MasterMindwastraditionallya2playerboardgameplayedwithpegs.Nowmanycomputerversionsexist.Eachpersonwouldtakeaturnplayingthegame.Thepersonnotplayingwouldselect4colouredpegsfromapossible6colours,thenarrangethesepegsinsomerandomorderbehindablind,ie.hiddenfromtheplayer.Theplayerwouldthentrytoguessthecolourpatternbyduplicatingthepatterninaseriesofholesintheplayingboard.Aftereachsetof4pegsisinserted,thepersonnotplayingwouldindicatehowmanyoftheplayer'spegswereinthecorrectposition(smallblackpeg),andhowmanywerethecorrectcolourbutinthewrongposition(smallwhitepeg).Fromthismeagerfeedback,theplayerwouldhavetolayanother4pegsdown,afterwhichthefeedbackwasgivenagain.Thiscyclecontinuesuntiltheplayercorrectlyidentifiedthehiddenpatternofpegs.
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