riddler-castles/castle-solutions: 339
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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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339 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | It is advantageous to send at least one troop to a castle, since if your opponent sends zero and then you can win all the points instead of half. I send two in case anyone else uses the one soldier strategy. That way my two will beat their one. I could send three or four but at that point I'm wasting troops that could be sent elsewhere. There are 55 total points which will require 28 to win. It is my personal opinion that people will either focus on getting the largest numbers to necessary (10, 9, 8 and then 1) to complete 28 points. The smallest numbers necessary (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) . The best strategy would then be to counteract these two. No matter the strategy, people will focus their forces on the largest numbers they go for. Therefore it is best to stay away from 10 and 7. My strategy will then be to focus 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 9 which overshoots 28 points but it is best to have backups. |