Classic Thinking Games with Java
by Walter Koetke
$29.95

ISBN: 0-922473-02-1
204 pages; comb bound
©2007 Basics & Beyond Inc

Number Wonder
by Walter Koetke
$29.95

ISBN: 0-922473-00-5
172 pages; comb bound
©2003 Basics & Beyond Inc

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Preface for Students

Introduction

What is a "Thinking Game"?

What Makes a Thinking Game a Classic?

Necessary Characteristics of a Classic Thinking Game

What's the Value of Playing a Classic Thinking Game?

One-Person Games

Peg Solitaire

Triangle Peg Solitaire

Novel Games of Peg Solitaire

Double Square Peg Solitaire

Peace Symbol Peg Solitaire

City of Atlantis Peg Solitaire

English Peg Solitaire

Lights Out

Two-Person Games

Connect Four

Three-Dimensional Tic-Tac-Toe

Qubic

Score Four

Solutions to Problems

Bibliography

Teaching Notes