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This directory contains the data behind the submissions for castles puzzle.

  • castle-solutions.csv contains the submissions for Can You Rule Riddler Nation?
  • castle-solutions-2.csv contains the submissions for The Battle For Riddler Nation, Round 2
  • castle-solutions-3.csv contains the submissions for Are You The Best Warlord?
  • castle-solutions-4.csv contains the submissions for A Peaceful (But Not Peaceful) Transition Of Power In Riddler Nation
  • castle-solutions-5.csv contains the submissions for The Fifth Battle For Riddler Nation, in which there were 13 castles rather than the usual 10

Readers were asked to submit a strategy for the following “Colonel Blotto”-style game:

In a distant, war-torn land, there are 10 castles. There are two warlords: you and your archenemy. Each castle has its own strategic value for a would-be conqueror. Specifically, the castles are worth 1, 2, 3, …, 9, and 10 victory points. You and your enemy each have 100 soldiers to distribute, any way you like, to fight at any of the 10 castles. Whoever sends more soldiers to a given castle conquers that castle and wins its victory points. If you each send the same number of troops, you split the points. You don’t know what distribution of forces your enemy has chosen until the battles begin. Whoever wins the most points wins the war.

Submit a plan distributing your 100 soldiers among the 10 castles. Once I receive all your battle plans, I’ll adjudicate all the possible one-on-one matchups. Whoever wins the most wars wins the battle royale and is crowned king or queen of Riddler Nation!

The data includes all valid submissions, with solvers’ identifying information removed. The 11 columns represent the soldiers deployed to each of the 10 castles, plus a column where the reader could describe his or her strategic approach.

Correction

Please see the following commit: https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/commit/c3f808fda5b67aa26ea6fa663ddd4d2eb7c6187f

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42 rows where Castle 5 = 13

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Suggested facets: Castle 1, Castle 2, Castle 3, Castle 4, Castle 6, Castle 7, Castle 8, Castle 9, Castle 10

Link rowid ▼ Castle 1 Castle 2 Castle 3 Castle 4 Castle 5 Castle 6 Castle 7 Castle 8 Castle 9 Castle 10
2 2 0 0 0 10 13 15 18 20 24 0
10 10 1 2 2 1 13 17 22 4 22 16
19 19 0 0 0 11 13 13 14 23 26 0
46 46 3 4 8 8 13 3 3 23 4 31
60 60 0 3 5 11 13 14 15 14 13 12
75 75 2 6 8 6 13 11 6 6 21 21
116 116 1 1 2 4 13 8 26 7 33 5
128 128 0 7 8 11 13 0 18 0 22 21
176 176 3 3 3 3 13 13 3 13 33 13
186 186 1 1 1 12 13 1 18 1 26 26
201 201 1 5 6 6 13 3 16 20 20 10
232 232 6 7 9 10 13 17 1 1 1 35
275 275 1 2 2 5 13 14 14 17 17 15
318 318 3 2 5 3 13 1 27 31 11 4
348 348 4 6 14 11 13 26 26 0 0 0
376 376 1 1 9 11 13 16 21 26 1 1
421 421 6 7 7 9 13 16 19 23 0 0
449 449 3 3 3 0 13 14 16 18 18 12
517 517 3 5 8 10 13 1 26 30 2 2
532 532 5 6 7 12 13 16 19 22 0 0
549 549 2 5 6 10 13 20 20 20 2 2
556 556 0 0 0 0 13 15 17 18 19 18
558 558 5 6 13 9 13 21 17 4 6 6
571 571 3 5 8 10 13 1 26 29 2 3
583 583 3 4 7 9 13 16 3 5 20 20
597 597 0 5 0 11 13 19 22 22 4 4
615 615 0 5 7 10 13 17 18 3 22 5
672 672 0 0 0 0 13 17 21 23 26 0
679 679 1 1 7 1 13 18 21 36 1 1
717 717 0 0 8 11 13 23 3 3 6 33
725 725 4 4 4 4 13 21 4 21 20 5
730 730 4 7 9 11 13 16 11 3 15 11
738 738 0 0 0 11 13 0 0 0 39 37
755 755 2 3 3 8 13 6 26 31 4 4
773 773 4 5 7 11 13 22 22 3 6 7
790 790 3 5 8 10 13 1 26 30 2 2
819 819 5 6 8 10 13 16 18 22 1 1
821 821 4 3 8 12 13 25 6 5 13 11
855 855 1 2 3 4 13 16 17 16 15 13
906 906 3 4 7 10 13 2 27 31 1 2
926 926 0 0 8 13 13 22 3 3 6 32
927 927 0 5 8 11 13 0 20 31 5 7

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CREATE TABLE "riddler-castles/castle-solutions-4" (
"Castle 1" INTEGER,
  "Castle 2" INTEGER,
  "Castle 3" INTEGER,
  "Castle 4" INTEGER,
  "Castle 5" INTEGER,
  "Castle 6" INTEGER,
  "Castle 7" INTEGER,
  "Castle 8" INTEGER,
  "Castle 9" INTEGER,
  "Castle 10" INTEGER
);
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