Since we have completed analysis of several very simple games, which you should now be very comfortable playing on Sundays after you’ve taken the requisite number of baths (thanks Douglas, see number 2)… Continue reading
Monopoly is a popular board game released by Parker Brothers (now Hasbro). The rules of the game aren’t difficult to learn, but they would be time-consuming to go through here, so if you… Continue reading
Yahtzee is a game played with five six-sided dice and a scorepad. The object of the game is to score a higher number of points than your opponent. Points are earned according to… Continue reading
Sprouts is another simple pencil-and-paper game (like Tic-Tac-Toe and Dots-and-Boxes) that is played by children the world over. The board starts with some number of dots, with two starting dots being the most… Continue reading
Battleship is played on two 10 x 10 grids as shown below: Each player has a grid on which they place the following ships in any configuration they wish: 1 Aircraft Carrier –… Continue reading
Dots and boxes (also called Pigs and Sties) is a game played with a pencil and paper on a grid of boxes. There is no limit to the arrangement or shape of the… Continue reading
Connect Four (the most common and Milton Bradley-trademarked name for the game, which is also known as Four-in-a-row or Four-in-a-line), is a game played on a vertical 7×6 board, like so: The playing pieces… Continue reading
Tic-Tac-Toe is a simple game that nearly everyone has played. As a short refresher, the game is played by two players on a 3x 3 grid, like so: There are two, basic pieces… Continue reading
