The BINARY-RACE-GAME

easy to build/play game that requires only 3 coins and a sheet of paper!
Great to play in class!!!

Step 1 Things you need.

3 Coins
2 Random objects
A pencil
A cheat of paper

(a waterproof marker)

Comments

[instructors]

"There are 10 types of people in this world, those who know binary, and those who dont " -ThinkGeek.com nice intructable, like the idea of applying binary, to games:) Maybe there should be a language of binary and HEX.....

[must invent]

Woof! I've heard of that before...

[zupperzipper]

W00T ! ThinkGeek Rules... The only negative thing about it is that I can't buy stuff from it because i live in belgium (and my mother wont let me pay over the internet using VISA :( )

[Kiteman]

That's an interesting tool for teaching binary...

[mudmonkey]

that was my first thought too...

[zoltzerino]

Are you a teacher Kiteman? ZZZZ

[HOWITZER]

ja, nice job_{,to easy,its fun.}

[aliceownsj00]

What are the two random objects for? *confused*

[zupperzipper]

The objects are the things you move during the game. (I think in English they are called "the pawns") P.S. Sorry for the bad English!!!

[_soapy_]

Pawns are the front line in a game of chess. I'd probably call these objects "counters" or "pieces" - as in "Your piece moves 3 on that turn" Nice little game for when travelling or whatever. You could use the squares on a bit of carpet, or even scribble on a page of square paper.

[zupperzipper]

Oh, thanks for making the correction! I've learned something new today! :-)

[supersith22]

Thank you for making this instructable, because i would never have gone out and learned binary without a reason. the game was fun too. my piece of candy always beats my game boy cartridge. =) very nice ible

[zupperzipper]

Thanks

[csf0137]

the game of the nerd-goose

[WurdBendur]

I think you mean a "sheet" of paper. :)

[snoyes]

Yeah, I'd refuse to play any game where the very rules require you to cheat. Although, that might be an interesting concept - a game with a long list of rules that you are expected to break...

[WurdBendur]

I guess you haven't heard of Nomic.

[zupperzipper]

Oops you are right... Sorry for the bad English! (I am from Belgium)

[chadsly]

Sounds like fun. So, do you only throw coin at a time? Otherwise, I'd always claim the 1s to be most significant and the 0s to be least significant.

[PKM]

I'd use three denominations of coins, so the 10 is the MSB, the 5 the middle and the 1 the LSB. Or throw one at a time, either way.

[zupperzipper]

You can do that. But I always throw them 1 at a time...