Tupler Die

Mar 28, 2012 14:14

Had a puzzle idea for yesterday. Didn't get it drawn and up because... I couldn't think of a name? Maybe it could go into the Hunt? I don't know, I just have excuses. Here's a different puzzle.
Backgammon has five dice: two for each player (though it can be played with a single pair of dice) and a "doubler die." The doubler die is used for scoring ( Read more... )

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devjoe March 30 2012, 00:17:59 UTC
For 1: 162, 324, 486, 648, 810, 972.
For 2, standard solution: 11, 121, 1331, 14641, 161051, 1771561.
Trick solution: 9 (an upside-down 6), 81, 729, 6561, 59049, 531441.
Another trick solution: 8 (written over the 3), 64, 512, 4096, 32768, 262144.
Dirty trick solution: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60

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cyrebjr March 30 2012, 05:04:17 UTC
Good. But there's a smaller answer for 1, even without one or more tricks.

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devjoe March 30 2012, 14:17:01 UTC
Aha. 108, 216, 324, 432, 540, 648 expanding from 8, 16, 32, 2, 4, 64 respectively.

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