{"rowid": 13, "Castle 1": 4, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 32, "Castle 9": 32, "Castle 10": 32, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "You only need 28 to win"}
{"rowid": 26, "Castle 1": 6, "Castle 2": 6, "Castle 3": 7, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 21, "Castle 8": 25, "Castle 9": 0, "Castle 10": 35, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Castles 1-3 and 6-8 were the most ignored by the top 5 warlords in the last round. 4-5 and 9-10 were most popular. I figured if I can almost guarantee getting 10 by placing 35 soldiers, ignore 9 where most others will send a significant amount, capture 7-8 which look to be ignored by most, and capture 1-3 which will be ignored for low point value, I could total 31 points which is more than enough to win a majority of the battles. Maybe a simpleminded strategy but this is based purely off the results of the last round and it could be an obvious one. "}
{"rowid": 39, "Castle 1": 6, "Castle 2": 8, "Castle 3": 10, "Castle 4": 12, "Castle 5": 14, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 0, "Castle 9": 24, "Castle 10": 26, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "I think people will adjust back to the top half numbers after the success of the winning answers from last round but will still be scared to drop too much into the highest value targets."}
{"rowid": 41, "Castle 1": 1, "Castle 2": 5, "Castle 3": 10, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 28, "Castle 9": 28, "Castle 10": 28, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Because I'm trying my best."}
{"rowid": 55, "Castle 1": 1, "Castle 2": 2, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 32, "Castle 9": 32, "Castle 10": 33, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "The top 3 castles score 27 points in total, almost 50% of the point total. Assuming I can win all 3 and pick up a single unguarded low point castle, i will prevail."}
{"rowid": 58, "Castle 1": 4, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 1, "Castle 4": 1, "Castle 5": 1, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 31, "Castle 9": 31, "Castle 10": 31, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "My goal is to acquire 28 points. This is on permutations of castle attacks that makes it likely"}
{"rowid": 59, "Castle 1": 4, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 32, "Castle 9": 32, "Castle 10": 32, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "I do have to win all 4 of my engagements, which doesn't leave any margin for error. I'm confident in castle 1, and 2/3 for 8-10. So I just have to get a little lucky that opponents spread their forces out too much."}
{"rowid": 64, "Castle 1": 1, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 20, "Castle 5": 20, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 0, "Castle 9": 35, "Castle 10": 24, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Magic"}
{"rowid": 94, "Castle 1": 1, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 2, "Castle 5": 1, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 17, "Castle 8": 21, "Castle 9": 27, "Castle 10": 31, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Securing the high castles is paramount to our victory, with a few sneaky +1 to counteract those who wish to tie us in mortal combat."}
{"rowid": 112, "Castle 1": 4, "Castle 2": 1, "Castle 3": 5, "Castle 4": 10, "Castle 5": 25, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 0, "Castle 9": 30, "Castle 10": 25, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Trying to pick up 5, 9 and 10. Get enough value in the early battles to pick up over half the points."}
{"rowid": 113, "Castle 1": 1, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 0, "Castle 9": 99, "Castle 10": 0, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Just Cause"}
{"rowid": 123, "Castle 1": 1, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 99, "Castle 9": 0, "Castle 10": 0, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "You need to get points, and probably the only way to do that is to win a house outright. I am guessing that someone will do 100 for 10 and 9, so guessing 8 will be the one where people don't apply 100."}
{"rowid": 161, "Castle 1": 5, "Castle 2": 1, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 32, "Castle 9": 31, "Castle 10": 31, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "I anticipate a backlash against the deployment of troops to the highest castles given the data from the last war. Because of this, committing roughly a third of my troops to each of the three largest castles should overwhelm the majority of opponents. 8 has historically been one of the most sought after castles, likely being used to deny narrow strategies like mine a victory, so i will fortify it with an extra troop. \n\nAdditionally, if i win 8/9/10, only one other point is necessary, and the first castle has been historically poorly defended. I send my final troop to the second castle, because someone who has committed more than 5 troops to the first is probably less likely to have fortified the second."}
{"rowid": 179, "Castle 1": 1, "Castle 2": 4, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 27, "Castle 8": 0, "Castle 9": 34, "Castle 10": 34, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": null}
{"rowid": 208, "Castle 1": 1, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 22, "Castle 9": 37, "Castle 10": 40, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": null}
{"rowid": 254, "Castle 1": 1, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 24, "Castle 8": 25, "Castle 9": 25, "Castle 10": 25, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Control the four top castles that add up to more than the rest."}
{"rowid": 279, "Castle 1": 7, "Castle 2": 9, "Castle 3": 9, "Castle 4": 11, "Castle 5": 13, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 0, "Castle 9": 51, "Castle 10": 0, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "It adds up to >20 points and I don't think anyone's gonna care as much as I do about the ones I chose? Idk though"}
{"rowid": 301, "Castle 1": 3, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 7, "Castle 4": 10, "Castle 5": 20, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 30, "Castle 8": 30, "Castle 9": 0, "Castle 10": 0, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "I targeted 6 castles that would get me 28 points. If I go 6/6 on those ones that I bet big on then I win (doesn\u2019t really feel like a good strategy, but I wanted to see how it would play out)"}
{"rowid": 306, "Castle 1": 8, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 31, "Castle 9": 31, "Castle 10": 30, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "I am just trying to get to the minimum amount of points to win: 28. I found the combination with the least amount of castles I possibly need to win and dumped all my points into these 4, forgoing the rest completely as they are not important in my winning strategy. Also, based on the previous 2 games, I decided to put the least in castle 1 in order to stack 8, 9, and 10 to the fullest possible."}
{"rowid": 351, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 4, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 11, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 30, "Castle 8": 31, "Castle 9": 0, "Castle 10": 24, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "I came up with about a dozen different strategies. Strategy A was an even distribution (10 per castle), B was weighted (2 for Castle 1 up to 18 for Castle 10); C was weighted to beat A-B, D could beat A-C, all the way until strategy O. After Strategy O, I couldn't make another distribution that could beat N plus the other ones I had already made. It's banking on chaos and people not wanting to overpay for Castle 10, thinking they can take Castles 6-9 for a little more points"}
{"rowid": 352, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 1, "Castle 3": 1, "Castle 4": 10, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 29, "Castle 8": 29, "Castle 9": 30, "Castle 10": 0, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Exact victory points, fewest required wins, avoid 10."}
{"rowid": 355, "Castle 1": 5, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 24, "Castle 9": 36, "Castle 10": 35, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "limit losing troops, look for highest return on investment"}
{"rowid": 361, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 11, "Castle 4": 12, "Castle 5": 17, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 25, "Castle 8": 0, "Castle 9": 35, "Castle 10": 0, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "I need 28 points to win, castle 1 and 2 have little value, I feel like people will value 10 and or 8 highly. 10 seems like a median number and something someone would throw at 3 or 4 so I went with 11 and 12. It's really a win all or lose scenario for me. Hopefully people spend resources out instead of concentrating. 10,9,8,1 seems like the most common strategy for people to really go after, I think I can overwhelm the 9 slot and forfeit the others while getting what I want"}
{"rowid": 364, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 0, "Castle 9": 100, "Castle 10": 0, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Nash Equilibrium"}
{"rowid": 369, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 7, "Castle 5": 10, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 24, "Castle 9": 28, "Castle 10": 31, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Subscribe to the \"Barely Win or Lose by a Lot\" theory."}
{"rowid": 381, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 7, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 8, "Castle 5": 15, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 1, "Castle 8": 32, "Castle 9": 32, "Castle 10": 5, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "I'm going for 2,4,5,8,&9 = 28 for the win... However... if someone is really going after 8 and 9 too, my 5 soldiers on 10 will hopefully be enough to carry the day."}
{"rowid": 407, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 6, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 33, "Castle 9": 33, "Castle 10": 28, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "I wanted to win 28 point by attacking as few castles as possible. By focusing as many troops as possible on castles 8, 9 and 10 and choosing a low value castle that people typically don\u2019t commit many resources to, I hoped to win the majority of bouts. "}
{"rowid": 439, "Castle 1": 5, "Castle 2": 5, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 20, "Castle 9": 30, "Castle 10": 40, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Castles 3-7 are pretty lame"}
{"rowid": 445, "Castle 1": 1, "Castle 2": 1, "Castle 3": 1, "Castle 4": 1, "Castle 5": 6, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 30, "Castle 9": 0, "Castle 10": 60, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Many players won't choose lower point castles, so it could be potentially easy to get several low-point castles and gain as many points as the largest castle."}
{"rowid": 447, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 11, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 26, "Castle 8": 31, "Castle 9": 32, "Castle 10": 0, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "I went for the less \"psychologically significant\" castles which would still give me a significant advantage. I sent 11 troops to 4 as an additional bonus in case someone is close to me in the upper ranges, or sweeps all the castles I didn't send any troops to - and since 11 just barely beats the simple strategy of sending 10 troops to each castle. I sent 26 to 7 because 26 is one more than 25 (another round number I expect people to use a lot), and similarly I sent 31 (rather than 30) to #8. Hope this works!"}
{"rowid": 449, "Castle 1": 6, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 32, "Castle 9": 31, "Castle 10": 31, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "If I win the 10, 9, 8 and 1, I have 28 which is just enough to win."}
{"rowid": 468, "Castle 1": 5, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 30, "Castle 9": 30, "Castle 10": 35, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "I only need 28 points to win, so I'm only investing my soldiers in 4 attacks to get me the 28 - the three highest totals plus one point."}
{"rowid": 471, "Castle 1": 3, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 32, "Castle 9": 33, "Castle 10": 32, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "I need 28 points to win, so I'm fighting hard for those 28 points."}
{"rowid": 478, "Castle 1": 2, "Castle 2": 1, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 28, "Castle 9": 33, "Castle 10": 36, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": null}
{"rowid": 479, "Castle 1": 1, "Castle 2": 1, "Castle 3": 2, "Castle 4": 15, "Castle 5": 19, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 11, "Castle 8": 14, "Castle 9": 17, "Castle 10": 20, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "I tried to plan a balanced attack of the high-value castles (7-10) and the low-value castles (4-5) with increasing troops in each category. Since castle 6 was ignored in both previous editions I figured most players would attack this castle, so I left it exposed to avoid losing troops there."}
{"rowid": 487, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 7, "Castle 5": 8, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 35, "Castle 9": 35, "Castle 10": 15, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": null}
{"rowid": 511, "Castle 1": 7, "Castle 2": 1, "Castle 3": 1, "Castle 4": 1, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 27, "Castle 9": 28, "Castle 10": 35, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "There are 55 available points among the castles, which means I need 28 to win. My strategy is to sell out for the top 3 castles, which gives me 27 if I win them all, then hope to take the smallest castle to push me over the edge. In addition I have a single scout sent to the next three smallest castles to try and steal one of those as well. Castles 5, 6, and 7 I will concede in favor of castles 8, 9, and 10."}
{"rowid": 512, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 9, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 32, "Castle 9": 32, "Castle 10": 27, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": null}
{"rowid": 541, "Castle 1": 7, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 35, "Castle 9": 32, "Castle 10": 26, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "The bare minimum to win 28 victory points, assuming I win all of my chosen battles.  This allows me to maximize my troop deployment  to a minimum number of castles.  "}
{"rowid": 542, "Castle 1": 10, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 30, "Castle 9": 30, "Castle 10": 30, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "People are going to overthink it. 1/8/9/10 is enough to win."}
{"rowid": 546, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 20, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 0, "Castle 9": 40, "Castle 10": 40, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "23 points to win.  Overload the highest rated castles and sacrifice everything else"}
{"rowid": 552, "Castle 1": 5, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 32, "Castle 9": 31, "Castle 10": 32, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "The goal is to get 28 points. Concentrated troops at the least amount of castles to achieve that."}
{"rowid": 555, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 25, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 25, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 25, "Castle 8": 25, "Castle 9": 0, "Castle 10": 0, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Sacrifices must be made!  Castles 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, and 10 are dead to me! Going hyper-aggressive (but not the most aggressive strategy).  Best Case: I win! Worst Case: I am a troll!"}
{"rowid": 558, "Castle 1": 8, "Castle 2": 9, "Castle 3": 9, "Castle 4": 10, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 30, "Castle 9": 0, "Castle 10": 34, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Try to win 1,2,3,4,8,10 to get to 28"}
{"rowid": 562, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 1, "Castle 3": 3, "Castle 4": 20, "Castle 5": 3, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 21, "Castle 8": 24, "Castle 9": 0, "Castle 10": 28, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Looked at the past distributions and estimated what it would take to win castles 10, 8, 7, and 4. Saved some leftover men for other random castles. But figured castle 9 wasn't worth it. "}
{"rowid": 564, "Castle 1": 1, "Castle 2": 3, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 4, "Castle 5": 15, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 21, "Castle 8": 16, "Castle 9": 9, "Castle 10": 31, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "I generated it randomly. I multiplied the value of each castle by a random real number selected from a Poisson distribution with rate=2, rounded down to the nearest integer, then gave any remaining soldiers to castle 10. I generated a few allotments this way, picked one that looked nice, and checked it against the top five from the past two iterations. I had a decent record against past winners so I went for it!"}
{"rowid": 570, "Castle 1": 2, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 6, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 2, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 23, "Castle 8": 36, "Castle 9": 0, "Castle 10": 31, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "I think people are going for 9. Trynna lock down 8 and 10 and hope 7&3 are strong enough."}
{"rowid": 580, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 25, "Castle 8": 25, "Castle 9": 25, "Castle 10": 25, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Instead of spreading out my troops, I wanted to backend my troops toward the castles with higher amount of individual points."}
{"rowid": 604, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 2, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 11, "Castle 5": 11, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 25, "Castle 8": 24, "Castle 9": 27, "Castle 10": 0, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "You only have to win by a little."}
{"rowid": 610, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 1, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 33, "Castle 9": 33, "Castle 10": 33, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Try to ensure victory at the top 3 values, which are greater than the sum of the rest"}
{"rowid": 611, "Castle 1": 1, "Castle 2": 1, "Castle 3": 1, "Castle 4": 1, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 24, "Castle 8": 24, "Castle 9": 24, "Castle 10": 24, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": null}
{"rowid": 632, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 7, "Castle 4": 8, "Castle 5": 11, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 23, "Castle 9": 25, "Castle 10": 26, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": null}
{"rowid": 634, "Castle 1": 5, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 30, "Castle 9": 30, "Castle 10": 35, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "28 points is a win, so that's all I'm going for. The Castle 1 victory is essential!"}
{"rowid": 662, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 26, "Castle 8": 32, "Castle 9": 42, "Castle 10": 0, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "I only need to win 3 castles, assuming people focus on 10, I decided to ignore it an focus on the next three and then power creep 9 and 8 in case people had the same idea as I did."}
{"rowid": 672, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 17, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 29, "Castle 8": 23, "Castle 9": 2, "Castle 10": 29, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "All-in on 3,7,8,10"}
{"rowid": 678, "Castle 1": 30, "Castle 2": 30, "Castle 3": 30, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 0, "Castle 9": 0, "Castle 10": 10, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "As I expect many to choose low troop numbers for the top castles, I deploy many soldiers there in order to hopefully take those three. After that, only one point is needed to win, so I chose to attack castle 10 in hopes that it is the least guarded. This appears to be a reasonable strategy based on the previous distribution."}
{"rowid": 697, "Castle 1": 1, "Castle 2": 2, "Castle 3": 5, "Castle 4": 13, "Castle 5": 17, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 26, "Castle 8": 0, "Castle 9": 36, "Castle 10": 0, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "I need 28 VPs. So I aimed for an unusual combination of getting them. As long as I get castles 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9, I have my 28 points and have no need to get any others. I will lose only to people who outbid me on one of these five, but those who don't bid 0 on any, or even multiple, castles, will have fewer troops to deploy on those five, so my chances are reasonably good. I expect to lose to those who max out on castles 9 and 10 but to win against a good percentage of other contestants.\n\nI made a late change to go for 3+ points from 1, 2 and 3 combined"}
{"rowid": 727, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 14, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 28, "Castle 9": 29, "Castle 10": 29, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "To get more than half of the 55 total points, it requires 10+9+8+1 (28/55), thus, we should focus our soldiers most at the top three castles. The last point can come from any castle. Since it is likely that castle 7\u2013being worth 7 points\u2014will be paid attention to more than the castles lower than it, we should let that one fall. Since we only need one more point after assuming a win at 8-10, we should go for the lower castles. I believe, however, that many people will go after 1 strategically to get one last point, so I choose to go after 2, which tho it has more point value, might get raided less by those who are attempting a similar strategy to mjne."}
{"rowid": 731, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 7, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 25, "Castle 8": 0, "Castle 9": 32, "Castle 10": 36, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": null}
{"rowid": 745, "Castle 1": 4, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 30, "Castle 9": 32, "Castle 10": 34, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "My plan hinges on capturing the most valuable castles, 8, 9 and 10, as well as capitalizing - hopefully - on a perceived deficiency in the lowest value castle, 1. The total value of 55 divided by 2 gets 27.5, so the magic number is 28. 10, 9, and 8 would get me to 27 already, so capturing 1 alone would put me over the top. If I lose any battle I've committed to, I lose. If I tie any battle I've committed to, I lose (other than 1, in which I'd tie). Hopefully all works out."}
{"rowid": 755, "Castle 1": 4, "Castle 2": 1, "Castle 3": 15, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 0, "Castle 9": 40, "Castle 10": 40, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Only need 22.5 points to win. Figured 40 would win most of the time at 9 & 10, so I only need 3.5"}
{"rowid": 759, "Castle 1": 4, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 41, "Castle 9": 31, "Castle 10": 24, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Magic"}
{"rowid": 766, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 5, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 35, "Castle 9": 30, "Castle 10": 30, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "There is 55 points total. 28 is what you need to win. So win 10,9,8 and 2. Focus on the minimum amount of effort to win. Win by a little or a lot, a win is a win."}
{"rowid": 777, "Castle 1": 5, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 35, "Castle 9": 30, "Castle 10": 30, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "28 is a win, so concentrate where you need to win, and win!"}
{"rowid": 796, "Castle 1": 5, "Castle 2": 5, "Castle 3": 5, "Castle 4": 5, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 10, "Castle 9": 30, "Castle 10": 40, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Intuition and guesswork based on the past data. Most generals had more even distributions and none of the top 10 had any allocations above 40. So if I capture the highest value prizes and a few of the smaller ones that garner less attention, I figure I should be in pretty good shape."}
{"rowid": 798, "Castle 1": 6, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 34, "Castle 9": 30, "Castle 10": 30, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "A deliberate overkill strategy, designed to get exactly 28 points. If my guess is right then people will back down a bit on the bids on the higher, and still ignore the lower values. In this strategy you have to take the top 3, so the 1 value castle is the best hope to steal a final strategy. It just seemed like an interesting idea."}
{"rowid": 806, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 33, "Castle 9": 33, "Castle 10": 34, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Go big or go home"}
{"rowid": 811, "Castle 1": 4, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 33, "Castle 9": 33, "Castle 10": 30, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Just need 28 points to win.  Figure I can almost always win 1 point with a small number on 1.  Then maximize my focus on 8, 9, and 10."}
{"rowid": 823, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 10, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 30, "Castle 9": 25, "Castle 10": 35, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Just a hunch I had based on previous editions"}
{"rowid": 834, "Castle 1": 7, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 31, "Castle 9": 31, "Castle 10": 31, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "28 to 27"}
{"rowid": 836, "Castle 1": 5, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 30, "Castle 9": 35, "Castle 10": 30, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "No modelling, just a ten second guess on what others would do on average. (It's a no stakes game.) 28 is needed to win. 10 + 9 + 8 + 1 suffices. Naturally you'd expect them to be hotly contested, but this is well above the average content of those castles so let's let the last two round's data suggest it is worth a go attacking them. So let's sacrifice losing to players that take alternative strategies to see if this wins enough rounds against common submissions. And taking a complete guess that the peak of the contest will move from castle 8 to castle 9."}
{"rowid": 840, "Castle 1": 2, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 6, "Castle 4": 1, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 22, "Castle 8": 0, "Castle 9": 40, "Castle 10": 29, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "55 points to win, this is a race to 28. The quickest way to that is winning 9 & 10 and then then figuring how best to win one big-ish castle and win/split a small-ish (but not smallest) one. I focused on 7 because I thought the battle would be bigger for 8, and then 3 to win or split. That takes me to at least 27.5 with the hope that one of the other towers breaks my way (particularly the 1 point as a win or split)."}
{"rowid": 850, "Castle 1": 1, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 30, "Castle 8": 30, "Castle 9": 39, "Castle 10": 0, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Highest % troops outside Castle 10"}
{"rowid": 862, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 20, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 26, "Castle 8": 26, "Castle 9": 28, "Castle 10": 0, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Maximizing distribution to minimum number of castles needed to win, while avoiding expense of castle 10.  "}
{"rowid": 873, "Castle 1": 7, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 26, "Castle 9": 31, "Castle 10": 36, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Protect the bag"}
{"rowid": 890, "Castle 1": 10, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 15, "Castle 9": 25, "Castle 10": 50, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Forces concentrated on minimum four castles to win"}
{"rowid": 891, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 10, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 15, "Castle 8": 25, "Castle 9": 50, "Castle 10": 0, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Forces concentrated on alternative 4 castles to win"}
{"rowid": 952, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 20, "Castle 9": 30, "Castle 10": 50, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Seemed smart"}
{"rowid": 966, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 11, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 27, "Castle 8": 31, "Castle 9": 31, "Castle 10": 0, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "No point putting a small number of soldiers in a castle as you get no points for a loss. 9+8+7+4=28 is just over half the maximum (55). I think a bunch of people will go all in on 10, 9, 8, 1 with a 30,30,30,10 spread and this will beat that. Similarly, this beats a 25-25-25-25 spread on 10,9,8,7 and the 10 on all castles approach. Finally by ignoring castle 10, we also beat the strategies that put alot on castle 10 and spread a little to everything else which I think might be common."}
{"rowid": 991, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 10, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 22, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 0, "Castle 9": 34, "Castle 10": 34, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "I only need 28 points to win and castles 9&10 seemed undervalued by the average player. I\u2019ve gone all in on four castles."}
{"rowid": 1005, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 10, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 30, "Castle 9": 30, "Castle 10": 30, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Make or break: a massive push to reach the target point value to win (i.e. 28 points)"}
{"rowid": 1010, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 10, "Castle 8": 20, "Castle 9": 30, "Castle 10": 40, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": null}
{"rowid": 1016, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 8, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 3, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 31, "Castle 8": 9, "Castle 9": 9, "Castle 10": 40, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Noticing that in both prior rounds people have hammered the middle numbers or the top numbers, but not both, I wanted an allocation that would win outright at one of those values (31 on 7, 40 on 10) while also winning whichever of 8 or 9 opponents leave under-defended, and winning enough lower-hanging points to get to magic number 28."}
{"rowid": 1028, "Castle 1": 1, "Castle 2": 4, "Castle 3": 5, "Castle 4": 11, "Castle 5": 12, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 15, "Castle 8": 12, "Castle 9": 19, "Castle 10": 21, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Not really sure"}
{"rowid": 1029, "Castle 1": 4, "Castle 2": 4, "Castle 3": 4, "Castle 4": 18, "Castle 5": 23, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 13, "Castle 8": 0, "Castle 9": 34, "Castle 10": 0, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "I concentrated on winning more of the lower value castles."}
{"rowid": 1044, "Castle 1": 1, "Castle 2": 3, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 17, "Castle 5": 20, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 3, "Castle 9": 28, "Castle 10": 28, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Divination by dreams (and some code that seemed to make sense but I can't really explain)"}
{"rowid": 1064, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 15, "Castle 5": 15, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 0, "Castle 9": 35, "Castle 10": 35, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "We go all in on the minimum value to win."}
{"rowid": 1071, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 15, "Castle 5": 21, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 0, "Castle 9": 36, "Castle 10": 28, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Better than Mike"}
{"rowid": 1086, "Castle 1": 6, "Castle 2": 3, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 1, "Castle 8": 32, "Castle 9": 32, "Castle 10": 26, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Loading up on the high value castles is in some ways the most obvious strategy. However, it is possible that folks will overthink, in which case this might do well."}
{"rowid": 1087, "Castle 1": 2, "Castle 2": 3, "Castle 3": 5, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 15, "Castle 8": 25, "Castle 9": 0, "Castle 10": 50, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Arbitrary"}
{"rowid": 1102, "Castle 1": 3, "Castle 2": 6, "Castle 3": 9, "Castle 4": 12, "Castle 5": 15, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 0, "Castle 9": 26, "Castle 10": 29, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "minimize cost/point"}
{"rowid": 1103, "Castle 1": 4, "Castle 2": 7, "Castle 3": 9, "Castle 4": 15, "Castle 5": 21, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 0, "Castle 9": 27, "Castle 10": 17, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "minimize cost/point based on previous responses"}
{"rowid": 1104, "Castle 1": 4, "Castle 2": 6, "Castle 3": 9, "Castle 4": 16, "Castle 5": 21, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 0, "Castle 9": 27, "Castle 10": 17, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "minimize cost"}
{"rowid": 1107, "Castle 1": 3, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 30, "Castle 9": 33, "Castle 10": 34, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "I'm trying to get the majority of available points with the fewest castles."}
{"rowid": 1130, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 20, "Castle 8": 23, "Castle 9": 27, "Castle 10": 30, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Determine the maximum number of castles that can be abandoned while still achieving net victory assuming individual victories at the remaining castles. sum(i, i = 1 .. 10) = 55, sum(i, i = 7 .. 10) = 34, sum(i, i = 1 .. 6) = 21. 34-21 = 13, therefore only castles 7-10 need to be won. Soldiers were distributed approximately proportionally to the point value of the castle, but preferentially rounding down for lower value castles and up for higher values."}
{"rowid": 1152, "Castle 1": 4, "Castle 2": 4, "Castle 3": 4, "Castle 4": 6, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 25, "Castle 8": 25, "Castle 9": 25, "Castle 10": 7, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Sacrifice what should be hotly contested castles (5 & 6) in favor of what are likely lesser contested castles (1,2,3,7,8,9,) and try to pick off castles 10 & 4 against forces trying to sneak away with them"}
{"rowid": 1154, "Castle 1": 3, "Castle 2": 6, "Castle 3": 8, "Castle 4": 10, "Castle 5": 13, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 25, "Castle 8": 29, "Castle 9": 3, "Castle 10": 3, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "have to win battle 4 and 5"}
{"rowid": 1157, "Castle 1": 0, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 20, "Castle 8": 30, "Castle 9": 50, "Castle 10": 0, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Random Hunch"}
{"rowid": 1160, "Castle 1": 10, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 30, "Castle 9": 30, "Castle 10": 30, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "Adds up to 28"}
{"rowid": 1176, "Castle 1": 100, "Castle 2": 0, "Castle 3": 0, "Castle 4": 0, "Castle 5": 0, "Castle 6": 0, "Castle 7": 0, "Castle 8": 0, "Castle 9": 0, "Castle 10": 0, "Why did you choose your troop deployment?": "I'm a warlord, yes, but all I really care about is myself. . . and I want a castle! If anyone stands in my way they will be sorry."}