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Behind the Rules of Go
Stage: 5
This article explains the use of the idea of connectedness in networks, in two different ways, to bring into focus the basics of the game of Go, namely capture and territory.
Sufficient but Not Necessary: Two Eyes and Seki in Go
Stage: 4
The game of go has a simple mechanism. This discussion of the principle of two eyes in go has shown that the game does not depend on equally clear-cut concepts.
Diagonal Sums Sudoku
Stage: 2, 3 and 4 Challenge Level: 
Solve this Sudoku puzzle whose clues are in the form of sums of the numbers which should appear in diagonal opposite cells.
Twin Corresponding Sudoku
Stage: 3, 4 and 5 Challenge Level:
This sudoku requires you to have "double vision" - two Sudoku's for the price of one
Wallpaper Sudoku
Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level:
A Sudoku that uses transformations as supporting clues.
Turnablock
Stage: 4 Challenge Level:
A simple game for 2 players invented by John Conway. It is played on a 3x3 square board with 9 counters that are black on one side and white on the other.
Twin Corresponding Sudoku III
Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level:
Two sudokus in one. Challenge yourself to make the necessary connections.
Twin Corresponding Sudokus II
Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level:
Two sudokus in one. Challenge yourself to make the necessary connections.
Seasonal Twin Sudokus
Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level:
This pair of linked Sudokus matches letters with numbers and hides a seasonal greeting. Can you find it?
Going First
Stage: 3, 4 and 5
This article shows how abstract thinking and a little number theory throw light on the scoring in Go.
Corresponding Sudokus
Stage: 3, 4 and 5
This second Sudoku article discusses "Corresponding Sudokus" which are pairs of Sudokus with terms that can be matched using a substitution rule.
Pole Star Sudoku
Stage: 4 and 5 Challenge Level:
A Sudoku based on clues that give the differences between adjacent cells.
Slippery Snail
Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level:
A game for 2 people. Take turns to move the counters 1, 2 or 3 spaces. The player to remove the last counter off the board wins.
Using Games in the Classroom
Stage: 2, 3 and 4
Gillian Hatch analyses what goes on when mathematical games are used as a pedagogic device.
The Best Card Trick Ever!
Stage: 4
You will need an assistant, a witness and an ordinary deck of cards.
Tower Rescue
Stage: 2, 3, 4 and 5 Challenge Level:
Help the bee to build a stack of blocks far enough to save his friend trapped in the tower.
Wari
Stage: 4 Challenge Level:
This is a simple version of an ancient game played all over the world. It is also called Mancala. What tactics will increase your chances of winning?
Intersection Sums Sudoku
Stage: 2, 3 and 4 Challenge Level:
A Sudoku with clues given as sums of entries.
Quadruple Clue Sudoku
Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level:
Four numbers on an intersection that need to be placed in the surrounding cells. That is all you need to know to solve this sudoku.
One, Three, Five, Seven
Stage: 4 Challenge Level:
A game for 2 players. Set out 16 counters in rows of 1,3,5 and 7. Players take turns to remove any number of counters from a row. The player left with the last counter looses.
Winning Lines
Stage: 2, 3 and 4 Challenge Level:
An article for teachers and pupils that encourages you to look at the mathematical properties of similar games.
Sliding Puzzle
Stage: 1, 2, 3 and 4 Challenge Level:
The aim of the game is to slide the green square from the top right hand corner to the bottom left hand corner in the least number of moves.
Square It
Stage: 1, 2, 3 and 4 Challenge Level:
Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a square.
Pentanim,a Game for Two Players
Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level:
A game for 2 players with similaritlies to NIM. Place one counter on each spot on the games board. Players take it is turns to remove 1 or 2 adjacent counters. The winner picks up the last counter.
Games Related to Nim
Stage: 1, 2, 3 and 4
This article for teachers describes several games, found on the site, all of which have a related structure that can be used to develop the skills of strategic planning.
Jam
Stage: 4 Challenge Level:
This is a Dutch game for two players. It will test your powers of shape and space visualisation
Multiplication Tables - Matching Cards
Stage: 1, 2, 3 and 4 Challenge Level:
Interactive game. Set your own level of challenge, practise your table skills and beat your previous best score.
Cubic Net
Stage: 3, 4 and 5 Challenge Level:
This is an interactive net of a Rubik's cube. Twists of the 3D cube become mixes of the squares on the 2D net. Have a play and see how many scrambles you can undo!
Got a Strategy for Last Biscuit?
Stage: 3, 4 and 5 Challenge Level:
Can you beat the computer in the challenging strategy game?
Ratio Pairs 3
Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level:
Match pairs of cards so that they have equivalent ratios.
Product Sudoku 2
Stage: 3, 4 and 5 Challenge Level:
Given the products of diagonally opposite cells - can you complete this Sudoku?
Nim
Stage: 4 Challenge Level:
Start with any number of counters in any number of piles. 2 players take it in turns to remove any number of counters from a single pile. The loser is the player who takes the last counter.
Nim-interactive
Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level:
Start with any number of counters in any number of piles. 2 players take it in turns to remove any number of counters from a single pile. The winner is the player to take the last counter.
Yih or Luk Tsut K'i or Three Men's Morris
Stage: 3, 4 and 5 Challenge Level:
Some puzzles requiring no knowledge of knot theory, just a careful inspection of the patterns. A glimpse of the classification of knots and a little about prime knots, crossing numbers and. . . .
Sprouts
Stage: 2, 3, 4 and 5
This article invites you to get familiar with a strategic game called "sprouts". The game is simple enough for younger children to understand, and has also provided experienced mathematicians. . . .
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