Presumably, the game with ten battles was the game with the sextuple war, which would have left the loser with one card. The loser of that war would then win a battle, then lose two in a row to eliminate all its cards.

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