Hi Ho! Cherry-O
| Players | 2 to 4 |
|---|---|
| Setup time | < 5 minutes |
| Playing time | < 10 minutes |
| Chance | Complete |
| Age range | 3 and up |
| Skills | Counting |
Hi Ho! Cherry-O is a children's put and take board game currently published by Milton Bradley [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.
Spinner
The spinner is divided into 7 sections:
- Take 1 cherry from tree
- Take 2 cherries from tree
- Take 3 cherries from tree
- Take 4 cherries from tree
- Dog: Take two cherries from your bucket and place them back on your tree. (If you have only one cherry, put that one back. If you have none do nothing.)
- Bird: Take one cherry from your bucket and place it back on your tree. (If you have none do nothing.)
- Spilled basket: replaces all cherries on tree
Analysis
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
- ^ "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
- 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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