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FPDou: Mastering DouDizhu with Fictitious Play

Combined Fictitious Play with deep reinforcement learning to master DouDizhu, a three-player card game where two farmers cooperate against the landlord.

FPDou Demo

Overview

DouDizhu is one of the most popular card games in China, with an estimated 600 million players worldwide. It is a three-player game where two farmers cooperate against the landlord. By treating the two farmers as a single player, the game can be modeled as a two-player zero-sum setting, enabling the application of game-theoretic algorithms like Fictitious Play.

FPDou Overview

Results

FPDou achieved state-of-the-art performance on DouDizhu, outperforming both open-source and closed-source models. It ranked first among 452 bots on the Botzone platform.

FPDou Results
Performance comparison against baseline models
Botzone Ranking
Botzone platform ranking (first among 452 bots)

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