The game of Hangman in Python (Python recipe) by Captain DeadBones

ActiveState Code (http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578551/)

import random

board = [
'  +---+   \n  |   |   \n      |   \n      |   \n      |   \n      |   \n========= \n',
'  +---+   \n  |   |   \n  0   |   \n      |   \n      |   \n      |   \n========= \n',
'  +---+   \n  |   |   \n  0   |   \n  |   |   \n      |   \n      |   \n========= \n',
'  +---+   \n  |   |   \n  0   |   \n /|   |   \n      |   \n      |   \n========= \n',
'  +---+   \n  |   |   \n  0   |   \n /|\\  |   \n      |   \n      |   \n========= \n',
'  +---+   \n  |   |   \n  0   |   \n /|\\  |   \n /    |   \n      |   \n========= \n',
'  +---+   \n  |   |   \n  0   |   \n /|\\  |   \n / \\  |   \n      |   \n========= \n'
]

class Hangman:
	def __init__(self,word):
		self.word = word
		self.missed_letters = []
		self.guessed_letters = []
		
	def guess(self,letter):
		if letter in self.word and letter not in self.guessed_letters:
			self.guessed_letters.append(letter)
		elif letter not in self.word and letter not in self.missed_letters:
			self.missed_letters.append(letter)
		else:
			return False
		return True
		
	def hangman_over(self):
		return self.hangman_won() or (len(self.missed_letters) == 6)
		
	def hangman_won(self):
		if '_' not in self.hide_word():
			return True
		return False
		
	def hide_word(self):
		rtn = ''
		for letter in self.word:
			if letter not in self.guessed_letters:
				rtn += '_'
			else:
				rtn += letter
		return rtn
		
	def print_game_status(self):
		print board[len(self.missed_letters)]
		print 'Word: ' + self.hide_word()
		print 'Letters Missed: ', 
		for letter in self.missed_letters:
			print letter, 
		print 
		print 'Letters Guessed: ',
		for letter in self.guessed_letters:
			print letter,
		print 

def rand_word():
	
	bank = ['the','living','pearl','.com','captain','deadbones']
	return bank[random.randint(0,len(bank))]

def main():
	
	game = Hangman(rand_word())
	while not game.hangman_over():
		game.print_game_status()
		user_input = raw_input('\nEnter a letter: ')
		game.guess(user_input)

	game.print_game_status()	
	if game.hangman_won():
		print '\nCongratulations! You are the winner of Hangman!'
	else:
		print '\nSorry, you have lost in the game of Hangman...'
		print 'The word was ' + game.word
		
	print '\nGoodbye!\n'
		
if __name__ == "__main__":
	main()