{"id":2174,"date":"2026-02-13T13:34:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T13:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.splunge.co.uk\/richnilk\/?page_id=2174"},"modified":"2026-02-13T13:36:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T13:36:38","slug":"the-takey-out-game","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.splunge.co.uk\/richnilk\/the-takey-out-game\/","title":{"rendered":"The Takey-Out Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:37% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.splunge.co.uk\/richnilk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC05912-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2176 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.splunge.co.uk\/richnilk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC05912-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.splunge.co.uk\/richnilk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC05912-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.splunge.co.uk\/richnilk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC05912-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.splunge.co.uk\/richnilk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC05912-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.splunge.co.uk\/richnilk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC05912-2048x1151.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.splunge.co.uk\/richnilk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC05912-1280x720.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is the Takey-Out game, and why isn&#8217;t it taking the world by storm?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Forget about Chess!<br>Forget about Mastermind!<br>This is the game that absolutely nobody is talking about.<br>It&#8217;s the Takey Out game!<br>Yes the takey-out game. A fascinating game for two players that literally anyone can play.<br>Two opponents face the ultimate challenge of taking-out pegs from a board until one or the other has taken out the last peg.<br>A fascinating psychological battle of wits ensues where there can only ever be two winners.<br>Which peg will the last to remain on the board? Who will be the last to take it?<br>It&#8217;s the Takey-Out game. Watch the 2025 World Championship final now and you&#8217;ll be hooked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take some time to look at the rules and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cELhVtm1cDo\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cELhVtm1cDo\">see the promotional video<\/a> and entire<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9bfAXOhLCig\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9bfAXOhLCig\"> 2025 World Championship final<\/a> here. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the Takey-Out game, and why isn&#8217;t it taking the world by storm? Forget about Chess!Forget about Mastermind!This is the game that absolutely nobody is talking about.It&#8217;s the Takey Out game!Yes the takey-out game. A fascinating game for two players that literally anyone can play.Two opponents face the ultimate challenge of taking-out pegs from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2174","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splunge.co.uk\/richnilk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splunge.co.uk\/richnilk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splunge.co.uk\/richnilk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splunge.co.uk\/richnilk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splunge.co.uk\/richnilk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2174"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.splunge.co.uk\/richnilk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2180,"href":"https:\/\/www.splunge.co.uk\/richnilk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2174\/revisions\/2180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splunge.co.uk\/richnilk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}