Turning Turtles

Equipment:

10 coins

Number of players:

2

The Set-up:

The coins are laid Heads-up in a row:

Your move:

At your turn you have a choice of doing one thing or two:

1 (compulsory): You must turn a Heads-up coin over so that it is Tails-up

2 (optional): You may then if you want choose a coin to the left of the one you have just turned over and turn it over too. This second coin can be Heads-up or Tails-up before you turn it.

Note; The left end of the row is the same end for both players.

You win:

If on your turn you manage to get all the coins Tails-up.

Links:

Play against the computer using a Java Applet created by Alexander Bogomolny.

Variants: See Mock Turtles