Mastermind
Mastermind
Guess the color of hidden pegs. A deduction game where each player takes turn making a limited number of guesses, using logic to deduce what pegs the opponent has hidden.
One player secretly puts four colored pegs in the spaces behind a screen at once end of the game board. The other player, the code breaker, makes a series of guesses. After each guess, the code maker uses smaller pegs to tell the code breaker if their guessed pegs are the right color and in the right place, are the right color but the wrong place, or are the wrong color entirely. The code breaker makes another guess in the next row, building upon information from previous guesses, trying to match the pegs the code maker hid at the beginning of the game.
This is a two-player game with 4 holes. For other combinations, please see the Mastermind Family.
One player secretly puts four colored pegs in the spaces behind a screen at once end of the game board. The other player, the code breaker, makes a series of guesses. After each guess, the code maker uses smaller pegs to tell the code breaker if their guessed pegs are the right color and in the right place, are the right color but the wrong place, or are the wrong color entirely. The code breaker makes another guess in the next row, building upon information from previous guesses, trying to match the pegs the code maker hid at the beginning of the game.
This is a two-player game with 4 holes. For other combinations, please see the Mastermind Family.
Player Count
2
Playing Time
20
Age
8
Year Released
1971
Designers
Mordecai Meirowitz
Publishers
シュウクリエィション (Shu Creation), Woodstock Spiele, Waddingtons, Vic-Toy, VEB Plastspielwaren Berlin, Trixy Games, Teknisk Forlag, Spear's Games, The Purple Cow, Pressman Toy Corp., Poptoy, Plasticart, Pavilion, Paul Lamond Games Ltd, Parker Brothers, Oy Fenno-Alga Ab, Orda Industries Ltd., Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, Kenbrite, Jumbo, Joen, Invicta Games, Imaginarium, Henry Higgins Promotions, Hasbro, Grow Jogos e Brinquedos, Globo Giocattoli, Games International BV, Game Factory, Falomir Juegos, Dourios, Diset S. A., Dilemma Games, Croner, Clipper, Chieftain Products, CEFA (Celulosa Fabril S. A.), Cayro, the games, Capiépa - Jeux Éducatifs, Cadaco, Brohm-Parker-Spiele, Alga
Board Game Category
Abstract Strategy, Deduction
Podcasts Featuring this Game
TDT # 157: Top 10 Deduction Games
In this episode, Sam Healey reviews Revolution; and Tom and Eric review Railways of the World and 2 De Mayos. We have a showdown between Acquire and Union Pacific, and discuss recently played games. We talk about deduction games, with input from several contributors - ending the show with our top ten deduction games.