Minesweeper: Murky Origins, One Famous Window
No known inventor; TechRadar, Eurogamer and the game's own author disagree. Then 1990, Windows, world records — and a genuine NP-complete theorem. Read more
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Nim: The Pile Game With a 1901 Theorem Inside
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Nobody can date Nim's origin — but its winning strategy has a birthday: 1901, Charles Bouton, Harvard. Our computer opponent runs that theorem every turn. Read more
The knight that crossed the whole board
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A thousand years of the knight's tour: Sanskrit verse, Euler, the 1823 rule of Warnsdorff — and the tool that still uses it to photograph our own game. Read more
The Spanish Deck: Six Centuries of Playing Cards in Four Suits
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Coins, cups, swords and clubs: how the Spanish-suited deck kept its medieval pips for over six centuries, and why Klondike still works with it. Read more