Games Mentioned in The Book
This is a partial list of the games mentioned in the book.
Note: Misere games not included
- Hackenbush
- Blue-Red Hackenbush
- Blue-Red-Green Hackenbush (Introduced as Hackenbush Hotchpotch in the book)
- Childish Hackenbush
- Ski-Jumps
- Toads-and-Frogs
- Cutcake
- Maundy Cake
- (2nd Unnamed Cutcake variant by Dean Hickerson)
- Hotcake
- Coolcakes
- Baked Alaska
- Eatcake
- Turn-and_Eatcake
- Col
- Snort
- Nim (Green Hackenbush)
- Prim
- Dim
- Lasker's Nim
- Seating Couples
- Northcott's Game (Poker-Nim)
- The White Knight
- Wyt Queens (Wythoff's Game)
- Kayles
- Double Kayles
- Quadruple Kayles
- Dawson's Chess
- Dawson's Kayles
- Treblecross
- Grundy's Game
- Mrs. Grundy
- Domineering
- No Highway
- De Bono's L-Game
- Snakes-and-Ladders (Adders-and-Ladders)
- Jelly Bean Game
- Dividing Rulers
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