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Four-in-a-line Puzzle
Disclaimer: This is an open-problem, I don't have a complete solution for this puzzle yet.
We are playing a $2$-player game: you as a challenger and me as a judge. Initially, there is an empty ...
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Spider and fly on a cube
A spider and a fly play a game with a cube of side length $s=1$ and with a positive real number $d$.
First, the spider picks its starting point $S$ somewhere on the surface of the cube.
Then the fly ...
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Who plays with these dice?
As I was visiting a gadget shop I noticed these dice that had this images from top, front, and side - presented in the picture. Than I noticed another feature and knew it. Who plays with these dice? ...
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The Triangle Game
Take an equilateral triangle with dots at the vertices and at the midpoints of each side:
There are a total of six dots.
In the triangle game, you have the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Place one number ...
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Precision Tag - can the lion win?
This is a spin-off motivated by Lopsy's interesting variant of Gamow's lion and zebras puzzle. It arose from a line of enquiry that tried to extend the vertical run past 5000km (or characterise the ...
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Variant of lion and 100 zebras
Note: This problem remains unsolved, as of 19 April 2020, so do try it out. 400 rep bounty guaranteed for a correct answer
This a variation of this question by @Gamow
Suppose there are $100$ lions ...
