def new_board(): board = {} for i in [13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 58, 59, 60, 67, 68]: board[i] = "X" board[41] = "_" return board def print_instructions(): print("\n" * 3) print("HERE IS THE BOARD:\n") print("\n") print(" ! ! !\n") print(" 13 14 15\n") print("\n") print(" ! ! !\n") print(" 22 23 24\n") print("\n") print("! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !\n") print("29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37\n") print("\n") print("! ! ! ! ! ! !\n") print("38 39 40 41 42 43 44\n") print("\n") print("! ! ! ! ! ! !\n") print("47 48 49 50 51 52 53\n") print("\n") print(" ! ! !\n") print(" 58 59 60\n") print("\n") print(" ! ! !\n") print(" 67 68 69\n") print("\n") print("TO SAVE TYPING TIME, A COMPRESSED VERSION OF THE GAME BOARD\n") print("WILL BE USED DURING PLAY. REFER TO THE ABOVE ONE FOR PEG\n") print("NUMBERS. OK, LET'S BEGIN.\n") def print_board(board): print(" " * 3 + board[13] + board[14] + board[15] + " " * 3) print(" " * 3 + board[22] + board[23] + board[24] + " " * 3) print(board[29] + board[30] + board[31] + board[32] + board[33] + board[34] + board[35]) print(board[38] + board[39] + board[40] + board[41] + board[42] + board[43] + board[44]) print(board[47] + board[48] + board[49] + board[50] + board[51] + board[52] + board[53]) print(" " * 3 + board[58] + board[59] + board[60] + " " * 3) print(" " * 3 + board[67] + board[68] + board[69] + " " * 3) def play_game(): print("Lets play a game") board = new_board() print_board(board) def main(): if input("Do you want instrunctions?\n").lower().startswith("y"): print_instructions() play_game() if __name__ == "__main__": main()