Thread: Interesting game problem (packing)

There is a game called the penny game. In the penny game, you and your oppenent take turns placing pennies on a circular table. You are not allowed to cover up any pennies with a move. If you find that you can not make a move, then you loose. Do you want to go first or 2nd? What if the table is square, triangular, pentagonal, hexagonal, eccetera?

Hello, Chris11!

There is a game called the Penny Game.
You and your oppenent take turns placing pennies on a circular table.
You are not allowed to cover up any pennies with a move.
If you find that you cannot make a move, then you lose.

Do you want to go first or second?

You make the first move.
. . Place your penny in the exact center of the table.

In the subsequent moves, no matter where he places his penny ,
. . you place yours diametrically opposite his.

Code:

            ♠
             \
              \   ◊
               \ /
      ◊ - - - - ◊ - - - - ♠
               / \
              ♠   \
                   \
                    ◊

You will always have a move.

That an old puzzle; invented by Henry Dudeney