The game uses a 3x3 square board. 2 players take turns to play, either placing a red on an empty square, or changing a red to orange, or orange to green. The player who forms 3 of 1 colour in a line wins.
This game for two players comes from Ghana. However, stones that were marked for this game in the third century AD have been found near Hadrian's Wall in Northern England.
A game for 1 person to develop stategy and shape and space awareness. 12 counters are placed on a board. Counters are removed one at a time. The aim is to be left with only 1 counter.
Congratulations to Cong Lu from Aberdeen , Keshav from Singapore, Fionne from Leiston, George from St Nicholas C of E Junior School and Luke from Wirral Grammar School for Boys who all sent in correct solutions.
George's solution is given below:
We all played the game in pairs and then looked at which were the winning numbers.
The best numbers (the numbers that won the most times) were 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.
The best numbers to choose are 6, 7 and 8 because they have the most combinations.
When we played this game, the worst numbers (the numbers which lost the most times) were 2, 3, 4, 5, 11 and 12. These are poor numbers to choose because they don't have many combinations.