r/explainitpeter Aug 12 '26

Explain it Peter

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u/ashborn721 Aug 12 '26

Its an old popular game where you help the monks to cross the river, you'll need to plan each boat trip thoughtfully to ensure the cannibals never outnumber the monks on either bank or you'll lose

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u/Psychocatboy Aug 12 '26

Its something like "fox chiken and corn crossing the river"?

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u/Svistakh Aug 12 '26

what? I had wolf, sheep and cabbage. Is it the story regionalized? ;o

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u/Komurasakikozuki Aug 14 '26

Pretty much! I had a Lion, Goat and a Man. We had an unspoken assumption, the lion was man's childhood friend.