Petals Around the Rose: Fraternity Register

My experience was rather similar to that of Enti -- I never did figure out exactly how the name of the puzzle was relevant. I had been glaring at the occurrences of a certain number, however, and thinking about what pattern of spots most closely resembled a rose led me to glare at that number some more.

guessed the pattern before the first role. as far as i read, i'm the first to do so. WEEE. just goes to show how simple my mind is.

then just for kicks i made a matrix and assumed my answer was correct and after some rolls popped out a confirmation to my guess.

but still, without the maker confirming it to me i can't be certain it's not just coincidence that what i think is the answer has been the answer so far. now THERE'S a puzzle

at first I thought I'd never get it. Thought a little more about the title and that's it!

After a couple of guesses, but before I knew the rule, I got a 75% chance of guessing by intuition what would be the score. But I couldn't tell myself. Bit of an DRM experience.

3 rolls. The name stuck in the mind and the pattern simply just...appeared.

Got it in under 5 minutes after reading the first
two example throws and the three rules. The
inconsistent colouring of the dice confused me
at first. Then the name of the game gave
me the essential clue. Hey, I beat Bill Gates
at this thing!

took me four rolls to figure it out, about three to four minutes of puzzling.

but i like it; it's portable.

Man, alive. what a good puzzle!

When I played the game, it caught me completely off guard. I went on to read that article on Bill, jotted down the rolls, and voila!

Now I understand why the game is called "Petals Around the Rose".

The name was a bit misleading for me. I spent a good deal of time trying to figure out how the number of petals on most roses (5) produced the answer based on the values shown.