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Broad Topics > Using, Applying and Reasoning about Mathematics > Games
First Connect Three for Two
Stage: 2 and 3 Challenge Level: 
First Connect Three game for an adult and child. Use the dice numbers and either addition or subtraction to get three numbers in a straight line.
Twinkle Twinkle
Stage: 2 and 3 Challenge Level:
A game for 2 people. Take turns placing a counter on the star. You win when you have completed a line of 3 in your colour.
Nim-7 for Two
Stage: 1 and 2 Challenge Level:
Nim-7 game for an adult and child. Who will be the one to take the last counter?
Penta Play
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
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.
Counters
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
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?
Dicey Perimeter, Dicey Area
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
In this game for two players, you throw two dice and find the product. How many shapes can you draw on the grid which have that area or perimeter?
How Long Does it Take?
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
In this matching game, you have to decide how long different events take.
Olympic Cards
Stage: 1 and 2 Challenge Level:
Design your own scoring system and play Trumps with these Olympic Sport cards.
Have You Got It?
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
Can you explain the strategy for winning this game with any target?
Play to 37
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
In this game for two players, the idea is to take it in turns to choose 1, 3, 5 or 7. The winner is the first to make the total 37.
Chocolate Bars
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
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.
Nice or Nasty
Stage: 2 and 3 Challenge Level:
There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...
100 Percent
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
An interactive game for 1 person. You are given a rectangle with 50 squares on it. Roll the dice to get a percentage between 2 and 100. How many squares is this? Keep going until you get 100. . . .
Building Stars
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
An interactive activity for one to experiment with a tricky tessellation
Coordinate Cunning
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
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.
Asteroid Blast
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
A game for 2 people. Use your skills of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to blast the asteroids.
Gotcha
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
A game for 2 players. This could be played outside with people instead of counters. Try to trap or escape from your opponent.
Daisy
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
A game for 2 players. Draw a daisy with at least 5 petals. Shade 1 or 2 petals next to each other. The winner shades the last petal.
Strike it Out
Stage: 1 and 2 Challenge Level:
Use your addition and subtraction skills, combined with some strategic thinking, to beat your partner at this game.
Making Maths: Birds from an Egg
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
Can you make the birds from the egg tangram?
Fractions and Coins Game
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
Work out the fractions to match the cards with the same amount of money.
Jumping Reindeer
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
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.
Traffic Lights
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
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. . . .
Conway's Chequerboard Army
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
Here is a solitaire type environment for you to experiment with. Which targets can you reach?
Tac-tickle
Stage: 1 and 2 Challenge Level:
This is a challenging game of strategy for two players with many interesting variations.
Roundabout
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
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.
Online
Stage: 2 and 3 Challenge Level:
A game for 2 players that can be played online. Players take it in turns to select a word from the 9 words given. The aim is to select all the occurrences of the same letter.
Khun Phaen Escapes to Freedom
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
Slide the pieces to move Khun Phaen past all the guards into the position on the right from which he can escape to freedom.
Games from Around the World
Stage: 1 and 2 Challenge Level:
Here are a collection of games from around the world to try during the holidays or the last few weeks of term.
Diagonal Dodge
Stage: 2 and 3 Challenge Level:
A game for 2 players. Can be played online. One player has 1 red counter, the other has 4 blue. The red counter needs to reach the other side, and the blue needs to trap the red.
Criss Cross Quiz
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
A game for 2 players. Practises subtraction or other maths operations knowledge.
Sliding Game
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
A shunting puzzle for 1 person. Swop the positions of the counters at the top and bottom of the board.
Making Maths: Happy Families
Stage: 1 and 2 Challenge Level:
Here is a version of the game 'Happy Families' for you to make and play.
Calculator Bingo
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
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.
Dicey Operations for Two
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
Dicey Operations for an adult and child. Can you get close to 1000 than your partner?
Four Go
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
This challenge is a game for two players. Choose two numbers from the grid and multiply or divide, then mark your answer on the number line. Can you get four in a row before your partner?
Noughts and Crosses
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
A game for 2 people that everybody knows. You can play with a friend or online. If you play correctly you never lose!
Nim-7
Stage: 1, 2 and 3 Challenge Level:
Can you work out how to win this game of Nim? Does it matter if you go first or second?
Tricky Track
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
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?
Totality for Two
Stage: 1 and 2 Challenge Level:
Totality game for an adult and child. Be the first to reach your agreed total.
Train for Two
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
Train game for an adult and child. Who will be the first to make the train?
Part the Piles
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
Try to stop your opponent from being able to split the piles of counters into unequal numbers. Can you find a strategy?
Nice or Nasty for Two
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
Some Games That May Be Nice or Nasty for an adult and child. Use your knowledge of place value to beat your opponent.
Strike it Out for Two
Stage: 1 and 2 Challenge Level:
Strike it Out game for an adult and child. Can you stop your partner from being able to go?
Board Block Challenge
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
Choose the size of your pegboard and the shapes you can make. Can you work out the strategies needed to block your opponent?
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.