Hi Ho! Cherry-O
Players | 2 to 4 |
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Age range | 3 and up |
Setup time | < 5 minutes |
Playing time | < 10 minutes |
Random chance | Complete |
Skill(s) required | Counting |
Hi Ho! Cherry-O is a children's put and take board game currently published by Hasbro[1] in which two to four players spin a spinner in an attempt to collect cherries. The original edition, designed by Hermann Wernhard and first published in 1960 by Whitman Publishers,[citation needed] had players compete to collect 10 cherries. During an update in 2007,[2] the rules were updated to include a cooperative play variant, where players cooperate to remove all fruit from the board before a bird puzzle is completed.
In 2015, Winning Moves published a classic edition.
Rules[edit | edit source]
Each player starts the game with an empty basket and 10 cherries on his/her tree. Players take turns spinning the spinner and performing the indicated action. The spinner is divided into seven sections:
- Take one cherry from tree
- Take two cherries from tree
- Take three cherries from tree
- Take four cherries from tree
- Dog: Replace cherries on tree: two if the player has at least that many in his/her basket, one if he/she has only one (no effect if player's basket is empty)
- Bird: Same as dog
- Spilled basket: Replace all cherries on tree
The first player to collect all the cherries from his/her tree and call "Hi Ho! Cherry-O" wins the game.
Analysis[edit | edit source]
The game length can be determined using a Markov chain, yielding the following results:[3]
- Minimum game length: 3
- Average game length: 15.8
- Maximum game length: Unbounded
- 25th percentile: 7 moves
- 50th percentile (median): 12 moves
- 75th percentile: 21 moves
- 95th percentile: 40 moves
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "HI HO! CHERRY-O Game". Hasbro. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
- ↑ "Hi Ho! Cherry-O". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ↑ "HI HO! CHERRY-O Mathematics". Jeffrey Humpherys. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Hasbro's Hi Ho! Cherry-O product page
- Hi Ho! Cherry-O at BoardGameGeek Includes many pictures of various game editions.
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