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  2. Odds and evens (hand game) - Wikipedia

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    Even-Odd as an early form of roulette. This game was known by the Greeks (as artiazein) and Romans (as ludere par impar).In the 1858 Krünitzlexikon it says: [3] "The game Odds and Evens was very common amongst the Romans and was played either with tali, tesseris, or money and known as "Alea maior", or with nuts, beans and almonds and known as "Alea minor"."

  3. Odds and evens - Wikipedia

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    Odds and evens (hand game), a two-player guessing game using fingers; Odds and evens (patience), a solitaire variant of the card game Royal Cotillion; Odds and Evens (film), a 1978 Italian action-comedy movie; Parity (mathematics), the concept of odd and even integers

  4. Odd and Even - Wikipedia

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    The game of Patriarchs does not involve building by 2s, but is in essence the same game as Odd and Even. Odd and Even is also closely related to Royal Cotillion, which has very similar game-play but has a reserve of sixteen cards. This in turn is closely related to Contradance (Cotillion) and the single-deck game Captured Queens (Quadrille ...

  5. Matching pennies - Wikipedia

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    Matching pennies is a non-cooperative game studied in game theory. It is played between two players, Even and Odd. Each player has a penny and must secretly turn the penny to heads or tails. The players then reveal their choices simultaneously. If the pennies match (both heads or both tails), then Even wins and keeps both pennies.

  6. List of Martin Gardner Mathematical Games columns - Wikipedia

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    About two new and two old mathematical board games 1963 Nov: A mixed bag of problems 1963 Dec: How to use the odd-even check for tricks and problem-solving 1964 Jan: Presenting the one and only Dr. Matrix, numerologist, in his annual performance 1964 Feb: The hypnotic fascination of sliding-block puzzles: 1964 Mar

  7. Morra (game) - Wikipedia

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    Matching pennies - a game of chance, using coins instead of fingers. Rock paper scissors - a hand-game of chance, in which each player has three options. Spoof (game) - a game of chance, in which each player has to guess the total number of coins held by all players. Horsengoggle - a hand-game of chance, used to select a single person from a group.

  8. Category:Mathematical games - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Mathematical games" The following 68 pages are in this category, out of 68 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  9. Mathematical game - Wikipedia

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    A mathematical game is a game whose rules, strategies, and outcomes are defined by clear mathematical parameters. [1] [verification needed] [clarification needed] Often, such games have simple rules and match procedures, such as tic-tac-toe and dots and boxes. Generally, mathematical games need not be conceptually intricate to involve deeper ...