Mathematico
A classic game, for unlimited number of players. Each player keeps track of their own board and after 25 random choices of numbers, the score is calculated for each player and the highest score wins.
note: You can try it!
- on Google Colab this is the version that uses rules as descibed in this README
- other implementation with the description in Czech language
Rules of the Game
The game of Mathematico is played on a 5x5 grid. In each round, a card with a number is drawn from the deck consisting of cards with numbers in range 1-13, with 4 copies of each, and players are obliged to fill the number in one of the empty cells on their board. When the boards are full, resulting scores are computed (see below) for each board, and the player with the highest score wins.
Scoring System
For each line, row and two longest diagonals, the points are computed based on the following table and are summed across all rows, columns and diagonals. In addition, if the score in a diagonal is non-zero, the player is awarded 10 bonus points for each such diagonal.
The numbers in the rows, columns and diagonals can be in ANY order.
| Rule | Example | Points |
|---|---|---|
| One pair | 1 2 3 4 1 | 10 |
| Two pairs | 1 2 2 3 1 | 20 |
| Three of a kind | 5 6 7 7 7 | 40 |
| Full House | 1 1 2 2 2 | 80 |
| Four of a kind (not number 1) | 1 2 2 2 2 | 160 |
| Four ones | 1 1 5 1 1 | 200 |
| Straight | 5 7 9 8 6 | 50 |
| Three 1s and two 13s | 1 13 1 13 1 | 100 |
| Numbers 1, 10, 11, 12, 13 | 12 11 13 1 10 | 150 |
For each row, column and diagonal, only the highest score is applied, i.e. it is forbidden to combine two scoring rules for one line.