Hi Ho! Cherry-O

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Hi Ho! Cherry-O
Hi ho cherry game cover.jpg
Cover of the original edition by Whitman, 1960
Other namesApple Harvest
Designers Hermann Wernhard
IllustratorsKatrin Lindley
Hermann Wernhard
Publishers
Publication1960;65 years ago (1960)
Years active1960–?
Genres Put and take board game
LanguagesEnglish
Players2–4
Playing time10'
Age range3+
Skills Counting

Hi Ho! Cherry-O is a children's put and take board game currently published by Hasbro [1] in which two to four players spin a spinner in an attempt to collect cherries. The original edition, designed by Hermann Wernhard and first published in 1960 by Whitman Publishers, had players compete to collect 10 cherries. In 1987, there was a video cassette version, made by Golden Book Video in the hi-ho video line, this involved a character, farmer Bing, asking for your help to collect cherries. [2] During an update in 2007, [3] the rules were updated to include a cooperative play variant, where players cooperate to remove all fruit from the board before a bird puzzle is completed. In 2015, Winning Moves Games USA published a classic edition.

Contents

Gameplay

Each player starts the game with an empty basket and 10 cherries on their tree. Players take turns spinning the spinner and performing the indicated action. The spinner is divided into seven sections:

  1. Take one cherry off of the tree.
  2. Take two cherries off of the tree.
  3. Take three cherries off of the tree.
  4. Take four cherries off of the tree.
  5. Dog: Replace cherries on the tree: two if the player has at least that many, or one if they have only one. If the player's bucket is empty, this space has no effect.
  6. Bird: Same effect as the dog.
  7. Spilled basket: Return all cherries to the tree. If the player's bucket is empty, this space has no effect.

The first player to collect all the cherries from their tree and call "Hi Ho! Cherry-O" wins the game.

Analysis

The game length for a single player can be determined using a Markov chain, yielding the following results: [4] .

The game length for multiple players depends on the number of players as they all compete who would be first to finish. The average number of rounds for 2,3,4 players until someone wins is 9.6, 7.5, 6.4; with median number of rounds being 8, 6, 6. That is, for 2 players half the time it will take 8 rounds or less for someone to win, with average number of rounds being 9.6.

References

  1. ↑ "HI HO! CHERRY-O Game". Hasbro. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  2. ↑ "Hi-Ho! Cherry-O VCR Game" . Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  3. ↑ "Hi Ho! Cherry-O". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  4. ↑ "HI HO! CHERRY-O Mathematics". Jeffrey Humpherys. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
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