Twelve people, 30 s
- Input
- 49 jogadas x 30 s
- Expected output
- 24,5 min no máximo
Limit 3 and a final swap.
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white elephant for the office
At the office the challenge is not the mechanics but the time and the mood. With 20 people and unlimited stealing, the game can eat the entire party, and an expensive gift stolen five times creates awkwardness. This script handles both.
Limit 3 and a final swap.
20 openings, 60 steals and 1 swap.
Nearly an hour and a half ceiling.
A limit of 2 trims 20 moves off the ceiling.
One per gift opened.
Everyone brings one wrapped gift, players draw numbers for turn order, and on your turn you either open a new gift or steal one that is already open. A player whose gift was stolen then opens a new gift or steals from someone else. The game ends when all gifts are open and no steals remain, and the first player gets a final chance to swap.
Agree on the gift value, steal limit and final swap, ask for unidentified wraps, draw the order and run it with a 30-second timer. Use the tool on a big screen so everyone can follow whose turn it is and which gifts are frozen.
At most 81 moves with a limit of 3 and a final swap. At 30 seconds each, that is up to 40.5 minutes. In practice it is usually less, since not every gift reaches the steal limit. With a limit of 2, the ceiling drops to 61 moves.
The group decides, and what matters is that the amount is the same for everyone and fits anybody budget on the team. Set the cap in the invitation and ask that nobody label their gift. The tool imposes no amount; it only runs the game.
It can work, as long as the gifts are shipped or described. One organizer shares the tool screen on a call, types each opening with the gift name and logs the steals the team calls out. The state is saved on that organizer device.
Add at least 2 people to draw the order.