<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[justpuzzles]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://justpuzzles.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Teun Spaans]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://justpuzzles.wordpress.com/author/teunspaans/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Dice puzzles old and&nbsp;new]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Last month we had a look at the most famous of dice puzzles, the <a href="https://justpuzzles.wordpress.com/2019/05/31/polar-bears-and-other-dice-puzzles/">Polar bear puzzle</a>. One of the beauties of dice puzzles is that, like playing cards, they are around in many bars. </p>
<p>I found an original dice puzzle in issue 70 of the long defunct British magazine Games &amp; Puzzles, dated May/June 1978.</p>
<p><strong>1) G&amp;P issue 70</strong><sup>***/*****</sup><br />
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I&#8217;m not sure which one is older, the Polar Bears dice puzzle or the one in G&amp;P.</p>
<p> You can check your solution <a href="https://justpuzzles.wordpress.com/Solutions to puzzles 501-750/#561">here</a></p>
<p><strong>2) 4 rolls of 4 dice</strong><sup>***/*****</sup><br />
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I&#8217;m not sure which one is older, the Polar Bears dice puzzle or the one in G&amp;P.</p>
<p> You can check your solution <a href="https://justpuzzles.wordpress.com/Solutions to puzzles 501-750/#571">here</a></p>
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