Correct - that was the only option left I think! Your turn.hopeful traveller wrote:It's not 5127 is it?
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Hopeful traveller, have you thought of a secret number?
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Yes. Fire away.GuyBarry wrote:Hopeful traveller, have you thought of a secret number?
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Two bulls.GuyBarry wrote:9063
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Anyone else like to have a guess? Under the rules as currently laid down, I'm not allowed another go. (I may change them if the game continues to be this quiet.)
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OK, I'll suspend the "no consecutive guesses" rule and have:
4068
4068
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Zilch. Zero.GuyBarry wrote:OK, I'll suspend the "no consecutive guesses" rule and have:
4068
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Three bulls.GuyBarry wrote:9273
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This is a brilliant game - I used to have the official board and the de-luxe version when I was about 14
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So did I, except that I was about 7! Wikipedia says that the board game version was invented in 1970:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastermin ... rd_game%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastermin ... rd_game%29
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Two bulls.GuyBarry wrote:9253
I think you know you're close.
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I think it has to be 9173, doesn't it?
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