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Player 2
Enter the names of the players.
Player 1:
Player 2:
StartChoose a number from those remaining below to grow your stalactite.
The player whose stalactite is shorter takes the next turn.
If both stalactites are the same length, the next turn
goes to the player who did not play last.
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❎Level 1 - 1,2,3,4,5,6
Level 2 - 2,3,4,5,6,7
Level 3 - 1,3,5,6,7,8,9
Level 4 - 2,4,5,6,7,8,9
Level 5 - 3,3,4,4,5,5,7
Level 6 - 2,2,6,7,7,7,8
Level 7 - 1,2,2,3,3,3,5
Level 8 - 2,3,4,4,5,5,6
Level 9 - 3,6,6,7,8,8,9
Level 10 - 2,2,5,5,7,10,10,10
Level 11 - 3,3,6,6,8,11,12,12
Level 12 - 4,4,8,8,10,11,12,14
Level 13 - 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Level 14 - 2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19
Level 15 - 1,1,2,3,5,8,13
Level 16 - 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55
Level 17 - 3,1,4,1,5,9,2,6,5,3
Level 18 - 2,7,1,8,2,8,1,8,2,8,4,5,9
Level 19 - 1,6,1,8,3,3,9,8,8,7,4,9,8
Level 20 - 1.9,2.8,3.7,4.6,5.5,6.4,7.3,8.2,9.1
More Games - all with a mathematical connection.
Chris Smith, Scotland
Sunday, June 8, 2025
"[Transum: This was my first introduction to the game that this activity is based on.]
I was introduced to a game recently that was devised by folk at New York University some time ago:
https://game.engineering.nyu.edu/projects/catch-up/
Basically, let's say that we have the numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6.
We'd take it in turns to pick numbers. As soon as someone's score matches or exceeds the other player's the control of the game switches. For example:
John takes the 6 to get in the lead.
Chris decides to take the 5. He's still in control because John is in front. So he takes the 4 too. Now Chris is on 9 so John is in charge.
John takes the 2. That brings him up to 8 so he can go again. This time he snatches 3 moving on to 11. Turn over as he is in the lead.
Chris has only one option. The 1 gets him to 10.
Game over. John wins.
It's a great wee game and the strategy isn't simplistic. There's loads to explore."