TACK-TILES® Master Mind game.

Materials needed: TACK-TILES® Braille Systems Nemeth Braille code version.

Setup procedure: Using a large TACK-TILES® support slate, begin at the upper left hand corner. Place a row of six TACK-TILES® beginning with Nemeth number 5, then 6 and so forth on to 9, then 0. Place an identical row beneath the first, then repeat this until all eight rows have the six numerals.

Move to the opposite side of the support slate, the place the digits 1 through 4 in the last four columns making eight rows of these. Many empty positions will be left in the center of the large support slate.

Using a TACK-TILES® palm support slate, place a row of six TACK-TILES® beginning with Nemeth number 5, then 6 and so forth on to 9, then 0 onto the top row of placement sites

Play procedure: Player no.1, unseen by the opposing player, arranges a row of four of his six TACK-TILES® in any sequence on the palm slate. It is the task of player No.2 to discern that sequence. That player using the large slate begins by selecting four TACK-TILES® from the six on the bottom row and placing them in a sequence one space removed on that bottom row.

Player no. 1 must report how many TACK-TILES® chosen by player no. 2 are part of the hidden sequence.
Player no. 2 then records this information by selecting the TACK-TILES® with the proper numeral from the columns on the right hand side of the large support slate and placing that numeral one space removed, beside his chosen sequence.

Player no. 1 must then report how many of the correctly chosen TACK-TILES® are also in proper position. Player no. 2 then records this information likewise.

Player no.2 then moves up one row on the large support slate and uses the information learned from the row below to arrange a sequence identical to that on the opposing player's TACK- TILES® palm slate. Player no. 2 has eight tries to glean enough information to discover the sequence, then the players exchange roles.

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