Uh oh... 3 bandits outnumber 2 scientists on the left side of the river. The bandits knocked out the scientists to unconciousness ... and then stole their books.

Too bad... you lose.

Total moves: 1


Three scientists and three bandits are stranded on the left side of the river. There is a boat that can hold either one or two people, but not three people. Your job is to bring everyone to the right side of the river. Do not let a group of scientists to be outnumbered by a group of bandits in either side of the river.

If you're being smart, this can be solved in 11 moves


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Puzzle adapted from: Amarel, S. (1968). On representations of problems of reasoning about actions. In Michie, D., editor, Machine Intelligence 3, vol 3, page 131-171. Elsevier/North-Holland, Amsterdam, London, New York.