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Chase

A 1985 game designed by Tom Kruszewski, where dice are not used as random generators, but as pieces whose values determine their movements.

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Grandma

A 1982 game with pieces that fit inside other pieces, where the player has to take them all to the other side of the board.

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Hexagons

Hexagons is a 1923 puzzle game (author unknown) published by Clement Toy Co. The rules include a puzzle called Nine-Hex, which is a variation of the 15-Hex puzzle.

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CNJM 18

The National Mathematical Games Championship had its 18th edition on March 14th (π day) at the University of Aveiro.
Around 1,800 students from over 300 schools, from primary to secondary, participated. Each student played one of six mathematical games: Cats and Dogs, Traces, Dominoes, Product, Atari-Go, and Nex.

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