Nest of matches

Nest of matches

Type:	coordination game
Number of players:	2-10
Location:	on a table
Equipment:	(glass) bottle, matches
Duration:	several minutes per round
Preparation:	none

The nest of matches is a coordination game for two players or more.

Equipment

Each playing group needs:

• one bottle (made of glass, or a similar firm object with a bottleneck on top)
• matches or toothpicks (of rectangular shape; round toothpicks tend to roll away)

Procedure

Two players (or teams) compete each other. One team after the other may put one match on top of the bottle. This slowly creates a nest of matches on top of the bottle. All players have to take care no match falls down. Unlike Mikado, it does not matter whether the matches move or not; you only have to avoid to let them fall off the bottle.

Any team that causes at least one match to fall down lose the game (or earns a negative point). Then, another round is started.