diff --git a/game_of_sticks.py b/game_of_sticks.py
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+import os
+import random
+
+
+class SticksGame:
+    # X Print out rules
+    # X create and start turns
+    # X remove turn sticks from pile
+    # X display remaining sticks
+    # X Stop when player starts turn with one stick in pile
+    def __init__(self, player1, player2):
+        self.pile = 20
+        self.player1 = player1
+        self.player2 = player2
+        self.current_player = player1
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
+
+    def display_pile(self):
+        return "Pile contains {} sticks.".format(self.pile) \
+               + (" / " * self.pile)
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
+
+    def switch_players(self):
+        if self.current_player == self.player1:
+            self.current_player = self.player2
+        else:
+            self.current_player = self.player1
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
+
+    def remove(self, silent=False):
+        if not silent:
+            print("Currently {}'s turn\n".format(self.current_player.name))
+        self.current_player.pick_up(self.pile)
+        self.pile -= self.current_player.sticks
+        self.current_player.sticks = 0
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
+
+    def winner(self):
+        if self.pile > 0:
+            return None
+        else:
+            return self.current_player
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
+
+    def start(self):
+        self.pile = 20
+        while not self.winner():
+            os.system('clear')
+            print(self.display_pile())
+            self.remove()
+            self.switch_players()
+
+        self.current_player.win_state = True
+        os.system('clear')
+        print("Game Over!")
+        self.player1.win_check()
+        self.player2.win_check()
+        self.play_again()
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
+
+    def play_again(self):
+        go_again = input("Would you like to play again (y/n)? ").lower()
+
+        if go_again[0] == "y":
+            self.start()
+        elif go_again[0] == "n":
+            return
+        else:
+            self.play_again()
+
+###############################################################################
+
+
+class Player:
+    # X decide how many sticks to pick up
+    def __init__(self, name="Player"):
+        self.name = name
+        self.sticks = 0
+        self.win_state = False
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
+
+    def pick_up(self, remaining):
+        try:
+            num = int(input("How many sticks would you like to pick up? "))
+
+            if num in [1, 2, 3]:
+                self.sticks = num
+            else:
+                print("Invalid choice!")
+                return self.pick_up(remaining)
+        except ValueError:
+            print("Invalid choice!")
+            return self.pick_up(remaining)
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
+
+    def win_check(self):
+        if self.win_state:
+            print("The winner is {}!\n".format(self.name))
+            self.win_state = False
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return self.name
+
+###############################################################################
+
+
+class AIPlayer(Player):
+    def __init__(self, name="AI"):
+        super().__init__(name)
+        self.chosen = {}
+        self.possibilities = {}
+        self.tally = 0
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
+
+    def choices(self, remaining):
+        return self.possibilities.setdefault(remaining, [1, 2, 3])
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
+
+    def pick_up(self, remaining):
+        choice = random.choice(self.choices(remaining))
+        self.chosen[remaining] = choice
+        self.sticks = choice
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
+
+    def win_check(self, silent=False):
+        if self.win_state:
+            if not silent:
+                print("The winner is {}!\n".format(self.name))
+            self.integrate_win()
+            self.tally += 1
+            self.win_state = False
+        else:
+            self.chosen = {}
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
+
+    def integrate_win(self):
+        """for each choice made, add that choice into the
+        possible choices"""
+        for key in self.chosen:
+            self.possibilities[key].append(self.chosen[key])
+
+        self.chosen = {}
+
+
+###############################################################################
+
+
+class AISticksGame(SticksGame):
+    def start(self):
+        count = 100000
+        while count > 0:
+            self.pile = 20
+            while not self.winner():
+                self.remove(silent=True)
+                self.switch_players()
+
+            self.current_player.win_state = True
+            self.player1.win_check(silent=True)
+            self.player2.win_check(silent=True)
+            count -= 1
+        if self.player1.tally >= self.player2.tally:
+            return self.player1
+        else:
+            return self.player2
+
+
+###############################################################################
+
+
+def menu():
+    os.system('clear')
+    print("Welcome to the Game of Sticks!\n\
+In the Game of Sticks there is a heap of sticks on a board.\n\
+On their turn, each player picks up 1 to 3 sticks.\n\
+The one who has to pick the final stick will be the loser.\n")
+
+    set_up = input("Would you like to play against another [h]uman, \
+a [c]omputer, or a [t]rained computer? ").lower()
+
+    if set_up[0] == "h":
+        player_name1 = input("First Player's Name: ")
+        player_name2 = input("Second Player's Name: ")
+        player1 = Player(player_name1)
+        player2 = Player(player_name2)
+        game = SticksGame(player1, player2)
+        game.start()
+    elif set_up[0] == "c":
+        player_name = input("Your Name: ")
+        player1 = Player(player_name)
+        player2 = AIPlayer()
+        game = SticksGame(player1, player2)
+        game.start()
+    elif set_up[0] == "t":
+        ai1 = AIPlayer()
+        ai2 = AIPlayer()
+        AI_game = AISticksGame(ai1, ai2)
+        player_name = input("Your Name: ")
+        player1 = Player(player_name)
+        player2 = AI_game.start()
+        game = SticksGame(player1, player2)
+        game.start()
+    else:
+        os.system('clear')
+        print("Invalid choice, please try again")
+        return menu()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    menu()
diff --git a/test_game_of_sticks.py b/test_game_of_sticks.py
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+from game_of_sticks import SticksGame, Player, AIPlayer, AISticksGame
+
+
+def test_SticksGame_has_pile():
+    game = SticksGame("p1", "p2")
+    assert game.pile == 20
+
+
+class TestGame(SticksGame):
+    def play_again(self):
+        return None
+
+
+def test_SticksGame_ends():
+    game = TestGame("p1", "p2")
+    assert not game.winner() == "p1"
+    assert not game.winner() == "p2"
+    game.pile = 0
+    assert game.winner() == "p1"
+    assert not game.winner() == "p2"
+
+
+def test_SticksGame_displays_pile():
+    game = SticksGame("p1", "p2")
+    assert game.display_pile() == "Pile contains 20 sticks."
+    game.pile = 3
+    assert game.display_pile() == "Pile contains 3 sticks."
+
+
+def test_SticksGame_switches_players():
+    game = SticksGame("p1", "p2")
+    game.switch_players()
+    assert game.current_player == "p2"
+    game.switch_players()
+    assert game.current_player == "p1"
+
+
+class TestPlayer(Player):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.check = 2
+
+    def pick_up(self, remaining):
+        if self.check in [1, 2, 3]:
+            self.sticks = self.check
+
+
+def test_player_decides_how_many_sticks_to_take():
+    player = TestPlayer()
+    assert player.sticks == 0
+    player.pick_up(1)
+    assert player.sticks == 2
+    player.check = 1
+    player.pick_up(1)
+    assert player.sticks == 1
+    player.check = 3
+    player.pick_up(1)
+    assert player.sticks == 3
+    player.check = 4
+    player.pick_up(1)
+    assert not player.sticks == 4
+
+
+def test_SticksGame_removes_sticks_from_pile():
+    player = TestPlayer()
+    game = SticksGame(player, player)
+    assert game.pile == 20
+    game.remove()
+    assert game.pile == 18
+    player.check = 4
+    game.remove()
+    assert game.pile == 18
+
+
+def test_SticksGame_goes_until_winner():
+    p1 = TestPlayer()
+    p2 = TestPlayer()
+    game = TestGame(p1, p2)
+    game.start()
+    print(game.pile)
+    print(game.current_player)
+    assert game.winner() is not None
+
+
+def test_AI_test_game():
+    ai = AIPlayer()
+    ai.pick_up(17)
+    ai.pick_up(12)
+    ai.pick_up(3)
+    ai.integrate_win()
+    assert len(ai.choices(17)) == 4
+    ai.pick_up(17)
+    ai.pick_up(10)
+    ai.integrate_win()
+    assert len(ai.choices(17)) == 5
+    assert len(ai.choices(10)) == 4
+    ai.pick_up(17)
+    ai.pick_up(10)
+    ai.win_check()
+    assert len(ai.choices(17)) == 5
+    assert len(ai.choices(10)) == 4
+
+
+def test_AI_choices():
+    """An initial player should have 1, 2, 3 as choices for all numbers."""
+    ai = AIPlayer()
+    assert ai.choices(13) == [1, 2, 3]
+
+def test_AISticksGame():
+    HAL = AIPlayer()
+    GLaDOS = AIPlayer()
+    game = AISticksGame(HAL, GLaDOS)
+    assert game.start() == HAL or game.start() == GLaDOS