Mastermind

THE board game Mastermind is designed to be played by two persons above the age of 8. One of the players creates a code and the other tries to decipher it with the help of the clues.

The game consists of a decoding board, code pegs and key pegs. The board has 12 rows, each with 4 large and 8 small holes. At the two ends of the board are 4 large holes covered by a shutter. This is where the player creates a secret code using any of the six coloured pegs.

The code-breaker has to guess the colours of the code pegs and their exact positions. He gets 12 chances to do so. After each attempt, the code-maker provides a clue and the codebreaker responds by filling in a row of code pegs on the board. The code-maker indicates which part of the guess is right or wrong by placing flat key pegs on the board.

The game continues until the code-breaker cracks the code or completes 12 guesses.