Ancient game much studied in game theory Crossword Clue
3 letters · New York Times · Friday, December 5, 2014 · 43-Down
Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Friday, December 5, 2014.
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game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking the last remaining matchstick on the table
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