Hunters Boardgame Tester DECOMMISSIONED

A headless automated simulator built in Node.js using the boardgame.io framework. Its primary purpose is to test the balance and mechanics of a physical board game named 'Hunters', which features dual win conditions: accumulating runes or eliminating all other players.

To properly balance these mechanics without relying on hundreds of manual playtests, the engine runs massive simulations using automated bots. It tracks win rates, damage output, and the efficacy of different game states and strategies.

By examining the statistical output of thousands of simulated matches, mechanics and edge cases can be tweaked based on hard data rather than intuition alone.