Confidence Solution

The heart of this activity is a logic puzzle, where the logic clues are provided by the various dealers. They must collect this detail in a talking bastard. The axes of the logic puzzle are the same as for the pit boss's password reset: food, drink, and pet. You can use this empty logic grid to help you.

The rules for the talking bastard are pretty simple:

  • Dealers will not talk about themselves
  • Dealers will talk about other dealers' likes and dislikes
  • Dealers will not talk about the pit boss until you have built rapport
  • You can build rapport by telling the dealers that you share their preferences for food/drink/pet

Each dealer has 4 pieces of information that players can collect. This data is:

Blackjack - Burgers, Beer, Cat

  • The wine-drinker prefers animals with four legs
  • Baccarat dealer doesn't like tacos
  • The craps dealer drinks screwdrivers
  • The pit boss and the paigow dealer don't agree on anything

Roulette - Pasta, Wine, Dog

  • The baccarat dealer's pet lives in a tank
  • The fish owner can't stand sushi
  • Whoever likes burgers also likes beer
  • Never heard the pit boss talking food with either the bj or baccarat dealer

Pai-Gow - Tacos, Martini, Fish

  • The roulette dealer is allergic to cats
  • The dealer with the bird likes pizza
  • The dealer who has the turtle likes old fashioneds
  • Never talks to the roulette or baccarat dealer about drinking

Baccarat - Sushi, Old Fashioned, Turtle

  • Martinis and pizza don't go together
  • The craps dealer doesn't like tacos
  • The dog lover also likes pasta
  • The pit boss and the Craps dealer never talk

Craps - Pizza, Screwdriver, Bird

  • The beer drinker doesn't have space for a tank
  • The blackjack dealer likes burgers
  • The pai gow dealer is afraid of dogs
  • Pit boss and BJ/Roulette dealers never talk petcare

Each dealer's personal likes are listed next to their game. The pitboss information is only available when the player has told the dealer that they share all three likes. The dealer will acknowledge the player has built rapport by saying something like "I think we could be friends!" After this, if the player asks about the pit boss, they will provide that additional information.

With the non-pitboss information, players can build a logic grid that looks like this:

And with the pitboss answers, they can eliminate the incorrect answers to arrive at:

The players then interact with the password-reset computer and submit the correct answers, at which time they are told the password is reset to BIGBOSS, and are directed to enter this answer into spiderdog.

Solution

BIGBOSS