PragPub 2010-06: Issue #12 by The Pragmatic Bookshelf

Author:The Pragmatic Bookshelf
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: PragPub—Monthly Magazine
Publisher: The Pragmatic Bookshelf, LLC
Published: 2010-06-01T04:00:00+00:00

Enter the Mikado Method

Mikado is a pick-up sticks game originating in Europe. In 1936 it was brought from Hungary to the USA and was mostly called pick-up sticks. Probably the “Mikado” name was not used because it was a brand name of a game producer. Anyway, the game got that name from the highest scoring stick, the “Mikado,” named for the Emperor of Japan.

You can play Mikado with two or more players. You have a bunch of sticks, much like dried spaghetti sticks. You bundle them with your hand and while keeping them in a vertical orientation, standing on a flat surface, you just let them fall. They will form a pile of some kind. In the middle of the bundle you have a differently colored, high-scoring stick, the Mikado. The goal is to pick up the Mikado stick. If as you are picking up one stick another stick moves, you have to drop the stick and the turn goes to the next person. While you pick up sticks without disturbing other sticks, you may continue. The trick is to pick up the easy sticks, typically sticks that have no other sticks on top of them. Eventually, by using that strategy, you can pick up the Mikado stick and win the game.

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