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Game of Nim

Play games, explore game theory and learn how binary can help you always win.

If you have signed up to “Race to the target” please don’t use these
resources with students who will be attending until AFTER the event. If
you have already attended the event then some of the games will be
familiar, so you can speed on to the new explanation tasks.

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