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Welcome back to Game On, I'm Tom Scott.

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I'm David Bodycombe.

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Today, we have Hannah Nicklin, professional
game designer,

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and Katie Steckles, mathematician,

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up against each other in a game of skill.

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It's a game called Tumblin-Dice.

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The idea is you have to flick the dice, you
get four each,

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down the set of wooden steps there.

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But the steps have got different multipliers
on there

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so for example, if your dice is showing 3

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and it lands on the number 4 multiplier,

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then that dice is worth 12.

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And it's the highest score at the end of the
game that wins, best of two.

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That's it.

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All right. And they're playing rock-paper-scissors
to decide who kicks off.

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Okay. I'll go first.

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(It's very tense right now.)

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You're making it more tense!

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(Feel the tension.)

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So that's 4 points, times 1 because it's on
that section of the board,

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that's 4 points to Katie.

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Yep. Simple as that.

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I mean, it's more likely to roll this way
than that way, so..

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You're using physics!

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You're allowed to place the dice how you like
at the top of the stairs.

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The precision that's going into this!

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It's pretty unlikely for the...

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Yeah, you're not going to be able to predict
that.

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Whoa!

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-- Jolly good ×3, that was.
-- Oh man.

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I sense a little bit of sarcasm coming from
the sofa there. Just a little.

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-- This is tense(!)
-- It's very tense.

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Aww, that's a... that's a flaw, that is.

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I mean, you're like 4 for 4 there? You've
not lost any points to your previous round.

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Positively thinking.

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I wouldn't have done that(!)

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I wouldn't have done that, so...

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You are allowed to try and improve your dice
down the table by hitting them.

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And knock your opponent's, presumably?

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Yeah, exactly. That too.

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Ohh!

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Off the chain!

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I would've done that(!)

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Apparently I'm good at this! I mean, we'll
find out in a second.

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That is amazingly difficult.

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Playing it safe.

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It's not nothing. It's not nothing. I'll take
that.

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I mean, we tried this in rehearsals, and it's
like --

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it would just go through the gate all the
time.

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Yeah, Katie is doing about as well as I did
in rehearsals.

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-- Oh, come on!
-- What?!

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-- What?!
-- Ah, it's only a one though.

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And I was actually just trying to disrupt
one of your pieces...

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When I say Hannah's a game designer, I'm not
talking about video games

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she designs physical, real-life things. So
for all I know,

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dice and counters may be her...

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Even so, this is amazing skill.

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I'm actually left-handed, so...

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Can she target Katie's dice and just them
throw them off?

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-- Yeah...
-- But she risks knocking them further down.

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I think play something safe.

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That doesn't mean that's where it's going!
Based on my performance.

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This is the last one of this round.

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-- Right.
-- Played that last one safe.

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All right, let's play another.

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It's all right. It's first to two.

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So we reset, that is 1-0 to Hannah. Other
player starts first now.

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Beginner's luck! Don't worry, I started off
good too.

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Then I got donked!

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Oh, she's getting the 6s on the face side.

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No. I'm putting it on the 5, so that it'll
fall to a 6 if it comes off.

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Incredibly strategic(!)

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Yeah, basically, if you want to be good at
this game, just do that.

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-- Just do that.
-- It's very simple.

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How is that possible?!

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I've got a mountain to climb, guys.

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I'm going to try and knock it off. That's
what I'm going to do.

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That's... 'cos there's nothing in your way.

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That's my only strategy right now.

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Aww. I was going to try and knock you off!

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I thought that'd be, like, insult to injury

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but I lost a dice there.

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Has she lost it(?)

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She has got 24, so she's probably fine.

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-- It's fine.
-- That could've worked!

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Well. This is interesting.

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It is, isn't it?

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'Cos now, if I get a few solid 3s...

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I'm so tense!

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Okay, that's six points.

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Dramatic scenes! Right. So what do I need
with this one dice?

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This is impressive if I win with only one
dice.

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There's 24 there, and I've got 9, so I need
to score at least 24-9.

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-- It's 15.
-- So I need to get...

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So if she can get a 5 on the 3 step, that
would at least force a tie.

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I'm going for it! I'm going to go for it.

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-- Ooh.
-- Not even close.

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Play it again anyway! I'm so invested.

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Such a good game.

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So Hannah is straight through to the semi-final
against Steven Bridges,

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it's going to be Katie versus Emma Blackery before that though, in the first elimination match.

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What's that going to be?

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It's going to be a strategic number game called
Black Hole.

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All right. That, next time, on Game On.

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