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There is a card game called "Spot It!" that uses this concept. It is great fun to play with kids.
by tastyfreeze 3y ago
There is a card game called "Spot It!" that uses this concept. It is great fun to play with kids.
- abound 3y agoThe math behind how you make a deck of icon-covered cards such that any two cards have exactly one icon in common is pretty interesting, ex: https://stackoverflow.com/q/6240113 https://stackoverflow.com/q/6240113
- thom 3y agoI’m always a little disappointed in this because the answer is actually “they copied it from a textbook” rather than “they did some clever maths”. But I guess it’s a triumph of knowing what solutions exist and when to use them, rather than brute forcing a solution (which is one of the reasons I still think non vocational computer science education is essential).
- Shawnecy 3y agoThe math behind it was covered by Matt Parker on Stand-up Maths: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTDKqW_GLkw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTDKqW_GLkw
- mjamesaustin 3y agoThank you for this really cool video! As a game designer, I find combinatorics super fascinating and helpful for creating balanced sets of cards or other variable content in my games. I wish I had a stronger foundation with it.
- NeoTar 3y agoNote for anyone interested, this game is called ‘Dobble’ in Europe (or at least the UK and Germany).