Mastermind

Mastermind © 200? Wouter, Peters.

Mastermind is originally a kind of board game for two. The board of the game consist of a series of four-holed rows. One is covered to hide it from one player. The other rows have four small 'marker' holes at one side.

The first player puts together a row of four coloured pegs. There are usually six colours available. Two or more pegs of the same colour are allowed. This array is hidden from the other player.

The other player has to discover the colours and positions of the pegs by putting together reasoned guesses of usually four coloured pegs (less than four pegs in one guess is allowed though, only the placed pegs will be evaluated). A guess is evaluated by the first player and is rewarded a white marker for every peg of the right colour that is placed in a wrong position and a black marker for every peg of the right colour that’s in the right place. These marker pegs are plugged into the marker-holes. The aim is to find the right configuration in as few as possible guesses.