Low Go

Exploring and noticing Working systematically Conjecturing and generalising Visualising and representing Reasoning, convincing and proving
Being curious Being resourceful Being resilient Being collaborative

This is a game for two players. You will need a 7x7 square grid and two colours of counters.

Players take turns at putting his/her counter on the lowest space in any column.

The first player to make a straight line of four counters wins.

The line of four can be across, up and down, or diagonal.

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Low Go

 

Does it matter who goes first?

 

Is it better to put counters in the middle columns or the outside columns? Why?

Printable NRICH Roadshow resource.

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