Nim

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Online cumpter game version of Nim

Many people believe that Nim is an ancient board game that came from China. To play the game you will need 39 playing pieces. These can be stones, pasta shells, etc. You need to lay the pieces out in a triangle design (looks a bit like a Christmas tree). On the first row you need to put down 2 of the playing pieces. The second row has 3. The third row has 4. This makes a triangle. On the fourth row there is 1. The fifth row has 2. The sixth row has 3. The seventh row has 4. The eighth row has 5. This makes a second triangle under the first. The ninth row has 3. The tenth row has 5. The eleventh row has 7. Now you should have all the playing pieces laid out. You could also make dots on a piece of paper to put the game pieces on so you don’t have to count out the rows every time.

To play this game the first player removes one, two, or three beans from any single row. The second player does the same. Each player takes turns to play. Each player must never remove more than 3 pieces at a time and must always remove the pieces from the same row. The point of this game is to force your opponent to pick up the last bean.