by MathPickle | Mar 20, 2019 |
If you have not seen the original jumping frogs puzzle you should watch the video below – paying special attention to the lazy toads. This exploration starts out with an exploration of lily pads linked together to form stars. These graphs are rotationally...
by MathPickle | Mar 19, 2019 |
If you have not seen the original jumping frogs puzzle you might want to watch the video below – paying special attention to the lazy toads. This exploration starts out with an exploration of lily pads linked together – but not necessarily in a line. The...
by MathPickle | Feb 11, 2019 |
Twisted Homes are haunted. Ghosts and ghouls drift in slow-moving vortices and walking around the drafty rooms can be disorienting. Vampires have four rules to build a twisted home. Rule 1: Each room must be the same size. This home fails because the green room is...
by MathPickle | Jan 24, 2019 |
1754 Conquest (2-4 players; 60 minutes; ages 10+) 1754 is one of a brilliant series of war games – all using the same base mechanic: Each round the turn order is revealed randomly. So this turn the British regulars may go first, but next round its the French...
by MathPickle | Jan 16, 2019 |
A house of mirrors can be a dangerous place to live. Bump a wall and the whole house can fall around you – sharp shards everywhere. That’s why there are rules for anyone planning on building a house of mirrors. Rule 1: EQUAL NUMBERS OF EACH COLOR. This...
