| The Rules of Mastermind You have 10 tries to discover the secret combination of colours. Select the colours by clicking on the boxes above the Try button. There are six colours; the boxes will cycle round each colour as you click. When you have chosen the sequence of colours that you want to try, click the Try button to get a mark. Your try will be shown in the list box, along with a mark consisting of a variable number of black and white circles. A black circle means that one of your colours is correct and in the correct place in the sequence; a white circle means that you have a correct colour, but not in the correct place. If you correctly guess the secret combination, you will be told; if you run out of tries, you will also be told, and the game will restart. |