Counting meets Tumbleweed (so nobody can have a problem)

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Re: Counting meets Tumbleweed (so nobody can have a problem)

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Well, this is what happens when one doesn't think the rules through properly ...
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This just like the original counting game but with the word Bell added

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20 weed. The M20 runs from London to Folkestone, connecting with Le Shuttle.

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1,000,000,000,000 weed

[This claim is invalid, so under rule (5) it resets the clock to zero and the number of bells to zero.]
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1 bell. There are many bus number 1s, but my favourite is the one that transfers you from Amersham to Chesham.
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You missed a trick there! Rule (5) only resets the number of bells to zero, not the number of weed, so you could have legitimately claimed 1,000,000,000,001 weed.

The question is now how to interpret rule (3). If it means "you may claim a number of bells or weed exactly one more than the last claim of the same type", then I can now legitimately go ahead and claim 1,000,000,000,001 weed, since there haven't been any intervening claims for weed. However, since it doesn't explicitly say that, I'll play it safe and post under rules (1), (2) and (4):

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In that case I claim 2.7 trillion weed. And no bells
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2.7 trillion and one weed
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2.7 trillion and 2 weed.
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Oh, I'd forgotten about this!

2.7 trillion and 3 weed.

Am I winning?
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2.7 trillion and 4 weed

I don't think that you are winning!
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I seem to remember there was a fatal flaw with this game :wink:
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