{"id":23,"date":"2009-07-29T09:04:15","date_gmt":"2009-07-29T16:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rolandcarlos.net\/blog\/?p=23"},"modified":"2009-07-29T11:27:59","modified_gmt":"2009-07-29T18:27:59","slug":"river-crossing-puzzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rolandcarlos.net\/blog\/?p=23","title":{"rendered":"River Crossing Puzzle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Of course, the family travels with a criminal<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

As part of my daily internet wanderings, I found this quite interesting logic game. It’s similar to the chicken\/grain\/fox across the river puzzle we’ve probably all tried our hands at before, but with the difficulty apparently ramped up.<\/p>\n

Simply put, you need to get all 7 people across the river. You’ve got a mom, dad, two daughters, two sons, a guard, and a criminal. (Edit: Sadly now aware that equals *eight* people.)<\/em> How this group got together may be better left for another game but of course, it’s not as simple as you would expect.<\/p>\n

Since the game is all in Chinese, here’s the basic rules:
\n * 1. The raft can carry only 2 people.
\n * 2. The father can not be left with any of the daughters unless the mother is present.
\n * 3. The mother can not be left with any of the sons unless the father is present.
\n * 4. The criminal can not stay with any family member unless the guard is present.
\n * 5. Only the father, mother, and guard know how to use the raft.<\/p>\n

I got far enough to get 5 people across but then of course, I got stuck, and quit out of frustration. I’ll get you some day logic puzzle!<\/p>\n

Play River Crossing Puzzle<\/a>. (siol.net)<\/p>\n

Thanks to Conceptis Puzzles<\/a> for the article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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