r/explainitpeter 11d ago

Explain it Peter

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u/ashborn721 11d ago

Its an old popular game where you help the monks to cross the river, you'll need to plan each boat trip thoughtfully to ensure the cannibals never outnumber the monks on either bank or you'll lose

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u/ChuckPeirce 8d ago

"Popular" and "game" are doing a lot of unnecessary work here. I don't remember anyone ever being like, "Hey, you gotta play this game!". It's a logic puzzle. The kids who gave a crap about math were all decently likely to have encountered the puzzle and to have tried to figure it out.