riddler-castles/castle-solutions: 209
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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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209 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Castles 8, 9, and 10 are likely to receive heavy troop deployments because they are worth the most points. 1 + ... + 10 = 55. You can afford to completely ignore Castles 8, 9 and 10 (Sum: 27) as long as you can guarantee a high probability of winning Castles 1 through 7 (Sum: 28). I determined that having a deployment of better than 3 soldiers per point for Castles 1 through 7 (generally 3p + 2, with the exception of Castle 1) would give me a very good chance of winning them all. I also wanted to cover my bases a little by sending 1 troop to Castles 8, 9 and 10 in case there was an implicit requirement to deploy a troop to every castle, and also to catch out the other people would would be doing something similar (ie - ignoring the high-end castles to focus on the low-end castles). |