Five Fronts

You have 100 soldiers and 5 fronts. The enemy general splits the same number in secret. Whoever puts more on a front takes it; a tie takes nothing. Take three fronts and the round is yours.

There is no single right allocation — that is the whole idea.

FIVE GENERALS, FIVE HABITS

• Captain Even splits his force evenly

• The Fist piles everything onto two fronts

• The Fox watches your last move and adds one soldier on top

• The Wildcard has no plan — unreadable, but wasteful

• The Marshal plays a mixed strategy and crushes anyone who repeats themselves

Beat each general three times and the next one takes the field. Every lost round tells you exactly what your opponent did.

Built on Colonel Blotto, a classic problem from game theory. The way to win is not to find the best plan, but to stop having one.

No internet required. A few seconds per round.