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Designed By	Mordecai Meirowitz
Art By
Published By	Alga (Brio) Globo Giocattoli Grow Jogos e Brinquedos Invicta Games Kenbrite Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza Parker Brothers Pressman Toy Corp. Waddingtons Games Woodstock Spiele Show More »
Year Published	1971
# of Players:	2 − 2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (19 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	20 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	8 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (9 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (13 voters) [poll]
Category	Abstract Strategy Deduction
Mechanic
Primary Name	Mastermind
Alternate Names	猜數字 Codice Enigma Master Mind Mastermind Junior Mistrz Intelektu Mistrz Logiki Revansch Revansch Revanssi Secret Code Senha Superhirn Toque y Fama
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Families	Mastermind

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Guess the color of hidden pegs. A deduction game where each player takes turn making a limited number of guesses, using logic to deduce what pegs the opponent has hidden.

Re-implemented by:

Online Play

YourTurnMyTurn (Turn-based)
http://www.brettspielnetz.de (turnbased, German)

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Online Play

http://www.brettspielnetz.de (Variant, competetive, turnbased, German)

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Components:

De-Coding Board
Shield
Code Pegs (~72 in 6 Colors)
Key Pegs (~30 in Black/White)
Instructions

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Very Good	$10.00	28-Jul-2009
Like New	€9.99	28-Dec-2006
Acceptable	£9.00	24-Jun-2005

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	24d 22h 49m
	8d 16h 35m
	26d 8h 34m
	27d 21h 5m
	18d 13h 30m
	23d 15h 16m
	11d 16h 35m
	28d 22h 3m
	17d 16h 27m
	15d 17h 52m

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36	Reviews How a Mother Taught Her Son How to Think	2008-02-07	leungd	7
5	Variants Extra Challenge	2007-12-24	WineDarkSea	3
1	General Master of the Mind	2007-09-15	zeruf	0
0	Reviews Can You Solve The Hidden Code?	2005-07-21	MrEdCollins	0
1	Reviews User Review	2005-03-03	Bluenose	3
0	Reviews User Review	2005-02-01	REGGY	0
0	Reviews User Review	2005-01-25	Majiken	0
0	General Static Mastermind	2004-05-22	lyman	0
4	General Optimal Strategy	2004-05-22	lyman	0

	Recommendations

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Yahtzee	Monopoly	Pachisi	The Game of Life
Stratego	Connect Four	Continuo	Pay Day
Mancala	Go To The Head Of The Class	Hangman	Backgammon
Ker Plunk	Moonstar	Mini Mastermind	Mr. Mouth

Very Weak Recommendations
Boggle	UNO

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2463	SoftBoard Games: Free, Commercial, and Abandoned Computer Version of Board, Card and Role-Playing Games with Computer AI (Artificial Intelligence) Opponents with Screen Shots	2007-02-23
537	Creepy Pictures on the Geek	2005-04-04
208	BGG User Archetypes	2006-07-11
193	Tom Swifties	2008-07-16
184	The "Old Guy and his Girlfriend" board game box	2007-11-06
147	Wall of Shame: The 50 'best' Boardgames According to The Independent	2009-11-07
130	The Origin of Modern Boardgames	2008-11-29
122	Solitaire Gaming Report	2006-11-09
108	A tribute to my baby sister (turning 31 today!) - my original gaming partner	2008-10-20
106	The Original (1980) Games 100 - 25 years ago	2006-07-11

	Statistics

Board Game Rank:	5500
Num Ratings:	2127
Average Rating:	5.27
Standard Deviation:	1.51
Num Views:	49751
GeekBuddy Analysis:	Analyze
Similarly Rated:	View
Avg. Game Weight:	1.8
Fans:	4

Personal Comments:	692
Users Owning:	2055
Users Wanting:	8
Users Trading:	64
Has Parts For Trade:	3
Want Parts In Trade:	0
Price History:	View
Total Plays:	3126
Plays This Month:	38

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Online play	http://www.madglibs.com/games/madminds.php?diff=EA...	2009-08-24
Online Mastermind Game	http://www.mathsisfun.com/games/mastermind-game.ht...	2009-07-16
30 Year Reunion for Mastermind Box Models	http://www.le.ac.uk/press/press/landmarkreunion.ht...	2007-09-26
Rules, History, and Strategy for Mastermind	http://freewebarcade.com/info/mastermind/index.htm...	2005-01-06
Review by BrettSpillGuiden - Scandinavian independent boardgame site	http://www.brettspillguiden.no/kritikker/757963.sh...	2004-05-04
Rules in PDF (Hasbro) (page scans, not text) (2000 edition)	http://www.hasbro.com/instruct/MasterMind,copyrigh...	2001-11-12
Rules in HTML (Pressman Toys)	http://www.pressmantoy.com/instructions/instruct_m...	2001-11-02

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