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For younger learners

  • Early Years Foundation Stage

Strategy Games

Dragons and Swans

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

A game for two players. You'll need some counters.

Crocogator

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level Yellow star

A game for two players. You'll need some counters and somewhere to draw a board.

Nim-7 for Two

Age 5 to 14
Challenge Level Yellow star

Nim-7 game for an adult and child. Who will be the one to take the last counter?

Two Stones

Age 5 to 18

This game is known as Pong hau k'i in China and Ou-moul-ko-no in Korea. Find a friend to play or try the interactive version online.

Pumpkin Patch

Age 5 to 18

A game for two players based on a game from the Somali people of Africa. The first player to pick all the other's 'pumpkins' is the winner.

Seega

Age 5 to 18

An ancient game for two from Egypt. You'll need twelve distinctive 'stones' each to play. You could chalk out the board on the ground - do ask permission first.

Mulinello Quadrupio

Age 5 to 18

A game from Italy. Play with a friend and see if you can be the first to get five pieces in a line.

Alquerque

Age 5 to 18

This game for two, was played in ancient Egypt as far back as 1400 BC. The game was taken by the Moors to Spain, where it is mentioned in 13th century manuscripts, and the Spanish name Alquerque derives from the Arabic El- quirkat. Watch out for being 'huffed'.

Gotcha

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

A game for 2 players. This could be played outside with people instead of counters. Try to trap or escape from your opponent.

Tandems

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

A fun game for two. You'll need some counters.

Online

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

A game for 2 players that can be played online. Players take it in turns to select a word from the 9 words given. The aim is to select all the occurrences of the same letter.

Sliding Game

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

A shunting puzzle for 1 person. Swop the positions of the counters at the top and bottom of the board.

Noughts and Crosses

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

A game for two people that everybody knows. If you play correctly you never lose!

Jumping Reindeer

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow star

A game for 1 person to develop stategy and shape and space awareness. 12 counters are placed on a board. Counters are removed one at a time. The aim is to be left with only 1 counter.

Part the Piles

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow starYellow star

Try to stop your opponent from being able to split the piles of counters into unequal numbers. Can you find a strategy?

Endless Noughts and Crosses

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow starYellow star

An extension of noughts and crosses in which the grid is enlarged and the length of the winning line can to altered to 3, 4 or 5.

Counters

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow starYellow star

Hover your mouse over the counters to see which ones will be removed. Click to remove them. The winner is the last one to remove a counter. How you can make sure you win?

Twinkle Twinkle

Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level Yellow star

A game for 2 people. Take turns placing a counter on the star. You win when you have completed a line of 3 in your colour.

Drips

Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow starYellow star

An animation that helps you understand the game of Nim.

Slippery Snail

Age 7 to 16
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow star

A game for two people, who take turns to move the counters. The player to remove the last counter from the board wins.

Pentanim

Age 7 to 16
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow star

A game for 2 players with similarities to NIM. Place one counter on each spot on the games board. Players take it is turns to remove 1 or 2 adjacent counters. The winner picks up the last counter.

Low Go

Age 7 to 16
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow star

A game for 2 players. Take turns to place a counter so that it occupies one of the lowest possible positions in the grid. The first player to complete a line of 4 wins.

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