Test your skills of deduction with the April 2022 edition of Riddle Me This: King Arthur’s Coin Game

You are with King Arthur at his perfectly round table. You each have a huge pile of gold coins and have agreed to play a game. The winner gets to keep all of the gold. The rules are as follows: each player will in turn place a coin on the table. The coin must lay flat, it cannot overlap any other coins, and it cannot hang off the edge of the table. The first player unable to successfully place a coin loses.

King Arthur thinks he’s really good at this game and has decided to let you go first. What strategy can you come up with the guarantee that you win?

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