A game by Ansel · 1–2 players

Four counters.
Two secret claims.

Ask for a little. Ask for more. What do you think the other player will do?

Secret Claims

Six rounds. Four new counters each round. Try to collect as many as you can.

Two people share one device and take turns in secret. Playing alone? Try a frequency-based computer opponent.

How to play

A small shared pool.

Each player secretly claims 1, 2 or 3.
If the claims add up to 4 or less, both collect their claims.
If they add up to more than 4, both collect zero.
Play six rounds, aiming to collect as many counters as you can.

Two and two always fits. Three pays more if the other player takes one. Taking one always pays—but might give the other player room for three.

About the computer

It counts your last three completed claims, with one extra count for each option. Usually it chooses a claim that would collect the most against those frequencies. A quarter of the time it picks randomly. It chooses before you do; it doesn’t read your current claim.

Moves stay in this page. Refreshing clears the match. For two-player games, look away during each other’s turns: this is pass-and-play, with no online rooms.

An experiment in expectations, not a claim of a new or balanced game. Tell Ansel how it went ↗

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Four counters.Two secret claims.

Secret Claims

Four counters.
Two secret claims.