Ye Olde Seventhe Duck Konundrum: The Cones of Duckshire: Solution

By Dan Katz

Answer: LIGHTHOUSE

After completing the game (which takes 25 turns before the Ledgerman wins 4–2–2–2), the instructions indicate that the players, in seat order, should look at the area in front of their cones from left to right. For each cone, there is one letter taking up most of the space in front of the cone from the owner’s vantage point:

Arbiter (Seat 1) - FLP cone - L
Arbiter (Seat 1) - IJX cone - I
Maverick (Seat 3) - GRW cone - G
Maverick (Seat 3) - EHN cone - H
Ledgerman (Seat 6) - ETV cone - T
Ledgerman (Seat 6) - HKY cone - H
Ledgerman (Seat 6) - ACO cone - O
Ledgerman (Seat 6) - MPU cone - U
Corporal (Seat 8) - APS cone - S
Corporal (Seat 8) - CEI cone - E

Thus, the answer is LIGHTHOUSE. Below are two tables showing the token placements and actions taken in each turn, and a running account of each player’s seat, tokens on the board, cones on the board, and dollarbucks after each turn.

Turn	Player	Seat	Tokens Placed	Actions
1	Arbiter	1	WXY	Sell WY, Sanction Ledgerman
2	Maverick	3	EHN	Relocate H to Y, Sell EY
3	Ledgerman	5	EOU	Take 1 DB from Arbiter, Relocate E to C
4	Corporal	7	EHU	Remove U (Ledgerman), Sell HU, Move to Seat 2
5	Arbiter	1	IRS	Sanction Corporal
6	Corporal	2	GHI	Sell GH
7	Maverick	3	ABD	Sell BD, Switch A (Maverick) & E (Corporal), move to Seat 4
8	Maverick	4	DHP	Switch R (Arbiter) & P (Maverick), Build on [EHN]
9	Ledgerman	5	APS	Take 1 DB from Corporal, Build on [ACO], Arbiter moves to Seat 6, Move to Seat 7
10	Arbiter	6	JLW	Sell SW, Relocate P to F
11	Ledgerman	7	BMU	Sell BS, Take 1 DB from Corporal
12	Corporal	2	CES	Sell ES, Remove C (Ledgerman), Move to Seat 4, Maverick moves to Seat 3
13	Maverick	3	AGU	Sell EU, Switch A (Maverick) & X (Arbiter)
14	Corporal	4	DEG	Sell DG, Build on [CEI], Arbiter moves to Seat 5, Ledgerman moves to Seat 6, Maverick moves to Seat 7, Move to Seat 8
15	Arbiter	5	BVX	Sell BV, Build on [IJX]
16	Ledgerman	6	ETV	Build on [ETV], Take 1 DB from Maverick
17	Maverick	7	BWY	Steal 1 DB from bank, Sell DX, Build on [GRW], Move to Seat 3
18	Corporal	8	NRY	Remove N (Maverick), Remove Y (Maverick)
19	Corporal	8	PST	Remove R (Maverick), Sell AI
20	Ledgerman	6	FLY	Sell AF, Build on [MPU]
21	Arbiter	5	NOP	Sell NJ, Sanction Maverick
22	Maverick	3	DJK	Put 3 DB from bank on table
23	Arbiter	1	CHS	Sell HI, Build on [FLP]
24	Corporal	8	AFX	Sell CR, Build on [APS]
25	Ledgerman	6	HKS	Sell OS, Build on [HKY]

Arbiter					Maverick					Ledgerman					Corporal
Turn	Seat	Tokens	Cones	DBs	Turn	Seat	Tokens	Cones	DBs	Turn	Seat	Tokens	Cones	DBs	Turn	Seat	Tokens	Cones	DBs
1	1	X		1	1	3			0	1	5			0	1	7			0
2	1	X		1	2	3	N		1	2	5			0	2	7			0
3	1	X		0	3	3	N		1	3	5	COU		1	3	7			0
4	1	X		0	4	3	N		1	4	5	CO		1	4	2	E		1
5	1	IRSX		0	5	3	N		1	5	5	CO		1	5	2	E		1
6	1	IRSX		0	6	3	N		1	6	5	CO		1	6	2	EI		2
7	1	IRSX		0	7	4	EN		2	7	5	CO		1	7	2	AI		2
8	1	IPSX		0	8	4	DEHNR	[EHN]	0	8	5	CO		1	8	2	AI		2
9	6	IPSX		0	9	4	DEHNR	[EHN]	0	9	7	ACOPS	[ACO]	0	9	2	AI		1
10	6	FIJLX		1	10	4	DEHNR	[EHN]	0	10	7	ACOPS	[ACO]	0	10	2	AI		1
11	6	FIJLX		1	11	4	DEHNR	[EHN]	0	11	7	ACMOPU	[ACO]	2	11	2	AI		0
12	6	FIJLX		1	12	3	DEHNR	[EHN]	0	12	7	AMOPU	[ACO]	2	12	4	ACI		1
13	6	AFIJL		1	13	3	DGHNRX	[EHN]	1	13	7	AMOPU	[ACO]	2	13	4	ACI		1
14	5	AFIJL		1	14	7	DGHNRX	[EHN]	1	14	6	AMOPU	[ACO]	2	14	8	ACEI	[CEI]	0
15	5	AFIJLX	[IJX]	0	15	7	DGHNRX	[EHN]	1	15	6	AMOPU	[ACO]	2	15	8	ACEI	[CEI]	0
16	5	AFIJLX	[IJX]	0	16	7	DGHNRX	[EHN]	1	16	6	AEMOPTUV	[ACO], [ETV]	1	16	8	ACEI	[CEI]	0
17	5	AFIJLX	[IJX]	0	17	3	BGHNRWY	[EHN], [GRW]	0	17	6	AEMOPTUV	[ACO], [ETV]	1	17	8	ACEI	[CEI]	0
18	5	AFIJLX	[IJX]	0	18	3	BGHRW	[EHN], [GRW]	0	18	6	AEMOPTUV	[ACO], [ETV]	1	18	8	ACEIRNY	[CEI]	0
19	5	AFIJLX	[IJX]	0	19	3	BGHW	[EHN], [GRW]	0	19	6	AEMOPTUV	[ACO], [ETV]	1	19	8	CENPRSTY	[CEI]	1
20	5	AFIJLX	[IJX]	0	20	3	BGHW	[EHN], [GRW]	0	20	6	ELMOPTUVY	[ACO], [ETV], [MPU]	0	20	8	CENPRSTY	[CEI]	1
21	1	AFILOPX	[IJX]	1	21	3	BGHW	[EHN], [GRW]	0	21	6	ELMOPTUVY	[ACO], [ETV], [MPU]	0	21	8	CENPRSTY	[CEI]	1
22	1	AFILOPX	[IJX]	1	22	3	BDGHJKW	[EHN], [GRW]	0	22	6	ELMOPTUVY	[ACO], [ETV], [MPU]	0	22	8	CENPRSTY	[CEI]	1
23	1	ACFLOPSX	[IJX], [FLP]	0	23	3	BDGHJKW	[EHN], [GRW]	0	23	6	ELMOPTUVY	[ACO], [ETV], [MPU]	0	23	8	CENPRSTY	[CEI]	1
24	1	ACFLOPSX	[IJX], [FLP]	0	24	3	BDGHJKW	[EHN], [GRW]	0	24	6	ELMOPTUVY	[ACO], [ETV], [MPU]	0	24	8	AEFNPSTXY	[CEI], [APS]	0
25	1	ACFLOPSX	[IJX], [FLP]	0	25	3	BDGHJKW	[EHN], [GRW]	0	25	6	EHKLMPTUVY	[ACO], [ETV], [MPU], [HKY]	0	25	8	AEFNPSTXY	[CEI], [APS]	0

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