Throughout my life I have played many board games that have taught me to use strategy and deduction. One of my favorite board games is called Mastermind. The game has two or more players playing at a time. One player makes a four color code but the colors can't be the same they all have to be different. The other players then have to guess the colors and their order. After they have guessed the person who made the code either pulls out the white slider (which represents having the right color but it is placed in the wrong spot) or the red slider (which represents the color being right and having it in the right spot). The people who are trying to guess the code have 12 chances to guess the code if they don't then the person who makes the code wins that round. If they do then the person who makes that code loses that round. After the round is over the next player gets to make the code and all other players have to guess the code. I played this game every night all through elementary school and middle school. I found it fun to try and figure out the code that was made and trying to stump whoever was playing against me. image cited: www.offerany.com
Colin, I used to play mastermind with my brothers when I was younger. Do you use any of the strategies that you learn in games and use it in real life conflicts? For example, I've used guessing strategies in real life situations to predict the outcome of something. Guessing can help find patterns or hints to solving a problem. What strategy game takes the most skill to you?
Colin, board games are grossly underrated. I have a deep pride in my Monopoly skills. The way that my brother and I play, you would think that we're some kind of stock brokers on Wall Street. In our games, there is no such thing as "you can't do that." We improvise every game, and that's what keeps it exciting. During our last game, we used a stock market simulator. The idea of this was to add another way to accumulate capital aside from passing go and collecting rent on properties (which was too slow for our taste). Games are great to provide us with entertainment, simulation, and logic-based thinking. They are #1 for sure.
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Ian
12/18/2014 03:00:28 am
Colin, I have never played mastermind before but the way you described it made this game sound very interesting. Is there a way that the person guessing the code knows which of the colors are in the right spot when the person pulls the red slider? I do remember when I was little (also in elementary school) having so much fun playing Battleship because it was a luck and strategy game at the same time and back then I had a lot of luck.