The Goal

Don't get destroyed by the troll.

  Rules

You have to shoot at least 1 stone per turn if you have any left.

  Rule Evolution

The following points are still ideas in flux, waiting for some opinions. Please drop a word on the contribution's page or on the forum
  • Is it even worth publishing? can the problem be totally solved?
  • More maps? (a map is a {road length} × {initial stone count} pair)
  • Leagues? I could conceive the referee being permissive (allow 0 stones thrown) in the first one, and then strict.
  • Fog of war? (see only troll position, not enemy throw/stones left)
  • variable for of war? (seeing enemy stones is a boolean decided randomly as part of the map?
  • alternative fog of war? (seeing enemy stones only when troll is close to us?)
  • Praise for my artistic skillz
  • Other remarks?
Victory Condition
Your opponent loses.
Defeat Condition
  • The troll reaches your castle.
  • When no player has stones left, the troll is closer to your castle.

  I/O Protocol

Just read the sample code. You can figure this out.

Change Log

Based on an involuntary suggestion by Zaap38 on the #Fr channel. The original appears to be by Romain André-Lovichi .