Dice puzzles old and new


Last month we had a look at the most famous of dice puzzles, the Polar bear puzzle. One of the beauties of dice puzzles is that, like playing cards, they are around in many bars.

I found an original dice puzzle in issue 70 of the long defunct British magazine Games & Puzzles, dated May/June 1978.

1) G&P issue 70***/*****



I’m not sure which one is older, the Polar Bears dice puzzle or the one in G&P.

You can check your solution here

2) 4 rolls of 4 dice***/*****



I’m not sure which one is older, the Polar Bears dice puzzle or the one in G&P.

You can check your solution here

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