Showing posts with label Great Games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Great Games. Show all posts

Monday, February 17, 2014

Poison

Poison is a game for two people. For the first game, use thirteen objects. Players take turns removing one or two objects. Play until all objects have been taken. The last object to be removed is considered to be the poison. Whoever gets stuck taking it loses. What is your winning strategy?

Friday, January 31, 2014

Great Games: Pico Fermi Bagel

Pico Fermi Bagel is a guessing game for two players, or two teams, and uses quite a bit of strategy. Each player thinks of a number (use three digit numbers to begin with) and you take turns guessing the other person's number. Whoever guesses the other person's number first wins. With each player's guess, the other player must give clues. Use the clues in order to make a strategic next guess. There are three clues:

Pico means that one of the guessed digits is correct but is in the wrong place;

Fermi means that one of the guessed digits is correct and is also in the correct place;

Bagel means that none of the digits in the guess are correct.