Equipment:
Paper, pencil and a number of Blue and Red counters.
Number of players:
2
The Set-up:
Blue counters represent Boys and Red counters represent Girls.
On paper draw a plan of a circular 'Party Table' with places marked for the children. Here is a typical set-up:
At the start of the game no children are seated. The table is empty.
A Move:
On his turn it is Blue's task to seat a Boy at the table by placing a blue counter in an empty space. Likewise on her turn Red must seat a Girl by placing a red counter in an empty space. Blue starts.
However no boy is allowed to sit next to a girl.
A win:
If your opponent cannot seat his/her child then you win.
Comments:
Here is a game in progress:
It is Red (girls) to play and she has only three possible positions: a, b and c.
If she plays in position c she will lose the game. Can you see why?
If she plays in either a or b she will win.
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