1202 /www/nrich/html/content/99/05/game1/ 2 2011-02-01T00:00:01 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <mdoxml version="1.0"><mdo:image alt="playing board" src="mulinello.gif"></mdo:image><br></br> A game for two players. <br></br> <br></br> <strong>Resources: </strong><br></br> Each player needs five distinctive pieces.<br></br> A board marked out like the one above. <br></br> <br></br> <strong>To play: </strong><br></br> Take it in turns to place a piece on any vacant blue circle on the board.<br></br> When all ten pieces have been placed then take it in turns to move one of your pieces to an empty adjacent blue circle along any of the marked lines. <br></br> <br></br> <strong>Aim of the game:</strong> to be the first player to get their five pieces in a line - horizontally, vertically or diagonally. <br></br> <br></br> <p>This game is featured in &#39;Board Games Round the World&#39; by Robbie Bell and Michael Cornelius (CUP 1988) </p></mdoxml> 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 A game from Italy. Play with a friend and see if you can be the first to get five pieces in a line. Using, Applying and Reasoning about Mathematics Games