A logical question for y'all
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Here's another problem I came across though i think its a bit slagged:
(note that the era is in the ancient times)
"Imagine that there are two armies facing off in battle, the enemy's and yours. The only thing standing between them and your stronghold is a big river with a three lane bridge. The terrain is at your favor as your area has the pass going to your stronghold overlooked by cliffs and small caves. The enemy's troops are:
9 groups of spearmen
5 squads of cavalry
3 groups of chariots
1 ballista
while your defensive forces only account to:
4 groups of spearmen
3 squads of elite swordsmen
6 formations of archers
1 elite archer squadron (snipers)
And to put the terrain quite nicely, here:
(If anyone of you wishes to scorn my attempts at paint, do so because i suck at it)
Now it is your turn to act what you wish. Either attack or defend, it is your choice. The rest is up to you"
Well? Here...
(note that the era is in the ancient times)
"Imagine that there are two armies facing off in battle, the enemy's and yours. The only thing standing between them and your stronghold is a big river with a three lane bridge. The terrain is at your favor as your area has the pass going to your stronghold overlooked by cliffs and small caves. The enemy's troops are:
9 groups of spearmen
5 squads of cavalry
3 groups of chariots
1 ballista
while your defensive forces only account to:
4 groups of spearmen
3 squads of elite swordsmen
6 formations of archers
1 elite archer squadron (snipers)
And to put the terrain quite nicely, here:
(If anyone of you wishes to scorn my attempts at paint, do so because i suck at it)
Now it is your turn to act what you wish. Either attack or defend, it is your choice. The rest is up to you"
Well? Here...
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That puzzle doesn't make a lot of sense. You haven't stated what the goal is. Are you trying to kill off the enemy army? Stop them from getting past? What are you defending? What do your units do? In war, these would be informed by large scale strategic and small scale tactical realities. However, in this abstraction, who knows.
A good logic puzzle needs to be clear about the goals and limitations. Here is an example of a well known and easy logic puzzle that is nonetheless clearly conceived.
Four prisoners are sentenced to death by a cruel dictator. However, he likes games, and so he distributes four hats among them, two black and two white, and tells them that if any one prisoner can guess the color of his own hat, they will all be freed. The prisoners are bound such that none can see his own hat, nor can he remove or move in any way his own or any of the others' hats. Furthermore, they are arranged such.
1|234
1 is behind a wall and can neither see nor be seem by the other prisoners. The others are all bound such that they can only look ahead, thus 2 can see 3 and 4 and their hats, 3 can see 4 and his hat, and 4 can't see anything but empty space ahead. If all the prisoners are sufficiently clever to discern this and not say something stupid or random, there is a complete solution that operates completely within the confines. Google it, think about it for 2 minutes, it isn't very hard. The point is that it is clearly defined in terms of goals and the situation, which is necessary for it to be a good logic puzzle.
A good logic puzzle needs to be clear about the goals and limitations. Here is an example of a well known and easy logic puzzle that is nonetheless clearly conceived.
Four prisoners are sentenced to death by a cruel dictator. However, he likes games, and so he distributes four hats among them, two black and two white, and tells them that if any one prisoner can guess the color of his own hat, they will all be freed. The prisoners are bound such that none can see his own hat, nor can he remove or move in any way his own or any of the others' hats. Furthermore, they are arranged such.
1|234
1 is behind a wall and can neither see nor be seem by the other prisoners. The others are all bound such that they can only look ahead, thus 2 can see 3 and 4 and their hats, 3 can see 4 and his hat, and 4 can't see anything but empty space ahead. If all the prisoners are sufficiently clever to discern this and not say something stupid or random, there is a complete solution that operates completely within the confines. Google it, think about it for 2 minutes, it isn't very hard. The point is that it is clearly defined in terms of goals and the situation, which is necessary for it to be a good logic puzzle.
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The question is how would one of the prisioners guess the color of his own hat. Here is a picture to help you guys, I did this riddle in highschool. 
Since I know the answer I leave you a hint,
And here is the answer explained by someone else much more articulate...
Since I know the answer I leave you a hint,
Spoiler:
And here is the answer explained by someone else much more articulate...
Spoiler:
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Yes, it's not that hard. The point is, it's an example of a logic puzzle that is properly designed. The other stuff that has been posted in this thread hasn't been explained well and has been vague.
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wow, ok lets see. i'm the crappiest shooter right?hmmm.... ok, so lets try it this way. I shoot at the red one because he's the biggest threat. now, since i'm the crappiest shooter no one will care if i shoot at them or not, haha, which would now make me feel like crap. anyway, the orange shooter would shoot at the red one cuz he also thinks the red one is a threat so there goes that shot that i won't take and finally the red. he wouldn't care if i shot at him at point blank so he'd go for the orange dude cuz he's a bigger threat than i am and if by chance they shoot each other then it's all good. now, if through all this i get lucky, shot the red dude and the red and/or orange dudes forget(ignore) me then i'm basically the winner. so, there's the end of the war.