Martin Tompa

How to Win Some Games You've Never Heard Of

We will talk about (and play) some little-known games for two players, including games called Hackenbush, Toads-and-Frogs, and Nim. It is very easy to learn how to play these games: I will teach you all of them. But learning how to win these games is not nearly so easy. There is a lot of fascinating mathematics involved in the winning strategies. We will talk about as much of this mathematics of winning strategy as we can.