The King's Logic Puzzle

Player Rating6/8

"it's worth every cent"
based on 56 ratings since 04/12/2012
played 381 times (finished 47)

Story Difficulty6/8

"wandering through the desert"

Play Length4/8

"A well spent lunch break"

Maturity Level1/8

"appropriate for all ages"
Stories with this maturity level will not, by design, have any potentially objectionable content. An example of a type story with this rating would be a quiz on mathematics.

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The king has proposed a contest of intellect.
 
You have a balance scale and twelve identical looking spheres of gold - except that one is either heavier or lighter than all the rest. Using the scale and only 3 measurements, you must determine which is the 'odd ball' and whether it is lighter or heavier.
 
If you fail, you get to be court jester for a month. The king has a terrible sense of humor - trust me; you don't want to be court jester (even for just a month). It's part of the reason he holds this contest. It's the only way he can get anyone to 'sign-up' for the job.
 
If you can correctly guess the 'odd ball,' but not whether it's lighter or heavier than all the others, you get to go free.
 
But if you can get the right ball AND figure out whether it's lighter or heavier - you get to keep all twelve spheres of gold. They're worth a small fortune - enough to buy your own keep - which would raise you up from lowly Surf to rich Landowner in the blink of an eye.
 
What do you have to lose - except your dignity...

 

Player Comments

Great puzzle. And the best part about having this format is that it was more fun than just figuring it out in your head. I had thought of a few strategies, but it wasn't until the game walked me through the puzzle that the full solution occurred to me. I don't think that would have happened if I'd just tried to figure it out in my head; I would have given up. It's interesting how this online-game medium made a classic puzzle more accessible that way.
-- Nathan000000 on 5/21/2013 4:59:12 PM with a score of 5000
that was fun but hard. I got it on my 4th try
-- missyworld on 3/17/2013 8:01:31 PM with a score of 5000
Finally won with logic and luck. :p
-- toni on 3/10/2013 9:10:10 PM with a score of 5000
must have taken some time to put this together
-- netvillage on 1/24/2013 1:10:58 PM with a score of 5000
Decided to try this after Dead Man Walking. It's a puzzle I vaguely recall seeing from my youth, and a good one, really, but this Choose Your Story format isn't really appropriate for it. It would have made more sense as a Java game. Still, it does showcase the ability of this engine to handle puzzles outside of a typical Choose Your Story format.
-- Mark Graybill on 1/21/2013 5:01:21 AM with a score of 5000
Loved it! Took me a couple of goes to work out the logic behind it, but I had fun figuring it out. Really fun puzzle ^_^
-- Briar_Rose on 11/29/2012 5:47:26 PM with a score of 5000
Pretty simple logic puzzle; could have been more complex and still would have been solvable.
-- MagmaArmor0 on 10/29/2012 1:23:37 AM with a score of 5000
Really interesting. I got the best outcome! I used paper to keep track lol. Definitely worth it!
-- Amy on 10/11/2012 1:41:50 PM with a score of 5000
Victory, I am a rich land owner with a guard cat!
-- Kiel_Farren on 9/8/2012 10:29:17 AM with a score of 5000
Very fun game. You're going to need a lot of logic and some luck to get it right.
-- Illogical on 9/6/2012 11:20:34 AM with a score of 5000
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