Elum

Elum is a logic puzzle game and text quest in Space Rangers 2.

Instructions

• In Elum, you are presented with a series of figures. Each figure may be big or small (size), blue or yellow (color), and a circle or a lozenge (type).
• These figures present a sequence.
• You are shown three figures to choose from, and must determine which figure comes next in the sequence. One of these is correct, the other two are false.
• The next figure is based on the last figure in the sequence.

To win the contest, you must be first place. A bonus of 1000cr is available if you are the lone winner first place.

If you are second place, you can congratulate the winner - this causes him to be revealed as a cheater, and thus you win the contest instead.

Tips

• In round 1/2, one component is the "odd-one-out" and can be determined simply by eyeballing it. This doesn't work in round 3, where you have to worry about having to act on different components.
• If a rule results in two possible answers in your set of 3, then it's not the correct answer.

List of rules

The rule for the next figure is chosen from the following list:

• Round 1: (only one component is relevant)
  • Choose a figure of the same color
  • Choose a figure of the same size
  • Choose a figure of the same type
  • Choose a figure of a different color
  • Choose a figure of a different size
  • Choose a figure of a different type
• Round 2: (one component determines another component)
  • If the last figure is yellow, choose a big one, if not choose a small one
  • If the last figure is yellow, choose a circle, if not choose a lozenge
  • If the last figure is blue, choose a circle, if not choose a lozenge
  • If the last figure is a circle, choose a blue figure, if not choose a yellow one
  • If the last figure is a circle, choose a small one, if not choose a big one
  • If the last figure is big, choose a circle, if not choose a lozenge
  • If the last figure is big, choose a yellow one, if not choose a blue one
  • If the last figure is big, choose a blue one, if not choose a yellow one
• Round 3: (one component determines how to change either of the other components)
  • If the last figure is a lozenge, choose a blue one, if not choose one of the same size
  • If the last figure is blue, choose a big figure, if not choose a different type
  • If the last figure is blue, choose a big figure, if not choose a circle
  • If the last figure is a circle, choose a yellow one, if not choose a small one
  • If the last figure is big, choose a lozenge, if not choose a blue one
  • If the last figure is big, choose a circle, if not choose one of the same color
  • If the last figure is big, choose a yellow one, if not choose a lozenge
  • If the last figure is big, choose a blue one, if not choose one of the same type
  • If the last figure is big, choose a blue one, if not choose one of another color