Nim

29 entries in Games / Nim

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
C. H. Wilson	The Thirty-one Game Trick	No. 2		1877	The 52 Wonders	22	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Other Games Games / Nim
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli	Wer nimmt das letzte Streichholz?	puzzle, 15 matches on table 1, 2 or three can be removed at each turn, last one loses		1930	Zauberkunststücke	13	Match & Matchbox / Match / Puzzle Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles Games / Nim
Joseph K. Schmidt	The Old Match Game	two versions of game of NIM, using thirteen matches	Also published here The Match Game (1981)	Nov. 1946	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 6)	269	Games / Nim
George G. Kaplan, Dai Vernon, Al Baker	The Game of "Thirty-One" Played with a Die			1948	The Fine Art of Magic	275	Dice (small) / Miscellaneous Games / Nim
Harold J. Kelly	Match Monte	fifteen matches in three row, variation on game of NIM, see p. 566 for notes by Fitch Cheney		June 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 1)	549	Match & Matchbox / Match / Puzzle Games / Nim
	Betting on a Sure Thing	Game of NIM with some rows of cards		1949	52 Amazing Card Tricks	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Other Games Games / Nim
Paul Rosini	A Sure Thing			1950	Magical Gems	41	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Other Games Games / Nim
Felix Greenfield	Read My Mind	35 cards always one to six cards have to be removed by players		June 1963	The New Jinx (Vol. 2 No. 14)	62	Games / Nim
Dr. Lasker	Nim Variation			July 1968	Ibidem (Issue 33)	16	Games / Nim
Karl Fulves	The Game of 25	Game of 31 with dice		1970	Tricks With Dice	18	Dice (small) / Miscellaneous Games / Nim
Karl Fulves	A Footnote	on the Game of 31 with dice		1970	Tricks With Dice	19	Dice (small) / Miscellaneous Games / Nim
Dr. Jacob Daley	Daley's Thirty-One Trick	No. 350, reference to Phoenix made, probably erroneous and it wasn't published there, see reference perhaps	Related to "Doctor Daley's Thirty-One" (Dr. Jacob Daley, The Conjurors' Magazine, Vol. 1 No. 2&3, Mar. & Apr. 1945)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	98	Games / Nim
Nick Trost	The Trick of Thirty-One	gambling game with Aces, Twos, ... Sixes, with winning strategy		1975	Gambling Tricks with Cards — Part Two	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Other Games Games / Nim
Fred Lowe,	Der 31-Kartentrick	NIM/"The Game of 31" with cards		Aug. 1980	Intermagic (Vol. 7 No. 2)	54	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Other Games Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Spectator is the sucker Games / Nim
	The Match Game	two versions of game of NIM, using thirteen matches The Second Version	Also published here The Old Match Game (Joseph K. Schmidt, 1946)	1981	The Magic of Jimmy Grippo	144	Games / Nim
Karl Fulves	Nim	"Penny Papers", on the game of Nim		1985	S-C — Contemporary Money Magic (Issue 7)	120	Games / Nim
Piet Hein	Tax Tix	"Penny Papers", variation of game Nim	Related to The Hexpert (Karl Fulves, Piet Hein, 1982)	1985	S-C — Contemporary Money Magic (Issue 7)	122	Games / Nim
Peter Wilker, Dr. Jacob Daley, Wolfgang Rohde, Robert E. Neale	... und das verfluchte Würfelspiel	on the game of 31 / NIM, adding numbers from die, person who surpasses 31 loses the game Das Einunddreissiger-Spiel Was hat der Zauberer davon? Eine Fundamental neue Idee Das Rohde-System Vom Würfel zur Karten Von Karten zu Würfeln Anhang: Die Schlüsselzahlen beim Würfelspiel	Related to Ken de Courcy's "The Australian Gambling Game of 31" Robert Neale's "Six Card Swindle" 1985.	1988	Magische Blätter (Vol. 2 No. 5)	4	Dice (small) / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Other Games Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles Games / Nim
Karl Fulves	Merger	Nim game alternative Playing Strategy	Related to Merger Analysis (Karl Fulves, 1992)	1992	Swindle Sheet (Issue 10)	113	Games / Nim
Karl Fulves	Merger Analysis	Nim game alternative	Related to Merger (Karl Fulves, 1992)	1992	Additives	6	Games / Nim
Bob Farmer	Game, Set and Match	Flim-Flam whoever takes the last match wins		Nov. 1992	MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 3)	45	Games / Nim
Bob Farmer	Napoleon Meets His Watermelon	nim with three rows of cards		July 1993	MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 11)	59	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Spectator is the sucker Games / Nim
Ellis Stanyon	"Thirty-one" (Simple Version)	No. 12, "A Cardsharp's Trick", game in which cards are drawn alternately and the sum of the values cannot exceed thirty-one	Related to "Thirty-one" (Ellis Stanyon, 1999) Variations Supplementary Note (Karl Fulves, 1999)	1999	Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks	63	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Other Games Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Spectator is the sucker Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles Games / Nim
Karl Fulves	Supplementary Note	version of the game with paper-clipped pairs, another version without a system given posed as problem	Inspired by "Thirty-one" (Simple Version) (Ellis Stanyon, 1999)	1999	Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks	64	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Other Games Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles Cards / Effect Themes / Paper Clip & Cards Games / Nim
Ellis Stanyon	"Thirty-one"	No. 45, "A Cardsharp's Trick", more elaborate version	Related to "Thirty-one" (Simple Version) (Ellis Stanyon, 1999)	1999	Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks	80	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Other Games Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Spectator is the sucker Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles Games / Nim
Bob Farmer, Robin W. Dawes	Y2 Kon	Flim-Flam moving bills on calendar, whoever lands on Dec. 31, 1999, wins	Variations Y2 Con Backards (Bob Farmer, Robin W. Dawes, 1999)	May 1999	MAGIC (Vol. 8 No. 9)	76	Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles Games / Nim
Bob Farmer, Robin W. Dawes	Y2 Con Backards	Flim-Flam moving bills on calendar	Inspired by Y2 Kon (Bob Farmer, Robin W. Dawes, 1999)	June 1999	MAGIC (Vol. 8 No. 10)	76	Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles Games / Nim
Bob Farmer	The Game of 31	dice game in which a die is turned and thirty-one must be reached		Oct. 1999	MAGIC (Vol. 9 No. 2)	90	Dice (small) / Miscellaneous Games / Nim
Tomas Blomberg	16 Card Swindle	version of NIM/"The Game of 31"		2014	Blomberg Laboratories	321	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Other Games Games / Nim