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[Cauliflower of Love]

Scrabble can hold my attention for a while. Is there a math equivalent? Something brain tickling.

 

[Jak140]

Your thread title is an oxymoron.

 

[Cauliflower of Love]

Oh yeah, lern me sum nu things? no thank ya.

 

[Jak140]

Oh yeah, lern me sum nu things? no thank ya.

muncheese
Lacking teh funny

 

[wandering goat]

Have you tried Mastermind?

 

[Prospero]

Go has a lot of mathematics underlying its strategy, though it's not immediately obvious on your first game. I started playing this summer, and it's pretty addictive. These days I spend at least a couple of hours a week studying strategy (especially tsumego, or life-and-death problems), and it works out an area of the brain I hadn't used regularly since taking calculus in college.

 

[iapetus]

Quite a lot of modern board games involve some element of mathematical reasoning, though more often than not it's a full-blown mental workout. Puerto Rico would (obviously) be a recommendation there, as everywhere.

Also, have you considered Bridge?