Discover THE Rule ~ Prizes for ALL Winners!

[JoyRose]

Let's play a game I'll call Discover THE Rule. It's based on an Icehouse game called Zendo.

The object of the game is to use logic to Discover the Rule of the Post. Rules can describe colors used or figures (numbers or letters) used in the post. Or the rules can describe what is NOT used. More complex rules can define the order of elements or groups of elements (like must include any odd number).

NAVIGATION
1. Introduction
2. Sample Rules - how rules work
3. Hints for Guessing
4. Winners of past puzzles
5. Current Puzzle  

[JoyRose]

A Sample Rule could be "The post contains exactly one red number." My first move is to show you two posts, one which follows the Rule (), and one which does not follow the Rule (). For instance:

[JoyRose]

A correct guess of the Rule would obviously match what I wrote above. Here is how an incorrect guess would be handled. If an existing post disproves it, I will post the guess with directions to the disproving post (page 3, post 12). Suppose, however, a valid guess was made, such as

[JoyRose]

Prizes: First person to post the correct Rule here wins a little gold (10,000g). I will at that point start a new puzzle and list the winner here. ANYONE may play, including mules and elves.

WINNERS!

1. delphine17 deduced the rule: Contains exactly one 3.
   
2. Tainted Tarts deduced the rule: Contains exactly one red number.
   
3. Tainted Tarts deduced the rule: Even numbers must be green.
   
4. Tainted Tarts deduced the rule: Contains 2 consecutive red numbers.
   

Solutions in sealed
private journal entry.

 

[JoyRose]

Fifth Puzzle

Note: This puzzle will contain only numbers and use only the colors hotpink, red, gold, orange, limegreen, teal, blue, indigo and mediumpurple.

1 2 3 4

9 8 7 6  

[JoyRose]

[delphine17]

The numbers are the same colour?  

[JoyRose]

1 1 1 1  

[delphine17]

The numbers follow a pattern?  

[JoyRose]

Give me an example of what you mean (different from what is already here).  

[delphine17]

In the first example they were sequential-in the second they were sequentially counting by twos.  

[JoyRose]

And the second example was wrong.  

[delphine17]

Haha! If 1357 is not counting by twos I don't know what else it might be...but they are all the same colour.  

[JoyRose]

All true. But as it turns out, my rule does not include any reference to color.