COJORO PRESENTS
Break the hidden code
Choose a peg to begin at the bottom of the board.
Mordecai Meirowitz presented his code-breaking game at the 1971 Nuremberg Toy Fair. The English company Invicta Plastics acquired the rights. In the tabletop game, one player hides a four-peg code and the other tries to crack it using black and white clue pegs.
Read the Smithsonian’s Master Mind history.
Adrian Ramon’s web edition takes its cues from the Pressman set pictured here, with its brown board, bottom-to-top guesses and hinged shield. The computer sets the code, and a 1970s-inspired red LED timer tracks how long you take to solve it.
Your current board will be replaced.