Hi, I would set this up as a multi linear game with one line for the name and the other for hand/ machine. Adding in our first rule and our 6th rule we would have
_ _ _ _ _ H_ _ _ _ X _ _ _
Let's look at rules 2 3 and 4. We know that there are two hands and one machine in the first three, and we know that none of the hands come before T, so T must be first or second. We also know that W comes before T, so we have
_ _ _ _ _ H_ W T_ X _ _ _
Since we know anything before T can't be hand, w must be machine, and then the second and third spots must be our Other hands.
M H H_ _ H_ W T _ X _ _ _
cannedfunon June 1, 2023
Hey Emil,
I got most of this gameboard except the M above W so I'm happy. I had to redo it once because I ran into a problem.
In my first iteration I put
M H H _ _ H _
T_ _ X _ _ _
but that is in contradiction of W-T .
My question is:
How can T be attached by hand if T is not already attached?
Seems like a weird oversight of that rule, especially considering logic games are always the most tightly logical.
Then I just went with the board you made because it seemed like 'less' of a contradiction.
Emil-Kunkinon June 4, 2023
This really comes down to the utterly insane way that the rule is phrased: nothing is done by hand before T. This means that we can't have any hand components before T, but it doesn't really tell us about T itself. It's possible to have T be the first hand, because there's no hands before t. The way the rule is phrased tells us nothing about the first hand being concurrent with T, just not before it.
This is a question that's pays you for being able to parse a truly terrible way of phrasing.
