
Play this well-known game against the computer where each player is equally likely to choose scissors, paper or rock. Why not try the variations too?

You'll need two dice to play this game against a partner. Will Incey Wincey make it to the top of the drain pipe or the bottom of the drain pipe first?

Exchange the positions of the two sets of counters in the least possible number of moves

Block your opponent's markers by surrounding them and by having one of your markers in the centre space.

Choose the size of your pegboard and the shapes you can make. Can you work out the strategies needed to block your opponent?

A game for 1 or 2 people. Use the interactive version, or play with friends. Try to round up as many counters as possible.

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.

In this game you throw two dice and find their total, then move the appropriate counter to the right. Which counter reaches the purple box first? Is this what you would expect?

A game for 2 players. This could be played outside with people instead of counters. Try to trap or escape from your opponent.

An interactive game to be played on your own or with friends. Imagine you are having a party. Each person takes it in turns to stand behind the chair where they will get the most chocolate.

A game for 2 players which can be played on line. Draw a daisy with at least 5 petals. Shade 1 or 2 petals next to each other. The winner shades the last petal.

A game for 2 people that can be played on line or with pens and paper. Combine your knowledege of coordinates with your skills of strategic thinking.

A game for 1 person. Can you work out how the dice must be rolled from the start position to the finish? Play on line.

A game to be played against the computer, or in groups. Pick a 7-digit number. A random digit is generated. What must you subract to remove the digit from your number? the first to zero wins.

An interactive activity for one to experiment with a tricky tessellation

This is a game for two players. Can you find out how to be the first to get to 12 o'clock?

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. . . .

Oware is a Mankala-like game of strategy. Simple rules, but not so simple to win - and you'd better be good at counting! Play the computer or play a friend.

Take it in turns to place a domino on the grid. One to be placed horizontally and the other vertically. Can you make it impossible for your opponent to play?

A game for 2 people that everybody knows. You can play with a friend or online. If you play correctly you never lose!

Take it in turns to make a triangle on the pegboard. Can you block your opponent?

Can you make the birds from the egg tangram?

A game for 2 players. Take turns to place a counter so that it occupies one of the lowest possible positions in the grid. The first player to complete a line of 4 wins.

An ordinary set of dominoes can be laid out as a 7 by 4 magic rectangle in which all the spots in all the columns add to 24, while those in the rows add to 42. Try it! Now try the magic square...

Work out the fractions to match the cards with the same amount of money.

Everthing you have always wanted to do with dominoes! Some of these games are good for practising your mental calculation skills, and some are good for your reasoning skills.

A simple game to understand; a player wins when they have blocked their opponent. An interactive version is available on line.

This is a game for 2 players. Each player has 4 counters each, and wins by blocking their opponent's counters. A good follow-on from two stones.

Hover your mouse over the counters to see which ones will be removed. Click to remover them. The winner is the last one to remove a counter. How you can make sure you win?

Try to stop your opponent from being able to split the piles of counters into unequal numbers. Can you find a strategy?

This game for two players is played in Ghana, but stones that were marked for this game in the third century AD have been found near Hadrian's Wall in Northern England.

Here is a version of the game 'Happy Families' for you to make and play.

Use the tangram pieces to make our pictures, or to design some of your own!

A shape and space game for 2,3 or 4 players. Be the last person to be able to place a pentomino piece on the playing board. Play with card, or on the computer.

Have a go at this game which involves throwing two dice and adding their totals. Where should you place your counters to be more likely to win?

A game to make and play based on the number line.

A game to explore the basics of probability. Ideal for stimulating discussion with appropriate vocabulary