Play Petals Around the Rose

The name of the game is Petals Around the Rose. The name of the game is important. The computer will roll five dice and ask you to guess the score for the roll. The score will always be zero or an even number. Your mission is to work out how the computer calculates the score and become a Potentate of the Rose.

Instructions:

Click on "Roll Dice" to start the game. Type in your guess and click on "Accept Guess" to get the result. Then either click on "Roll Dice" for another turn, or simply leave this page to stop playing. Good luck!

1st Die	2nd Die	3rd Die	4th Die	5th Die
Your Guess:			Total Rolls # Correct Best Run
Result:

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Is Petals Around the Rose really a game? Well actually it's probably better described as a classic problem-solving challenge, a puzzle, or a brain teaser.

If you succeed in working out the secret to the challenge, you become a Potentate of the Rose and qualify to become a member of the Fraternity of Petals Around the Rose.

However, you must pledge to be a cruel and heartless wretch who will never divulge the secret of the game to anyone else. Only those that can work it out for themselves should know the secret of Petals Around the Rose.

Read what happened when Bill Gates was introduced to Petals Around the Rose in June 1977. How he tackled this brain teaser is a fascinating insight into the man and co-founder of Microsoft.