The rules were, the base of the tower has to fit on a 8 1/2" square of paper (the paper could be cut into multiple pieces if wanted so that each part of the base fits on it). Whoever builds the tallest, freestanding, tower out of gum drops and toothpicks at the end wins. At first everything seems stable, but after a certain height it deforms uncontrollably, which is exactly what I was going for. M went for a 3D grid. T built a « ring » with triangles worked in in the horizontal plane. After a while, T's construction sprouted arms, hands and eyes and he named it "tower man." T was also being funny by saying things like "work harder not smarter" and "spare every expense!" They both talked almost the entire time despite eating the gumdrops. In the end M won by taking her tower apart and stacking four independent cubes.
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