Ojibwe Probability Stick Game

By Bev Caswell and Melinda Rody

Learn about probability by guessing how many sticks will remain upright when dropped.

How to Play

• Place counters in the centre of your playing area.
• Players take turns dropping their four sticks onto the playing area.
• Once you drop your sticks, mark down a tally mark of your results, and grab that many counters from the centre.
• Each player gets 15 turns each.
• The player with the highest score wins.
• Should there be a tie, players will have a “drop off” to declare the winner.