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Emoticon Zendo games page 2

Here is a table of the second 100 Emoticon Zendo games (so far), with the rules and number of koans until someone successfully guessed the rule.

See also:
Emoticon Zendo games page 1
Emoticon Zendo

Game Master # koans Guesser Rule
Game 101
Trollkin
23
the majestic moose
it contains at least one Scrabble tile representing the first letter of the name of a spice emoticon which the koan also contains.
Game 102
the majestic moose
26
bende
its code can be partitioned into two or more substrings, which are identical except for colons and the capitalization of letters.
Game 103
bende
73
Ludevik
every emoticon in the koan is transportable on trains or camels, given the limitations that a train can transport two emoticons, a camel one emoticon and one type of emoticons can be transported only by a unique type of train or camel (caravan emoticon is considered as five camels)
Game 104
Ludevik
10
jeffwolfe
it contains at least one Power Grid resource (coal, oil, trash, nuclear).
Game 105
jeffwolfe
58
Purple
The total sum of the six-sided dice is evenly divided by total number of emoticons (as division by zero does not exist, this rules out the koan of void existance) and the number of non-six-sided dice emoticons does not exceed the quotient of that division.
Game 106
Purple
39
Rishi
every Goa spice icon has a camel emoticon within two positions.
Game 107
Rishi
25
Purple
it contains trains of only one color and there are more trains than any other individual emoticon.
Game 108
Purple
70
Istaril
the number of different types of taj emoticons is greater than or equal to the number of different types of spice emoticons AND the number of taj emoticons is greater than or equal to the number of (Puerto Rico goods) emoticons.
Game 109
Istaril
28
asutbone
A koan has the Buddha nature if it contains at least five emoticons and at least one of those emoticons has the letter G on it.
Game 110
asutbone
14
Tanwo
A koan has the Buddha nature if it contains at least one Ninja emoticon and no Pirate emoticons OR if it contains at least one Pirate emoticon and no Ninja emoticons.
Game 111
Tanwo
19
senseless
A koan has the Buddha nature if it contains only one numbered emoticon and it is in the last position.
Game 112
senseless
11
Glod Glodsson
A koan has the Buddha nature if its second and second-to-last emoticons are equal.
Game 113
Glod Glodsson
27
senseless
A koan has the Buddha-nature if and only if every emoticon it contains appears an odd number of times and every number that appears (whether in numerals or pipped dice) is odd and the total number of emoticons in that koan is odd.
Game 114
senseless
27
AdamMcD
A koan has the Buddha-nature it contains three consecutive emoticons which (from left to right) are red, then green, then blue.
Game 115
AdamMcD
52
Wilco
Koan has the Buddha nature if it is length 4 or it contains an emoticon with value 4
Game 116
Wilco
34
AdamMcD
A Koan has the Buddha-nature if and only if the 'center' emoticon(s) are different from the emoticon(s) on the ends.
Game 117
AdamMcD
20
coolpapa
The koan has the Buddha nature exactly when it has enough Settlers resources to build something from base SoC. (City, Settlement, Road, or Dev. Card.)
Game 118
coolpapa
22
AdamMcD
The koan has the Buddha nature if it contains exactly one die emoticon whose number matches its position.
Game 119
AdamMcD
22
Juomes
A koan has the buddha nature if it has exactly two of the following three (types of) emoticons: a camel, a star, a train.
Game 120
Juomes
41
koehn
A koan has the buddha nature if it has at least one Taj, at least one animal, and at least one wheat for each animal.
Game 121
koehn
31
AdamMcD
it contains an emoticon whose value is equal to the number of animated emoticons in the koan.
Game 122
AdamMcD
29
quantumplation
The number of GeekGold (coin or bag) icons is equal to the square root of the number of Devil Icons ["money is the root of all evil"].
Game 123
quantumplation
20
talismancer
A Koan has the Buddha nature if it contains exactly one letter.
Game 124
talismancer
23
quantumplation
A Koan has the Buddha nature if the sum of its black values (numerals and pips) is less than or equal to the sum of its white values.
Game 125
quantumplation
21
AdamMcD
The sum of its Scrabble tiles is equal to the sum of its dice ± 1.
Game 126
AdamMcD
25
koehn
a koan has the buddha nature if and only if it does not have exactly one animated emoticon.
Game 127
koehn
22
Glod Glodsson
A Koan han the Buddha nature if it contains at least one "boardgame-emoticon" and all emoticons of a single boardgame are grouped next to each other
Game 128
Glod Glodsson
24
jeffwolfe
A koan has the Buddha nature if and only if it contains at least one Scrabble letter tile emoticon which represents a letter in the code for the first emoticon in the koan.
Game 129
jeffwolfe
38
talismancer
A koan has the Buddha nature if and only if it contains exactly one Scrabble blank, with a Scrabble E to its immediate left and a Scrabble J to its immediate right.
Game 130
talismancer
13
Glod Glodsson
A koan has the Buddha-nature if the first or the last emoticon of the koan is a train.
Game 131
Glod Glodsson
20
koehn
A koan has the Buddha nature iff it contains at least one animated emoticon and at least one Scrabble tile.
Game 132
koehn
66
Wilco
A koan has the Buddha Nature if all the scrabble tiles form chemical symbols. For example: CATAN: Calcium, Tantalum, Nitrogen
Game 133
Wilco
27
Glod Glodsson
A koan has the buddha nature if either the length of the koan is odd, and all the numbers added together are odd, or if the length of the koan is even and all the numbers added together are even.
Game 134
Glod Glodsson
15
Hannibalgf
A koan has the buddha nature if the length of the koan is a Fibonacci Number (0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ... )
Game 135
Hannibalgf
35
Nogser
A koan has the budda nature if each emoticon shape appearing in the koan appears an equal number of times
Game 136
Nogser
25
Hannibalgf
A koan has the buddha nature if the product of the sum of all numbers in the koan and the length of the koan is even
Game 137
Hannibalgf
19
jeffwolfe
A koan has the Buddha nature if it contains a series where each subsequent emoticon’s code begins with the last character of the preceding emoticon’s code.
Game 138
jeffwolfe
23
Hannibalgf
A koan has the Buddha nature if it contains at least 1 Scrabble tile and 1 die.
Game 139
Hannibalgf
68
jeffwolfe
A koan has the Buddha nature if and only if the sum of (the d10s plus the black d6s) equals the sum of (the vp shields plus the white d6s).
Game 140
jeffwolfe
20
Timotheous
A koan has the buddha nature if and only if it contains at least two meeples and an even number of meeples.
Game 141
Timotheous
16
talismancer
A Koan has the Buddha nature if and only if it contains an emoticon that represents something humans eat
Game 142
talismancer
27
koehn
A koan has the Buddha nature if it has at least one camel or at least one train (or both), and it has at least one wheat per camel and at least one coal per train
Game 143
koehn
69
Karian
A koan has the Buddha nature if and only if the sum of the base trade values of the Puerto Rico goods is strictly greater than the length of the koan
Game 144
Karian
38
Mike Hansen
A koan has Buddha nature if the number of emoticons isn't a multiple of the number of dice
Game 145
Tim Schwarz
89
Ryan McGuire
AKHTBN iff it has all of the following:
a) Exactly one devil or sauron
b) At least one zombie (let's say the number of zombies is Z)
c) At least Z+1 icons from gulp, soblue, :p, meeple, :), wow, :D, shake, :(, angry, snore, arrrh*.
  • In order for a :arrrh: to count it has to have a matching 1db, 5db or geekgold.
Game 146
ryanker
58
jeffwolfe
Using bacon as a delimiter, AKHTBN iff there is at least one two-icon token.
Game 147
jeffwolfe
18
Mike Hansen
A koan has the Buddha nature if (and only if) it has at least 1 emoticon that represents a number (including pips on dice) that equals its position in the koan.
Game 148
Mike Hansen
254
Hegel
A KHTBN if the emoticons in the odd positions have numbers that represent a numerical progression and emoticons in the even positions have codes that represent an alphabetic progression.
Game 149
Hegel
73
Mike Hansen
A KHTBN if a d10 is at distance 3 to something red.
Game 150
Luce
60
jeffwolfe
A KHTBN if it has vertical symmetry.
Game 151
jeffwolfe
52
david707
1) The sum of "cool" and "meeple" is even and not zero AND "ninja" is not present
OR
2) Exactly one "ninja" is present AND both "cool" and "meeple" are not
Game 152
david707
20
luce
A KHTBN iff the number of different emoticons is equal to the sum of all numbers in the koan (including dice values)
Game 153
luce
47
Excalabur
A koan has the buddha nature if there is at least one transport (defined: camel and train, caravan is 5 camels) for every good (defined: Puerto Rico goods, Catan resources, Goa goods, coal, things in barrels, beer, and BACON!).
Game 154
Excalabur
84?...
(Abandoned)
A koan has the Buddha nature if each emoticon is either bluer or darker than the one before it.
Game 155
Vovix
28
delapra
A koan has the Buddha nature if it contains at least one emote from each category (ninjas and pirates are considered non-human)
Game 156
delapra
63
AdamMcD
AKHTBN if (and only if) the product of the numbers that appear in the koan is > 99.
Game 157
AdamMcD
40
delapra
AKHTBN if (and only if) it contains an 'H', the number 2, or an 'O'.
Game 158
delapra
27
Tanwo
A koan has the Buddha nature if the number of red emoticons is equal to the number of blue emoticons.
Game 159
Tanwo
24
Asmor
A koan has the buddha nature if and only if it has exactly one ninja and the ninja is next to a train.
Game 160
Asmor
29
plasma
AKHTBN if the sum of its numbers is less than or equal to the number of icons in the koan (caravan being one icon)
Game 161
plasma
17
ZiggyZambo
AKHTBN if the concatenation of its numbers forms a prime number.
Game 162
ZiggyZambo
23
Talltim
A koan has the Buddha nature if and only if it has at least two animated emoticons that are adjacent.
Game 163
Talltim
20
koehn
A koan has the Buddha nature iff it contains at least one zombie and at least one gulp.
Game 164
koehn
24
jeffwolfe
A koan has the Buddha nature if and only if the sum of the numbers (including dice pips) is less than or equal to the number of camels (caravan=5 camels).
Game 165
jeffwolfe
39
Flyboy Connor
A koan has the Buddha nature if and only if there is a sequence of at least two emoticons that occurs at least twice in the koan, without overlapping.
Game 166
Flyboy Connor
24
ZiggyZambo
A koan has the Buddha-nature if and only if both its length and the value of its Scrabble tiles are triangular numbers.
Game 167
ZiggyZambo
97
Flyboy Connor
A koan has the Buddha-nature if and only if it contains an emoticon of which the position number in the koan is equal to its position number in the emoticons selection overview counted from the left side of the screen.
Game 168
Flyboy Connor
138
Karian
A koan has the Buddha-nature if and only if it expresses a valid (both well-formed and correct) equation with exactly one equals-sign, under the following decoding algorithm: d10-0 represents the number zero, d10-1 is a prefix that is placed before a number N to create a new number that is the successor of N, d10-2 represents the equals-sign, and d10-3, d10-4, d10-5, and d10-6 represent the binary operators +, -, *, and / respectively.
Game 169
Karian
31
Flyboy Connor
A koan has the Buddha-nature if and only if it has an emoticon with an arabic number on it which is higher than the koan's length.
Game 170
Flyboy Connor
66
Karian
A koan has the Buddha-nature if and only if it contains a d10 of which the value is higher than the number of Puerto Rico goods that are located to the left of it, and lower than the number of Puerto Rico goods that are located to the right of it.
Game 171
Karian
43
Flyboy Connor
A koan has the Buddha-nature if and only if all emoticons included have a different length in their text representation.
Game 172
Flyboy Connor
57
Kamuigedonze
A koan has the Buddha-nature if and only if it does not contain any emoticons that are neighbors in the emoticon overview.
Game 173
Kamuigedonze
71
mathgrant
AKHTBN iff one symbol appears n times, another symbol appears either floor(sqrt[2]*n) or ceiling(sqrt[2]*n) times, and no other symbols appear. (n may be zero)
Game 174
mathgrant
40
Kamuigedonze
AKHTBN iff the number of instances of Scrabble tiles multiplied by the number of instances of other emoticons is a perfect square.
Game 175
Kamuigedonze
32
mathgrant
AKHTBN iff it is a palindrome of length two or more or a concatenation of multiple palindromes of length two or more
Game 176
mathgrant
33
Mingy Jongo
AKHTBN iff the total number of emoticons in the koan is encoded by star emoticons in binary, where a filled star is a 1 and an empty star is a 0.
Game 177
Mingy Jongo
19
Flyboy Connor
AKHTBN iff each emoticon in it occurs a triangular number of times.
Game 178
Flyboy Connor
26
mathgrant
AKHTBN iff it contains an even number of different emoticons.
Game 179
mathgrant
44
Flyboy Connor
A koan has the Buddha-nature if and only if the sum of its numbers (including dice pips) add up to n^2 + 1, n being a natural number (including zero).
Game 180
Flyboy Connor
14
mathgrant
AKHTBN iff no two adjacent numbered emoticons (including dice) have a value in common.
Game 181
mathgrant
38
WallyNate
AKHTBN iff the sum of its d10's is divisible by the number of d10's in the koan.

Game 182
WallyNate
91
arglez
A koan has a buddha nature IFF it contains at least two emoticons with a numerical value, and when those numerical emoticons are grouped together and divided into a front half and back half, the sum of one of the halves is 5 more than the sum of the other half.

Game 183
arglez
15
asutbone
A koan has the Buddha nature as long as there are more than one emoticon, and the string of emoticon types (d6s, d10s, Power Grid icons, scrabble tiles, etc.) form a palindrome, with the same emoticon types appearing when reading the string backwards and forwards.

Game 184
asutbone
49
arglez
AKHTBN IFF:

If there are scrabble tiles, there must be at least one consecutive double with the scrabble tiles (with no blank, per the other part of the rule)--IE :a::a:

AND all emoticons with two or more letters in their "code" must have a double letter--GG, mEEple, shEEp, tobaCCo, ect. Any other emoticons break the buddha nature--zombie, laugh, ect.


Game 185
jackelfrink
101
jeffwolfe
A koan has the Buddha-nature if and only if the count of the letters and digits in the koan is a perfect square, or zero (authorities disagree on whether or not zero is a perfect square)

Game 186
jeffwolfe
30
mathgrant
AKHTBN iff the third emoticon from the right is a tankard.

Game 187
mathgrant
17
tofarley, jackelfrink, and Jythier
AKHTBN iff the first emoticon is a die showing the number of distinct emoticons in the rest of the koan.

Game 188
Jythier
20
Excalabur
AKHTBN iff it does not contain a pip (6-sided die), number, or letter.

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