The Game of NIM
Here’s another favourite game which children love and is great to fill in five minutes in your program.
1. Choose two contestants. (or choose two teams -Boys vs. Girls, leader vs. child etc…)
2. On a white board, chalkboard or O.H.P draw the following pattern of crosses ( one less cross per line. You can start with less if you want a shorter game).
xxxxxxxx
xxxxxxx
xxxxxx
xxxxx
xxxx
xxx
xx
x
3. The contestants take it in turn to remove (cross out, or rub out) the crosses according to the following rule.
4. On your turn you are only allowed to rub out a whole line (horizontally) of crosses OR one cross .
5. Take turns. The winner is the one who makes their opponent rub out the last cross.
Encourage loud barracking! Have several rounds throughout your program. A variation is to ask a quiz/revision question before each turn.
