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Welcome back to Game On.

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Today it is magician versus game designer,
or more accurately,

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magician versus person who doesn't really
like magic.

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I'm Tom Scott.

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I'm David Bodycombe.

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It is Steven Bridges vs Hannah Nicklin,

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and they are playing Weighted War.

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They've got cards from 1 to 11 in their hands

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and there are cards from 1 to 11 on the table.

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The table cards are going to get turned up
one at a time,

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they're going to have a number of points on
them,

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and they bid by playing a card from their
hand.

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Whoever has the highest bid gets those points

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and those cards go away.

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So it's reading your opponent, it's hand management.

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Yep, and you can't think too far ahead

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because we've actually taken away one of those
yellow cards.

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So it doesn't even help if you can memorise
everything down there.

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You're not going to have perfect knowledge.

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Not quite.

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All right, let's see how they do!

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All right. Cool.

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Okay. So this is a number 9.
Cheeky number 9.

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It's a high card to start off the game.

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Early psyching out!

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It's what he does. He's a magician and mentalist.

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I'm good. I picked a really high number.

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'Cos it's a 9.

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You're really... I mean...

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So if I were you I'd either waste this on
a two...

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If you think I'm going to believe a single
thing that you tell me!

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Okay. It's a really low number(!)

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They've done mathematical analysis on this

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and they've found that the correct card to
play at any point

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was the same as the number that you're bidding
for.

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But once you've done that a couple of times

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your opponent's going to notice

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and they're going to bid one higher.

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Obviously there is a counter-strategy to that,

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but that's what they say.

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-- Happy? -- Yeah.

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3, 2, 1...

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Wow.

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-- He was telling the truth! -- Yeah.

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Number 3. Serious business.

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What you want to do here is lose by as much
as possible

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when you give away a card. -- That's it.

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Okay, I think I'm just going to go with this.

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'Cos if you spend all those points then don't
get it,

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you're in a much worse position.

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Yeah. I mean, some people prefer to play their
low cards at the start of the game

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so they know how much work they've got to do.

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-- Right, so that's a perfect play by Hannah there.
-- Yep.

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A 5! Cheeky number, that.

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That's the second number he's called cheeky.

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-- Hmm. For a 5. -- I'm struggling.

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-- I think I've got it. -- Okay.

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Here we go.

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Six.

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He keeps going for one above, which is great,

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but he's going to run out of higher numbers later.

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So twice you've played one higher than the
value of the card.

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Yep. That's a pattern!

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And she's spotted it.

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So is he going to do 7 this time?

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3, 2, 1!

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-- No. -- Interesting!

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No he's not. She went with 8.

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She thought he was going to do 7.

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That was a solid win.

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Despite the fact he'd just pointed that out
as a strategy!

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He's good at psychology.

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Keep it nice and low, yeah?

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Don't want to waste a high number on a 2.

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I mean, he's right...

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I do actually want to swear at you right now!

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Happy days. Enjoy.

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Oh! Gave it to me.

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Notice that we've given the contestants 11
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but because there's only 10 yellow cards

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one of them is never going to get used.

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So there's no point in playing the 1.

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There's no point using the 1.

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And now the 11!

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Oh! Oh, she's playing for the 11.

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Oh, this is what she's going for.

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So do you bid as high as possible on this?

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I think if you've already played some of your
high cards

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then you haven't got the firepower to keep
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so maybe bid low.

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If we both, say, put down an 11,

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would that just be like, oh, no-one wins it?

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Yep. And then we roll it over.

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But you've played your 10, and I haven't,

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so I would definitely win.

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Oh, so then we go again for the 11--

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Don't give away your strategy!

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--so at this point I've definitely won both
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Don't say that!

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Oh, okay. Really?

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Emma's exactly right. She should not have
said that!

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Hannah's right, she's definitely won it

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but she's now said that out loud, so...

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Yep, we're good.

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Okay. That was the best play you could do

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and I probably shouldn't have told you.

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I was aware!

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He wasn't aware, there's no way he was aware
of that.

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-- You're winning now! -- Yeah, I know.

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I think a little trick was missed there.

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I think Hannah could have got away with a
lower number.

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It's even, isn't it?

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So we've got 20 plays 20 at the minute.

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It's very close.

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I mean, this could theoretically go to a tie,

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depending on what number's removed.

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Did he just magician her a bit?

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He didn't need to do that!

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He knew exactly what he was doing.

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I'm actually, genuinely immune to magic(!)

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Darn, my wizard spells aren't working!

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All right.

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Congrats.

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That's a perfect play. That's exactly right.

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He's wasted all those points, and got nothing
for them.

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But they've both used their 1, so...

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...and he's wasted points again!

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-- Is this the last one? -- Mm-hm.

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Oh, 'cos we've got... ah.

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Damn it. Didn't think this through at all.
Excuse me?

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This has gone to a tie!

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Yes, that's 28 each!

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They drew!

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That was fun! What was your last card?

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-- Er, 6. -- I had a 9.

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So I just played that wrong there,

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because I forgot there was one less.

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I was like, oh, save that.

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We go to a shootout, basically!

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We go to a five-card version of this

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with five random numbers between 1 and 7

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and we see who takes this.

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-- Okay, well... -- It's good.

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He's thrown away the card but he's not spent
much on it.

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No.

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There's a way that this could play which is
amusing.

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I'm not going to tell you how it could play,
because...

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Just in case you educate me. Yeah. Figured
that would happen.

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There we go, she's learned!

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Oh! Okay. That's a tie. So that means we're
going to roll over than 5

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into the next round, so we're now playing
for 5 and a 2.

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This could go interesting.

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I've got the edge here.

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And they've both just used their 5.

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They've only got 1 through 5 here in their
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Ooh, a 1.

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Has he got the edge? I'm not sure he has.

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He's spent a 5 and a 4 to win 7 points.

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I mean, there might be a 7 in the deck later
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That's true, he's got rid of both of his high
cards, hasn't he?

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Yeah, I don't think that was wise.

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If the 7 isn't in the deck, that's great,

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but that's a risky strategy.

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Awww, a cheeky 2.

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There it is!

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Do you have above a 3?

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Yep, she's got it!

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She only needed 2 cards, because the 7's in
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-- Oh, no!
-- Yep, 11 vs 10, so she's won it!

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One point ahead, well done! Defeated. Absolutely
defeated.

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I didn't see that coming.

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So that's it, Hannah is through to the final,

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but this wasn't an elimination match.

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Steven is going to be playing Emma in the
playoff

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to see who's going through to the final. What's
the game?

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It's a game I've invented called Quiz Buzz.

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So this is general knowledge and...

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Mental dexterity.

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I bet Katie's going to be annoyed she's not
in this one.

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We'll see you next time.

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