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Napoleon’s Triangles (2–4 Players)

Materials Needed:
• coloured pencils or markers
• scissors
BLM: Napoleon’s Triangles (88.0K)

1. Print a copy of BLM: Napoleon’s Triangles. Shade each set of triangles a different colour. Cut out the triangles.

2. Place the START triangle on a flat surface. See #1 in the diagram. Divide the remaining triangles randomly and equally among the players.

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3. The first player places a triangle adjacent to one side of the START triangle. See #2 in the diagram. Play moves to the next player.

4. The players continue to take turns and build a tiling pattern similar to that shown in #3 of the diagram.
Note: Two triangles of the same shape and size may not share a common side.

5. A player who cannot add a triangle skips a turn.

6. Play ends when
• no player can make an allowable play
• one player has used all of his or her triangles

7. The winner is the player with the fewest triangles left at the end of play.















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