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Another game of nim (Posted on 2004-09-02)

A game of nim is played with one pile of 30 tokens. The two player takes turns taking tokens off the pile. Whoever takes the last token wins.

To make the game a little more interesting, the rules have been changes slightly:
A player may take 1, 3, 4, or 5 tokens but not 2.

What is the best starting move and what is the general strategy?

See The Solution Submitted by Brian Smith

Rating: 3.0000 (2 votes)

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Thoughts	K Sengupta	2023-05-13 01:13:39
re(4): Solution - Generalized!	Bruce Brantley	2004-09-08 10:55:38
re(4): Solution - Generalized!	Brian Smith	2004-09-03 22:50:33
re(3): Solution - Generalized!	nikki	2004-09-03 10:42:58
re(2): Solution - generalized?	nikki	2004-09-03 08:32:43
re: Solution - Embarrassed?	Bruce Brantley	2004-09-03 00:18:53
Analysis	Federico Kereki	2004-09-02 19:34:22
Solution - with explanation/thought process	nikki	2004-09-02 16:29:30
re: Solution	Rajal	2004-09-02 16:16:16
the strategy	Charlie	2004-09-02 16:11:40
Solution	Rajal	2004-09-02 16:07:48

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