Mathematical game

Mathematical games include many topics which are a part of recreational mathematics, but can also cover topics such as the mathematics of games, and playing games with mathematics. As far as two-player games are considered, what distinguishes a mathematical game from ordinary games is the emphasis on mathematical analysis of the game, rather than actually playing it.

Specific mathematical games and puzzles

• 15 Puzzle
• Angels and Devils
• Chomp
• Domineering
• Dots and boxes
• Eight queens puzzle
• Four fours
• Hackenbush
• Hex
• Hexaflexagons
• Knight's Tour
• L game
• Life
• Monty Hall problem
• Nim
• No-three-in-line problem
• Penrose dominoes
• Pentominoes
• Philosopher's football
• Prisoner's dilemma
• Rhythmomachy
• Rubik's Cube
• Sim
• Soma cube
• Sprouts
• Squaring the square
• Sudoku
• Tangram
• Think-a-Dot
• Three cottage problem
• Tower of Hanoi
• Verbal arithmetic
• Wire-and-string puzzles (knot theory, topology)

Some sort of mathematics can be found in nearly all types of games.

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Other games and pastimes of non-trivial mathematical interest:

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• Juggling (juggling patterns)
• Origami (many mathematical results, some deep)

See also:

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• Solved board games, Games of skill