Petals Around the Rose

I shared Petals Around the Rose, a classic dice-rolling riddle where players must deduce the secret rule for calculating totals. The name provides the crucial hint, though Bill Gates reportedly solved it through brute-force memorization.

Sun, 16 Oct 2005 • Games

Petals Around the Rose. A simple dice parlour game that Bill Gates apparantly cracked by memorising the sequences.

Comments

SlaSh 17 Oct 2005 11:15 am: hey is that you who writes articles and does interviews by the name S.Anand in the mag Outlook
S Anand 17 Oct 2005 1:29 pm: No, that is someone else.
jayant 18 Oct 2005 4:08 pm: Any place where I can get a solution. Sorry to say but I am dumb..:-(
Raghav 18 Oct 2005 7:41 pm: As the man says - “The name of the game is petals around the rose, and the name is important” :-)
Dhar 19 Oct 2005 3:29 am: Arrgh! I have not been able to figure this out. Utterly Frustrating…Solution appreciated… Please mail me at sumit.dhar at gmail
Aman 19 Oct 2005 10:59 am: the solution is in the name…….for every odd no throw of dice, simply add the digits surrounding the centre on on each dice…
A 19 Oct 2005 2:37 pm: aman, I dont know if I shld kill you for posting the solution or shld thank u for making my day…
R 20 Oct 2005 3:22 am: what happened to your blogroll?
ritzkini 20 Oct 2005 5:36 am: fantastic game..and so simple a solution..once u have read it… :P
S Anand 20 Oct 2005 8:25 am: Killed my blogroll. I use Google Reader now. Will post the OPML.
jayant 20 Oct 2005 3:25 pm: Well still didnt figure out…it does nt add up…and if even throw, then?
jayant 20 Oct 2005 3:26 pm: Anand, any clues…since u posted, u know of any answers?
S Anand 20 Oct 2005 3:39 pm: Have mailed you.
Prakash 17 Nov 2005 11:55 am: I got the answer for the same ! it was a good one