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1. When I announce that I have my marbles ready and the game has begun, everybody has 48 hours to PM me with their own row of eight marbles. There are no sign ups - a PM with your marbles is how you join the game.
   
   The aim of this game is to PM me the exact order and colour of marbles which I have.
   
   As with my marbles, however, you may not PM me a row of marbles that use more than four of the same colour. If you do, your marbles will be discounted. Four marbles is the limit for any one colour.



2. When the 48 hours are up, I will post everybody's array of marbles. For each row, I will indicate after the row how many marbles that person has put in the right spot. I will only mention those which are exactly right. Unlike the actual board game of Mastermind, I will not indicate which marbles are the correct colour but in the wrong position.



3. If you get it right in the first round, it would simply be a fluke. But a winning one, nonetheless. All rounds after the first, however, you may have the possibility to work out the solution.



4. After I post everybody's marbles and how many marbles are right - and if nobody is the winner - another 48 hours is open for all players to submit another array of marbles. You can then, obviously, use the clues which you have learnt from the previous round to try and decipher what colour and order of marbles I have. Note: To play the second round (and all subsequent rounds) you must have submitted marbles in the first round and every round since.



5. Once again, after this 48 hours, I will post everybody's marbles. If there is still no winner, another 48 hours is open and it continues in this fashion until we have a winner.



6. It is entirely possible, and highly likely, that we will often have more than one winner. There's nothing wrong with that.