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Setup and Rule Diagram Explanation
This is a Basic Linear: Balanced game.
The initial scenario for the game places eight compositions in order, creating a Basic Linear game:
The first rule creates an unusual block that places T ahead of F or behind R:
This block could also be diagrammed as:
Note that this rule is unusual in that it links T to two separate variables, and those two variables are independent of each other. Because of the uncertain nature of this block, no Not Laws can be drawn.
The second rule creates a rotating RF split-block, with at least two compositions between R and F:
Jumping ahead, the sixth rule is similar to the second rule:
The presence of the words “at least” at the start of the second and sixth rules make this game a bit more difficult than would otherwise be expected. The split-blocks diagrammed above have the “min” designation in order to indicate that the designated split is the minimum required by the rule. For example, R and F must be separated by at least two spaces, but they could be separated by three or more spaces. Because of the uncertainty in these two rules, a large number of the questions are Local.
According to the third rule, O is first or fifth, and according to the fourth rule H or L is performed eighth:
Finally, the fifth rule states that P is performed at some time before S, creating a basic sequence:
Accordingly, S cannot be performed first, and P cannot be performed seventh (the last available open spot), leading to the final diagram for the game:
Note that O is also linked to S through the last rule. If O is fifth, then S must be second (and P must be first), or S must be third, or S must be seventh (it cannot be eighth due to the fourth rule).
The key to the game is to fit all of the blocks together. You must constantly be on the watch for scenarios where not all the blocks can fit together.
This is a Basic Linear: Balanced game.
The initial scenario for the game places eight compositions in order, creating a Basic Linear game:
The first rule creates an unusual block that places T ahead of F or behind R:
This block could also be diagrammed as:
Note that this rule is unusual in that it links T to two separate variables, and those two variables are independent of each other. Because of the uncertain nature of this block, no Not Laws can be drawn.
The second rule creates a rotating RF split-block, with at least two compositions between R and F:
Jumping ahead, the sixth rule is similar to the second rule:
The presence of the words “at least” at the start of the second and sixth rules make this game a bit more difficult than would otherwise be expected. The split-blocks diagrammed above have the “min” designation in order to indicate that the designated split is the minimum required by the rule. For example, R and F must be separated by at least two spaces, but they could be separated by three or more spaces. Because of the uncertainty in these two rules, a large number of the questions are Local.
According to the third rule, O is first or fifth, and according to the fourth rule H or L is performed eighth:
Finally, the fifth rule states that P is performed at some time before S, creating a basic sequence:
Accordingly, S cannot be performed first, and P cannot be performed seventh (the last available open spot), leading to the final diagram for the game:
Note that O is also linked to S through the last rule. If O is fifth, then S must be second (and P must be first), or S must be third, or S must be seventh (it cannot be eighth due to the fourth rule).
The key to the game is to fit all of the blocks together. You must constantly be on the watch for scenarios where not all the blocks can fit together.
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