Top Ten: Mathematical games

Chalkdust

6 December 2023

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This issue, Top Ten features the top ten mathematical games! Then, vote here for your favourite mathematical norms for issue 19!

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At 9, it’s the version of Asteroids for fans of maths: mscroggs.co.uk/mathsteroids.

At 8, it’s the greatest puzzle game on the PlayStation 1: Devil Dice.

At 7, it’s the mathematical game with the best music: Tetris.

At 6, it’s the game with the most angles snooker.

At 5, it’s Martin Gardner’s Mathematical Games column in Scientific American.

At 4, it’s the game that’s both older and better than chess: Go.

At 3, it’s everyone’s second favourite game that came with Windows XP: Minesweeper.

At 2, it’s the only impartial game: Nim.

Topping the pops this issue, it’s the Countdown numbers game.