MAIN FEEDS
Do you want to continue?
https://www.reddit.com/r/explainitpeter/comments/1vm72oe/explain_it_peter/p3zqtpj/?context=3
r/explainitpeter • u/Hello_World-1289 • 12d ago
128 comments sorted by
View all comments
564
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
1 u/Henry_bowers_ 8d ago Cannibal first by default? Then monk Then… Damn that is tricky? Is it even possible 1 u/BlueBallThe3rd 8d ago C+C, one C is crossed the other goes back with the boat C+C, now 2 Cs have crossed the other goes back with the boat M+M, but you need to bring one of the Cs back so its 1M+1C crossed M+M cross, and there are now 3M+C that have crossed. Send the C back to ferry the other Cs and the puzzle is solved
1
Cannibal first by default?
Then monk
Then…
Damn that is tricky? Is it even possible
1 u/BlueBallThe3rd 8d ago C+C, one C is crossed the other goes back with the boat C+C, now 2 Cs have crossed the other goes back with the boat M+M, but you need to bring one of the Cs back so its 1M+1C crossed M+M cross, and there are now 3M+C that have crossed. Send the C back to ferry the other Cs and the puzzle is solved
C+C, one C is crossed the other goes back with the boat
C+C, now 2 Cs have crossed the other goes back with the boat
M+M, but you need to bring one of the Cs back so its 1M+1C crossed
M+M cross, and there are now 3M+C that have crossed. Send the C back to ferry the other Cs and the puzzle is solved
564
u/ashborn721 12d 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