We've played it by having 5 piles and a total of 15 matchsticks. 1st pile has 1 matchstick, 2nd pile has 2 matchsticks and so on. Heap sizes of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. So it should look like this:
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Just wondering if there's a method of winning with the same rules as this article has.