Scarney
Scarney refers to several abstract strategy games invented by John Scarne starting in the late 1920s, released with names referencing the inventor, including Scarnie, Scar-Nee, Scarney 3000, and Skarney. Although they bear similar names, they may be grouped into three general types, each with distinct rules and gameplay: # Board games: Scarnie, Scar-Nee, I.Q. Solitaire, Scarney # Dice games: Scarney Dice, Scarney 3000 # Card games: Skarney, Skarney Kards Unlike Scarne's contemporaneous game ''Teeko'', in which players compete to build a consecutive or square group of four pieces, the ''Scarney'' board games are played by removing pieces from the board. Board games The earliest board game from Scarne's company, John Scarne Games, is ''Scarnie'' (1931), which he mentions in his 1966 autobiography, accompanied by a photograph of himself playing a prototype of the game with James J. Braddock in 1929 at the boxer's training camp. The game is played by two to four players on a board wi ...
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