How to Play Nim

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How to play Nim

This PT-BUS page combines Nim with a guide to the decisions it asks you to make. Remove the last counter on the board to win. Use review the result to give your round a clear purpose.

Review the result

When a round finishes, compare what happened with the winning or scoring condition. Use that comparison to choose a better approach next time.

Your goal

Remove the last counter on the board to win.

Step by step

1. Player 1 chooses a pile.
2. Remove at least one counter, and up to all counters, from that pile.
3. The next player chooses a pile and an amount.
4. Continue until no counters remain.

Controls

Use the on-screen controls with a mouse or touch.

A useful example

With piles of 1 and 2, a move may empty one pile, but cannot remove one counter from both in the same turn.

Watch out for this

Only one pile may be changed per turn.

Common questions