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CuWizard Rules

Written by James

Monday, 02 May 2011 04:52 - Last Updated Sunday, 29 May 2011 18:22

CuWizard

Whats the object of the game?

Avoid pegs of the same colour in a special type of row called a "Multico

lour Wizard

" (explained below).

How many players?

One to twelve players.

What age range?

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Age six to ninety-six

How to play CuWizard Peg selection

Drop 14 pegs of each colour into the Culica bag and shake them up.

When it is their go, players pull a peg from the bag.

Moving

The first player puts their peg onto the Culica. The next player puts

their peg next to that peg,

side-by-side

. But their peg must be a different colour from any peg in any Wizard

(Wizards are explained below) that the peg is in. A peg can go on thesame or a different face of the Culica

but only if its next to another peg, side-by-side.

What is a "Wizard"?

A wizard is a straight row of 4 pegs that are side-by-side, where each

adjoining face has two pegs

.

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A wizard!

The Wizard in the above picture is the yellowrow of four pegs. Note-the red pegs arenota wizard becausetwo pegsmust go ontwo faces.

Two wizards, one yellow, one green. Note that only the nearest fourgreen pegs are a wizard.

Three Wizards. One has four green pegs, one four yellow pegs and thethird has one green peg and three yellow pegs. Wizards can overlap.

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Four wizards: Three are labelled 1, 2 and 3. Can you see the fourthwizard? Hint - it is horizontal and contains a green peg, a blue peg andtwo yellow pegs.

A multicolour wizard

Another multicolour wizardAs in the pictures, the CuWizard game requires all wizards to bemulticolour wizards. A multicolour wizardis made of one red peg, oneyellowpeg, onegreenpeg and onebluepeg, but they can be in any order.

Two more multicolour wizards, labelled 1 and 2. They share a greenpeg.PlayThe players continue in turn. Each player puts a peg on the Culica Buttheir peg must be a different colour from any peg in anyWizardWhat if I cant place my peg?

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You cannot lose until one peg of each colour is already on the Culica. If

you can't go until then, swap your peg for a new peg from the bag at

random untlil you cango.

If you cannot go and there are already four different colours on the

Culica, then you lose gracefully.

So who wins?

The CuWizardMaster who survives the longest, wins.

What isnt allowed?

These wizards are not allowed because they are not multicoloured

wizards.

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The yellow peg with the red cross drawn on it is not allowed because it

means that the (partically formed) wizard it is in cannot be multicolour

(due to two yellow pegs).

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This is not allowed because it means that the (partically formed) wizardthe pegs are in is cannot be multicolour (due to twoyellow pegs).What are Allowed?

Any position that always allows multicoloured wizards to be formed.

The above position, despite having two yellow pegs in close proximity, i

s

OK! This is because two yellow pegs actually belong to different

(partially formed) wizards. Those two wizards share the red peg. Such a

wizard, when fully formed, might look like the multicolour wizard below.

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Rules options.

- Assign peg colours to players.

And/or

- To introduce more skill, allow players to have 3 random pegs at

any time (pulling a new random peg from the bag after each move).

Single Player Rules.

You play exactly the same way as the Multi-player game - but its

always your turn!

How do I win?

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Completely fill the Culica with multi-colour wizards. Each peg placed

scores you one point. Keep a note of your high score, then try to beat it

next time.

Notes

We have found only one way to completely solve CuWizard single

player (ignoring the trivial extra solutions caused by swapping colours,

rotation or mirror reflections). If you find more than one, or can

mathematically show that there is onlyone solution, let us know!

The solution is incredible, by the way!

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More Culica Games To Play

To play more Culica games (more are coming out every month!) See G

ames Rules

More Help

For an easy, illustrated explanation of terms like "next to", neighbour,

"side-by-side" etc, see basic Culica Positions .

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