Equipment:
Paper, pencil and a number of Blue and Red counters both large and small
Number of players:
2
The Set-up:
On paper draw a plan of a large circular 'Dinner Table' with places marked for the guests. Here is a typical set-up:
At the start of the game all the places are empty.
Large counters represent fathers and small counters represent mothers. There is a Blue player who plays blue counters and a Red player who plays red counters.
A Move:
On his turn it is Blue's task to seat a family. He does this by seating the Mother (a small blue counter), followed an empty space (their child is still playing outside) followed by the Father (a large blue counter). The order must be: Mother, space, Father (from left to right as they face the table).
On her turn Red must seat a family. She does this by seating the Father (a large red counter), followed by an empty space for the child, followed by the Mother (a small red counter). In her case the order must be: Father, space, Mother (from left to right as they face the table)
Blue starts.
However Mothers and Fathers from different families cannot sit next to each other.
A win:
If your opponent cannot seat his/her family then you win.
Comments:
Here is a game in progress:
It is Blue to play.
Unfortuneately there is no way that Blue can seat his next family that will prevent Red from seating a further family and so winning the game.
Note that neither player can seat a family in the row of three empty seats at the bottom left of the table without seating Mothers and Fathers from different families together.
Variations:
Seating Families of Four: Leave two empty spaces between Mother and Father for the two children
Seating Families of Five: Leave three empty spaces between Mother and Father for the three children
etc
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