nim

incontable

A game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking the last remaining matchstick on the table.

• 🇪🇸Juego matemático en el que se colocan fósforos u objetos en filas, y los jugadores por turnos retiran uno o más de ellos; en algunas versiones el objetivo es tomar el último objeto restante, y en otras, evitar tomarlo.

1. Strategy game C1 formal

   A mathematical game in which players take turns removing objects from distinct piles; the player who takes the last object wins or loses depending on the variant.

   • They played a round of nim using matchsticks.
   • Nim is often used to teach combinatorial game theory.
   • The computer program was designed to play nim perfectly.

   🇪🇸Juego de Nim