Unifying Theory

The Stick Game

This is a pencil-and-paper game for 2 players.

The board is set up with 3 rows of lines: 3, 5, and 7 from top to bottom as shown

board

Players then take turns crossing out consecutive lines in the same row. Players may not cross out a line already crossed out.

played board

The game ends when all the lines have been crossed out. The last player to cross out a line loses.


Sound simple? There is much strategy involved ;]
Have fun!

I did not invent this game; it is a very old game I read about in a book of which I forgot the name. Please contact me if you know the actual name of this game.

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