Petals Around the Rose: Fraternity Register

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.

I woke up this morning at 7:50, went to Slashdot, read a couple articles, wound up here, started reading the story, and worked it out before I'd finished. 25 minutes all told, but I'm guessing only 10 of that was on Petals around the Rose. So technically, I didn't roll the dice even once...

The javascript code in the HTML gives away the answer. You have broken your pledge.

I think this onlline version is kind of unfair because you used 3 different colored dices to throw me off while the real version only used real dices. For the first 10 minutes I was focusing on the pattern that was occuring in the colour, then I realized it has nothing to do with colour. NOT FAIR!
But I got it in the end...after thinking about the name a bit more. I have to admit, you have to be a little artistic to get link the name and the game. :

20 rolls, few minutes to figure out while watching TV