Petals Around the Rose: Fraternity Register

I think this is a cool game and a great way to get kids thinking in the classroom. I was shown this game yesterday at a workshop for teachers and figured out the puzzle today in about 5 minutes.

Great game
After I read about it in a local magazine, I couldn't believe Bill Gates took so much time solving this "puzzel"game, after all how hard can it be.
It took me not more than a minute and that's including the time I took me to read the article.

--~ AAJ ~--

Talk about red herrings!

Figured it out after a long time, and after drawing a rose

Thanks for the game you created..its fun!

A-Ha

Well to figure this out you really need to know something about plants. It really made me mad the way it was worded "petals around the rose" is too vague, it doesn't make alot of sense until you figure the game out; I just got lucky and picked up on it. It would be much more rewarding a game if you didn't just figure it out by noticing a little "pattern". It wasn't a game or any sort of real pattern, just cheap. As you can tell I was much more upset than happy when I figured it out; it really didn't take much skill. It was more a let down than anything.

My boss gave us this puzzle in a meeting, telling us he had to cheat to get the answer. I was the second in the room to figure it out after about 30 minutes. Therefore, unlike my boss, I can sign this register

Maybe it was a lucky guess, but I got it on the third roll.

Spent 5 minutes just playing with the engine. Then I read the Gates story. Then I got it in 30 seconds.