diff --git a/lua/random_player.lua b/lua/random_player.lua
deleted file mode 100755
index 134290e..0000000
--- a/lua/random_player.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/lua
-
--- use socket to communicate with the server directly
-ttrts = require "ttrts"
-
--- usage text
-local USAGE = [[
-NAME
-	random_player.lua
-
-USAGE
-	random_player.lua --host=HOSTNAME
-
-SUMMARY
-	Random ttrts player using lua Connects directly to ttrts server
-
-OPTIONS
-	HOSTNAME - host to connect to
-]]
-
--- [[ Get our options and set up state ]]
-local opts = ttrts.getopt(arg, "host")
-
--- if no host or host not set
-if not opts.host or opts.host == true then 
-	print(USAGE) return
-end
-
--- [[ Connect to the host ]]
-print( "Connecting to " .. opts.host )
-local player, name = ttrts.ConnectToHost(opts.host)
-
-print( "Player: " .. player )
-print( "Name: " .. name )
-
---[[ Main Loop ]]
-while true do
-
-	-- Grab the current gamestate
-	local gamestate = ttrts.GetStateFromHost()
-
-	print("TURN " .. gamestate.turn )
-
-	-- get the orders
-	local orders = ttrts.GetRandomOrders( player, gamestate )
-
-	-- send the orders
-	ttrts.SendOrdersToHost( orders )
-
-end
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diff --git a/perl/randomPlayer.pl b/perl/randomPlayer.pl
index a8362aa..b24beb8 100755
--- a/perl/randomPlayer.pl
+++ b/perl/randomPlayer.pl
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 use Term::ANSIColor;
 
-our $VERBOSE = $ENV{"VERBOSE"};
+# From http://perlmaven.com/how-to-create-a-perl-module-for-code-reuse
+# expect ttrts perl module in cwd
+use File::Basename qw(dirname);
+use Cwd  qw(abs_path);
+use lib dirname(abs_path($0)); 
 
 # Use our ttrts perl library
-# located within the main https://github.com/mdiluz/ttrts repository
 use ttrts;
 
 our $usage_text=<<TEXT;
@@ -59,24 +62,24 @@ printf("Launching with player %i\n",$player);
 while ( 1 )
 {
 	# Wait for turn file
-	our $turnFile = GetTurnFileName($turn);
+	our $turnFile = GetTurnFile($turn);
 
 	# Wait for the turn file
-	$VERBOSE and printf("Waiting for %s\n", $turnFile);
+	printf("Waiting for %s\n", $turnFile);
 	WaitForFile $turnFile;
 
 	# Read in the game state from turnFile
-	my @units = GetUnitStringsFromFile($turnFile);
-	my ($major,$minor,$patch,$gameName,$gameX,$gameY) = GetGameInfoFromFile($turnFile);
+	my @units = GetUnitsForTurn($turnFile);
+	my ($gameName,$gameX,$gameY) = GetHeaderForTurn($turnFile);
 
 	# Get units on my player
-	my @myUnits = GetPlayerUnits($player,@units);
+	my @myUnits = getUnitsOnPlayer($player,@units);
 
 	# Generate some commands
 	my $commands = OrderEverythingRandom(@myUnits);
 
 	# At this point, print the game map
-	PrintGameMapForTurn($turn);
+	PrintGameMap($gameX,$gameY,@units);
 
 	if( scalar(@units) == 0 )
 	{
@@ -93,7 +96,6 @@ while ( 1 )
 		printf "Game over, you lose!\n";
 		exit 0;
 	}
-	# TODO: Detect lack of possible movement
 
 	OutputCommandsFile $turn,$player,$commands;
 
diff --git a/perl/ttrts.pm b/perl/ttrts.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8acdf17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/ttrts.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+#! /usr/bin/perl
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+our $ttrts_perlai_versioncompat_major = 0;
+our $ttrts_perlai_versioncompat_minor = 2;
+
+# Get information about a unit from it's descriptor
+sub getUnit
+{
+	return ($_[0] =~ /UNIT:(\d+) pl:(\d+) vs:([^ ]+) dr:([^ ]+) ps:\[(\d+),(\d+)\]/);
+}
+
+# Get the units from a turn file
+sub GetUnitsForTurn
+{
+	my $turnFile = shift;
+
+	# Open the turn file
+	open (my $TURNHANDLE, '<', $turnFile) or die "Could not open '$turnFile' $!";
+	
+	# Skip the header information
+	my $num = 0;
+	while( !( <$TURNHANDLE> =~ /~~~~/ ) )
+	{
+		$num++;
+		$num > 20 and die "gamestate file did not reach ~~~~ line within 10 lines";
+	} 
+
+	my @units;
+	while( my $unitLine = <$TURNHANDLE> )
+	{
+		chomp $unitLine;
+		if( !($unitLine eq "END") )
+		{
+			push(@units,$unitLine);
+		}
+	}
+
+	close $TURNHANDLE;
+
+	return @units;
+}
+
+# Check version numbers against ttrts.pm version
+sub checkVersion
+{
+	my $version_major = shift;
+	my $version_minor = shift;
+	if( ($version_major != $ttrts_perlai_versioncompat_major) 
+	or  ($version_minor != $ttrts_perlai_versioncompat_minor) ) 
+	{
+		printf "ttrts.pm version does not match with this ttrts version\n";
+		die "ttrts.pm = v$ttrts_perlai_versioncompat_minor.$ttrts_perlai_versioncompat_major ttrts = v$version_major.$version_minor";
+	}
+}
+
+# Get information from the header for this turn
+sub GetHeaderForTurn
+{
+	my $turnFile = shift;
+
+	# Open the turn file
+	open (my $TURNHANDLE, '<', $turnFile) or die "Could not open '$turnFile' $!";
+	
+	# Pull in the header information
+	my $headerLine = <$TURNHANDLE>;
+	chomp $headerLine;
+	my $nameLine = <$TURNHANDLE>;
+	chomp $nameLine;
+	my $sizeLine = <$TURNHANDLE>;
+	chomp $sizeLine;
+	my $turnLine = <$TURNHANDLE>;
+	chomp $turnLine;
+
+	my ($version_major,$version_minor) = ( $headerLine =~ /==== ttrts v(\d+)\.(\d+)\.\d+ ====/ );
+	checkVersion $version_major,$version_minor;
+
+	my ($gameName) = ( $nameLine =~ /NAME:(.+)/ );
+	my ($gameX,$gameY) = ( $sizeLine =~ /SIZE:\[(\d+),(\d+)\]/ );
+
+	close $TURNHANDLE;
+
+	return ($gameName,$gameX,$gameY);
+}
+
+# Get units from a specific player
+sub getUnitsOnPlayer
+{
+	my $thePlayer = shift;
+	my @allUnits = @_;
+	my @myUnits;
+
+	for my $unit (@allUnits)
+	{
+		my ($unitplayer) = $unit =~ /pl:(\d+)/;
+		if ( $unitplayer == $thePlayer )
+		{
+			push(@myUnits,$unit);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return @myUnits;
+}
+
+sub GetTurnFile
+{
+	my $turn = shift;
+	my $turnFile = "Turn_TURN.txt";
+	$turnFile =~ s/TURN/$turn/;
+	return $turnFile;
+}
+
+sub GetCommandFile
+{
+	my $turn = shift;
+	my $player = shift;
+	my $cmdFileName = "Player_PLAYER_Turn_TURN.txt";
+	$cmdFileName =~ s/TURN/$turn/;
+	$cmdFileName =~ s/PLAYER/$player/;
+	return $cmdFileName;
+}
+
+# Output the commands file
+sub OutputCommandsFile
+{
+	my $turn = shift;
+	my $player = shift;
+	my $commands = shift;
+
+	# Get output file
+	our $cmdFileName = GetCommandFile($turn,$player);
+
+	if (! -e $cmdFileName)
+	{
+		open(my $cmdFile, '>', $cmdFileName) or die "Couldn't open '$cmdFileName' $!";
+		print $cmdFile $commands;
+		print $cmdFile "END";
+		close $cmdFile;
+
+		printf "Outputted $cmdFileName\n";
+		printf "$commands";
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		open(my $cmdFile, '<', $cmdFileName) or die "Couldn't open '$cmdFileName' $!";
+		my $old_commands = do { <$cmdFile> };
+
+		printf "Replaying $cmdFileName\n";
+		printf "$old_commands";
+	}
+}
+
+# Print a game map
+sub PrintGameMap
+{	
+	my $gameX = shift;
+	my $gameY = shift;
+	my @units = @_;
+
+	my @map;
+
+	# Fill with blanks
+	for my $x (0 .. $gameX-1)
+	{
+		for my $y (0 .. $gameY-1)
+		{
+			$map[$x][$y] = "-";
+		}
+	}
+
+	# Fill with units
+	for my $unit (@units)
+	{
+		my ($id,$pl,$vs,$dr,$psx,$psy) = getUnit($unit);
+
+		$pl += 31;
+		$vs = "\e[".$pl."m".$vs."\e[0m";
+
+		$map[$psx][$psy] = $vs;
+	}
+
+	# Print whole map bottom left is 0,0
+	for my $y ( reverse 0 .. $gameY-1 )
+	{
+		for my $x (0 .. $gameX-1)
+		{
+			printf($map[$x][$y]);
+		}
+		printf("\n");
+	}
+}
+
+# Wait for a file to exist
+sub WaitForFile
+{
+	my $file = $_[0];
+	while( ! -e $file )
+	{
+		select(undef, undef, undef, 0.01); 
+	}
+}
+
+return 1;
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