Daily Idea #311: Strategy

Today’s daily idea comes from an ancient strategy game. From what I have found, no one seems to know its origin, only that it was played from Asia to the Middle East.

The game begins with 16 stones (anything small can be used as game pieces— legos, matches, coins…). Arrange the 16 game pieces in a triangle with 1 piece in the first row, 3 in the next row, 5 in the next row, and 7 in the last row. Each player takes turns choosing one row and removing as many game pieces from that row as they’d like. The goal is to leave the other person with the last game piece because the person who picks up the last game piece looses the game.