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Duke Gifted Letter
Bobbie Collins-Perry
October 2003
USA
Board games are back! For tons of fun
this holiday season, I recommend three strategy games that
stimulate critical thinking and provide hours of enjoyment
for the whole family. All are suitable for gifted children.
Another Mensa Select National Competition Winner is Fire
and Ice, by Out of the Box Publishing. The gameboard consists
of seven triangular islands arranged into a larger triangle
connected in threes by lines and a circle. Each individual
island has the same symmetric configuration of seven peg holes
as the gameboard. The object is to control three of the islands
along one of the straight lines or situated around the circle
by controlling the pegs on the individual islands within the
same configuration.
Players moves one of their pegs within the same island or
to the corresponding position on another island, placing an
opponent's unplayed peg in the spot just vacated. Play continues
until one player controls three islands by placing the pegs
in identical configurations on each island and within the
seven-island configuration. The mathematical pattern?seven
points connected in triplets in seven ways?forms a finite
plane and, according to the instructions, produces a winner
every time.
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ICE Reviews page
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