To begin play, the first player places one of their colored pegs in any hole in the pegboard. Play passes to each player in turn, one peg being placed per turn. Each player attempts to place five of their pegs in a straight line in adjacent holes either horizontally, vertically or diagonally. At the same time, players try to prevent other players from achieving the same threshold by placing one of their own pegs at one end of an opponent's line of pegs while it still has only three pegs or fewer. Then if the player with three in a row places a fourth, any player can completely block five in a row by placing their peg at the other end of the four.[2][3]
The game also includes patterns for creating designs on the game board as an alternative to playing the game for children too young to play the game.[3]
Publication history
Parker Brothers introduced the game in 1925,[4] and continued to produce it through the 1960s.
Recognition
Copies of Peg'ity are held in the collections of several museums:
In the paper Adversary Problem Solving by Humans, Dennis H. Holding examines several studies that have used Peg'ity to study memory encoding as it relates to developing effective strategies in adversarial board games.[7]
In the August 1971 edition of Scientific American, Martin Gardner examines the mathematics and strategies of gomuku, "sold in the U.S. by Parker Brothers under the name Pegity."[8]
References
^ ab"Peg'ity". Victoria & Albert Museum. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
^ abc"Board Game, Pegity". Canadian Museum of History. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
^ abBingham, Walter (1963-12-09). "The Season to Be Merry". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
^Hobbies. Lightner Publishing Company. 1976. p. 141.
^"Board Game: Pegity, Parker Brothers 1939". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
^"Pegity, Parker Brothers". National Trust Collections. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
^Dennis H., Holding (2012), "Adversary Problem Solving by Humans", in Gilhooly, K. J. (ed.), Human and Machine Problem Solving, Springer Science & Business Media, pp. 83–120
^Gardner, Martin (August 1971). "Mathematical Games: Ticktacktoe and its complications". Scientific American: 110. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0571-110.
pegity, originally, titled, strategic, board, game, originally, published, parker, brothers, 1925, that, similar, gomoku, itybox, cover, from, vintage, copy, from, 1920spublishersparker, brotherspublication1925, years, 1925, players2, 4playing, time20, minutes. Pegity originally titled Peg ity is a strategic board game originally published by Parker Brothers in 1925 that is similar to Gomoku Peg ityBox cover from a vintage copy from the 1920sPublishersParker BrothersPublication1925 98 years ago 1925 Players2 4Playing time20 minutesAge range12 Contents 1 Description 1 1 Components 1 2 Gameplay 2 Publication history 3 Recognition 4 Scholarship 5 References 6 External linksDescription EditPeg ity an abstract strategy game in which players attempt to create a line of markers is a predecessor of the more recent game Connect 4 1 Components Edit a pegboard usually 16 holes x 16 holes four sets of colored pegs 2 Gameplay Edit To begin play the first player places one of their colored pegs in any hole in the pegboard Play passes to each player in turn one peg being placed per turn Each player attempts to place five of their pegs in a straight line in adjacent holes either horizontally vertically or diagonally At the same time players try to prevent other players from achieving the same threshold by placing one of their own pegs at one end of an opponent s line of pegs while it still has only three pegs or fewer Then if the player with three in a row places a fourth any player can completely block five in a row by placing their peg at the other end of the four 2 3 The game also includes patterns for creating designs on the game board as an alternative to playing the game for children too young to play the game 3 Publication history EditParker Brothers introduced the game in 1925 4 and continued to produce it through the 1960s Recognition EditCopies of Peg ity are held in the collections of several museums The Canadian Museum of History 2 The Strong National Museum of Play object ID 114 33930 5 The V amp A Museum of Childhood 1 The National Trust held at Calke Abbey Museum Derbyshire object NT 287349 6 Scholarship EditIn the paper Adversary Problem Solving by Humans Dennis H Holding examines several studies that have used Peg ity to study memory encoding as it relates to developing effective strategies in adversarial board games 7 In the August 1971 edition of Scientific American Martin Gardner examines the mathematics and strategies of gomuku sold in the U S by Parker Brothers under the name Pegity 8 References Edit a b Peg ity Victoria amp Albert Museum Retrieved 2021 02 14 a b c Board Game Pegity Canadian Museum of History Retrieved 2021 02 14 a b Bingham Walter 1963 12 09 The Season to Be Merry Sports Illustrated Retrieved 2021 02 15 Hobbies Lightner Publishing Company 1976 p 141 Board Game Pegity Parker Brothers 1939 Google Arts amp Culture Retrieved 2021 02 14 Pegity Parker Brothers National Trust Collections Retrieved 2021 02 14 Dennis H Holding 2012 Adversary Problem Solving by Humans in Gilhooly K J ed Human and Machine Problem Solving Springer Science amp Business Media pp 83 120 Gardner Martin August 1971 Mathematical Games Ticktacktoe and its complications Scientific American 110 doi 10 1038 scientificamerican0571 110 External links EditPegity at BoardGameGeek This board game related article or section is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pegity amp oldid 1138009223, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
