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Mini Tournament Leaderboard

Design a competitive game, run a multi-player tournament, track strategy evolution, and analyze the winning strategy.

Age
14+
Time
180 min
Level
advanced

Materials You'll Need

  • This printable sheet + tournament leaderboard
  • Pencil
  • 3–5 players
  • Simple game design (examples: Rock-Paper-Scissors variant, Connect-3, Number Bidding)

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How It Works

  1. 1

    Design a game with one strategic twist (e.g., 'Highest bid wins, but the cost is the second-highest bid').

  2. 2

    Create a leaderboard: player names, round scores, total wins, strategy notes.

  3. 3

    Run a round-robin or bracket tournament (all players play each other once, or single-elimination).

  4. 4

    After each round, have players note their strategy (what worked, what didn't).

  5. 5

    Analyze: Which strategies won? Did any player evolve their tactics mid-tournament?

  6. 6

    Reflect in writing: What would an 'AI champion' need to know? How would it adapt?

Your Work

Complete leaderboard, strategy notes per round, and final 1-paragraph analysis of the winning strategy.

Parent Notes

This is a great way to show adaptive strategy. Encourage players to adjust mid-tournament. Afterward, ask: 'If we ran this 100 times, which strategy would win most?' (Spoiler: mixed strategies often beat pure ones.)

Reflect

What did you learn? What was hard? What would you do differently next time?

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