Sprouts is a two-player game that only requires pen and paper. A number of nodes (“Sprouts”), but at least two, are drawn. The players take turn to connect two nodes and drawing a new node somewhere along the new edge. Connecting a node to itself is okay. The last player to be able to do this wins. Edges may not intersect and each node may only have a maximum of three edges.
Sprouts was invented by mathematician John Horton Conway. It’s simple enough to play with a six-year-old, as I did a few days ago, yet also complex enough to also be fun for grown-ups.
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