Games

  • Wooden cubes arranged in rows of one, three and five.
    game

    One, Three, Five, Seven

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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    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.

  • Yih or Luk tsut k'i or Three Men's Morris
    game

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

    Age
    11 to 18
    Challenge level
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    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.

  • Instant Insanity
    game

    Instant Insanity

    Age
    11 to 18
    Challenge level
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    We have a set of four very innocent-looking cubes - each face coloured red, blue, green or white - and they have to be arranged in a row so that all of the four colours appear on each of the four long sides of the resulting cuboid.
  • Twin Corresponding Sudoku
    problem

    Twin Corresponding Sudoku

    Age
    11 to 18
    Challenge level
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    This sudoku requires you to have "double vision" - two Sudoku's for the price of one

  • Last Biscuit
    game

    Last Biscuit

    Age
    11 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Can you find a strategy that ensures you get to take the last biscuit in this game?

  • Wari
    game

    Wari

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    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?
  • FEMTO
    game

    Femto

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    A new card game for two players.

  • FEMTO: Follow up
    game

    Femto: Follow Up

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Follow-up to the February Game Rules of FEMTO.

  • Turnablock
    game

    Turnablock

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    A simple game for 2 players invented by John Conway. It is played on a 3×3 square board with 9 counters that are black on one side and white on the other.