Mathematics of Games
Final Exam Project Guidelines
Name ____________________________
For this individual project, you will research and present a game!
RESEARCH: (20 points)
 Choose a game we have not studied in this class: ___________________________________
 You can use the sources on www.mathematicsofgames.pbworks.com to search for games
 The game must involve strategy and mathematics! (2 pts)
 You are looking for:
_____Number of players game is designed for (1 pt)
_____Culture/history of the game (2 pts)
_____Rules (2 pts)
_____Materials/setup (1 pt)
_____Objective and scoring (2pts)
_____At least one example of play (2 pts)
_____Strategies for winning! (2 pts)
_____1 interesting/unique fact about the game (1 pt)
 You need to make one modification (be creative!) to the game (2 pts)
 Cite at least 3 sources…one may be wikipedia.com (3 pts)
POWERPOINT: (20 points)
 Minimum 5 slides (5 pts)
 Minimum 2 pictures (5 pts)
 Include key points of research above
 Last slide should be your 3+ sources
 Organized & concise—don’t cut & paste sentences from a website! (5 pts)
 Spell-checked (5 pts)
PRESENT: (10 points)
 3 to 5 minutes (5 points)
 Use PowerPoint, but don’t read directly from it! (5 points)
 You will present to half of our class, in either Room 229 or Lab 222
TOTAL: 50 POINTS
*THIS IS YOUR FINAL EXAM GRADE
DUE FRI 11/18—TUES 11/22
You have Wed 11/16 & Thurs 11/17 during class to work
Presentations: 3rd hour: Fri 11/18, Mon 11/21 & Tues 11/22
(I’ll take any volunteers for Friday, then you will draw a number to determine which day you
will present)
Game suggestions for your project:
Roulette
Go
Gomoku
Nim
Amazons
Set
SOS
Spades (card game)
Hearts (card game)
Ninety-Nine (card game)
500 (card game)
Craps
Liar’s Dice
Hazard (dice game)
Farkle (dice game)
Cribbage
Gin Rummy
Chess
Pinochle
Risk
Tonk
Phase 10
Poker (other than Texas Hold ‘Em)
Hexapawn
Backgammon
Sequence
Pente
Canasta
Halma
Chinese Checkers
Blokus
Shogi
2-person Euchre
Parcheesi
Hijara
Nine Mens Morris
Baccarat