### Have You Got It?

Can you explain the strategy for winning this game with any target?

### Traffic Lights

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.

### Yih or Luk Tsut K'i or Three Men's Morris

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 knot arithmetic.

# Got It for Two

##### Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:

Here’s a game to play with an adult! It is a version of a well known game called Nim.

How do you play?
You'll need an adult to play with.
You will also need some paper to write down the numbers on, or you could use the interactive version here.
Start with the Got It target $23$. The adult chooses a whole number from $1$ to $4$. Then take turns to add a whole number from $1$ to $4$ to the running total. The person who hits the target of $23$ wins the game. Play the game several times, swapping who goes first. To change the game, choose a new Got It target or a new range of numbers to add on.

Can you find a winning strategy?
Can you always win?
Does your strategy depend on whether or not you go first?
When is it better to go first and when is it better to let the grown-up go first?
Can you work out a winning strategy for any target?
Can you work out a winning strategy for any range of numbers?
Easier version: have a lower target and a shorter range of numbers (e.g. $10$, using $1$ and $2$). Note down running totals.