its not nessicarily smarter and dumber shorter and longer to figure it out as it is your approach to solving problems, when i first looked at the game i took a mathmatical approach because in my experience mind games with dice always have a mathmatical solution, i finally re-read the rules after 15 minutes and got on it instantly, i showed it to a mechanic friend of mine and he got it in all of 3 rolls, i hate him