Gaming

From board games to solo puzzles to fantastical escapes to tricks for running faster, find a game for every mood

Your favorite word game with a twist of science

Poker players can now employ AI to find the optimal playing strategy, but they often don’t use it. Here’s why

Thousands of people around the world do live-action role-playing to learn and change themselves. I am one of them

How to finally wrap your mind around the uniquely counterintuitive Monty Hall dilemma

Why we’re fascinated by solving mind-bending puzzles, pitching faster fastballs, embodying new characters, playing ancient games, and much more

Games have captivated people since ancient times. Now they run our lives

Concerning various card tricks with a mathematical message

Curious figures descended from the Möbius band, which has only one side and one edge

Paradoxes dealing with birthdays, playing cards, coins, crows and red-haired typists

In which strips of paper are used to make hexagonal figures with unusual properties