Editing Mastermind (board game) (section)

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{{short description|Board game}}
{{Infobox game
| title=''Mastermind''
| italic title=yes
| image_link=[[File:Mastermind.jpg|200px]]
| image_caption=A completed game of ''Mastermind''
| genre= [[Board game]] <br />[[Paper-and-pencil game|Paper & pencil game]] [root]
| years=1970 to present
| designer=[[Mordecai Meirowitz]]
| publisher=
| players=2
| ages= 8 and up
| setup_time= < 5 minutes
| playing_time= 10–30 minutes
| random_chance=Negligible
| AKA=
| footnotes =
}}
'''''Mastermind''''' or '''''Master Mind''''' ({{Langx|he|בול פגיעה|bul pgi'a}}) is a [[code]]-breaking game for two players invented in [[Israel]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last1=Nelson |first1=Toby |title=A Brief History of the Master MindTM Board Game |url=http://www.tnelson.demon.co.uk/mastermind/history.html |access-date=6 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906044819/http://www.tnelson.demon.co.uk/mastermind/history.html |archive-date=6 September 2015 |date=9 March 2000 |url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Mastermind Board Game |publisher=Board Game Geek |url=http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2392/mastermind |access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref> It resembles an earlier [[Paper-and-pencil game|pencil and paper game]] called [[Bulls and Cows]] that may date back a century.