Mind Game

Petals Around The Rose

Petals Around the Rose is a lateral thinking mind game traditionally played with five dice.
It is played by computer program or with physical dice that are rolled by a Potentate of the Rose, a person who knows the secret of the game. For each roll of all dice, there is a single numerical solution. The players then attempt to arrive at this solution. If they do not, the Potentate of the Rose will tell it to them, and it is their task to figure out the solution for the next roll.
There are three, and only three, rules:
1. The name of the game is "Petals Around the Rose", and the name is significant.
2. The answer is always zero or an even number.
3. Anyone who knows the game may give the answer to any roll, but they must not disclose the reasoning.
When a person discovers how the answer is computed, they become a Potentate of the Rose themselves. Much akin to magic tricks, an integral part of the puzzle is that those who have solved it are urged to keep the solution a secret. So if you know the logic you are sworn to secrecy.You won't tell others the logic unti they find out themselves.

Well a interesting story about, 'How Bill Gates played this Game'

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The game is quite simple. Only a basic understanding of math is required and an open and creative mind. The game can be used as an example of how different people look at the world differently, and how these different ways of looking can yield different answers. In "Petals Around the Rose" there is always one correct answer. The problem is how we define the problem.





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