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''Pegity'' (originally titled ''Peg'ity'') is a strategic
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originally published by Parker Brothers in 1925 that is similar to
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Description

''Peg'ity'', an abstract strategy game in which players attempt to create a line of markers, is a predecessor of the more recent game '' Connect 4''.


Components

* a pegboard, usually 16 holes x 16 holes * four sets of colored pegs


Gameplay

To begin play, the first player places one of their colored pegs in any hole in the pegboard. Play passes to each player in turn, one peg being placed per turn. Each player attempts to place five of their pegs in a straight line in adjacent holes either horizontally, vertically or diagonally. At the same time, players try to prevent other players from achieving the same threshold by placing one of their own pegs at one end of an opponent's line of pegs while it still has only three pegs or fewer. Then if the player with three in a row places a fourth, any player can completely block five in a row by placing their peg at the other end of the four. The game also includes patterns for creating designs on the game board as an alternative to playing the game for children too young to play the game.


Publication history

Parker Brothers introduced the game in 1925, and continued to produce it through the 1960s.


Recognition

Copies of ''Peg'ity'' are held in the collections of several museums: * The Canadian Museum of History * The Strong National Museum of Play (object ID 114.33930). * The V&A Museum of Childhood * The National Trust (held at
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Museum, Derbyshire, object NT 287349)


Scholarship

In the paper ''Adversary Problem Solving by Humans'', Dennis H. Holding examines several studies that have used ''Peg'ity'' to study memory encoding as it relates to developing effective strategies in adversarial board games. In the August 1971 edition of ''
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'', Martin Gardner examines the mathematics and strategies of gomuku, "sold in the U.S. by Parker Brothers under the name ''Pegity''."


References


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* Parker Brothers games Board games introduced in 1925 Children's board games Abstract strategy games {{board-game-stub