Catanatron will always refer to the best bot in this leaderboard.
The best bot right now is AlphaBetaPlayer with n = 2. Here a list of bots strength. Experiments done by running 1000 (when possible) 1v1 games against previous in list.
Player
% of wins in 1v1 games
num games used for result
AlphaBeta(n=2)
80% vs ValueFunction
25
ValueFunction
90% vs GreedyPlayouts(n=25)
25
GreedyPlayouts(n=25)
100% vs MCTS(n=100)
25
MCTS(n=100)
60% vs WeightedRandom
15
WeightedRandom
60% vs Random
50% vs VictoryPoint
1000
VictoryPoint
60% vs Random
1000
Random
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Making Catanatron Bot Stronger
The best bot right now is Alpha Beta Search with a hand-crafted value function. One of the most promising ways of improving Catanatron is to have your custom player inhert from (AlphaBetaPlayer) and set a better set of weights for the value function. You can also edit the value function and come up with your own innovative features!