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Picture this: you’ve just bought a nice little cake, just for you. Then your friends show up, wanting a piece. Lucky for you, mathematicians have developed some pretty cool ways of sharing.

Tired of tic-tac-toe? Try Achi, a trickier game from the African country of Ghana.

People have been playing this boardgame for thousands of years. So come on, have a Go!

Grab some dominos and Blu-tack, then make a puzzling sliding block puzzle!

Turn an old copy of Guess Who into a game with a mathematical twist!

Learn the ancient (and very fun) game of Nine Men’s Morris.

There’s only four pieces, but this puzzle is Totally Tricky!

Try playing the game of Hex, and connect your sides of the board before your opponent cuts you off!

A three metre wide Pac-Man maze with glowing LED ghosts and a robotic Pac-Man will entertain festival goers at Sydney’s Vivid Light festival. An avid student maker group from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), called CREATE, is working hard to make the game in only five weeks.

It’s a tempting treat and a mathematical conundrum. We’ll show you how to run a jellybean guessing competition, and give you some hints on how to win!