riddler-castles/castle-solutions: 1283
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rowid | Castle 1 | Castle 2 | Castle 3 | Castle 4 | Castle 5 | Castle 6 | Castle 7 | Castle 8 | Castle 9 | Castle 10 | Why did you choose your troop deployment? |
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1283 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 0 | All you need are 4 castles totalling 28 (out of 55). My thought would be that most that recognize this would take the 8-9-10 and any 1 other (most going for either 7 or 1). But 5+6+9+8 also = 28. Sending 34 troops each to #8 & #9 would beat those who'd use a 33-33-33-1 deployment with that 8-9-10-x strategy; Sending 11 troops to #5 beats those going for a 10-straight strategy as well as what I call the "Prevent" Strategy [of sending (2n-1) troops to each castle with n being the value of each castle]. 21 Troops to #6 helps against the 20-even strategy for 6-10, but admittedly fails against a 25-even 4-6-8-10 strategy. |