Soloman’s Temple game for 9th May, 2025 - 34 piece

34 Piece Soloman’s Temple of all 64 DNA Here we see a 34 piece set of the game Soloman’s Temple which contains within it all 64 codons of DNA. The code can be read in any direction for example TGC is also CGT and so on. 

To show all 3 part codons 64 times would mean using 192 triangles but the game shows you how to make all 64 appear in the minimum amount of triangles. Here we have 34 which is the lowest I have ever achieved. I did say 36 was the minimum for over ten years until I made a game of 34 purely by chance. If you manage it in less do let me know.

The image above shows the layout. One thing I noticed in a game of 36 all the triple codons TTT, GGG, AAA, CCChad to have one of each of the colours coming off it so eg CCC would have a G, T and A attached and the CCC itself would be the fourth. All triples have to do that. In  order to make a game of less than 36 you have to break this down and add at least one 3 piece in order to get that codon but you also have to add only two others colours or letters to the 3 piece it cannot be done without this change. So CCC can have T and G attached but elsewhere you would need CCA. Why this is I do not yet know but I have never made a 34 with all four triple letters having 3 other letter attachments. 

In this image we see TTT with attachments of C, G and A, then CCC with attachments G,T and A, AAA with G,T, and C but when we come to GGG it has only T and C attached. Hence it made this game possible from just 34 triangles. 

From this image we see where lines are drawn no further triangles can be added without making the same codon twice so the codons that read the same in both directions e.g. AGA, TAT, make it more difficult to add to the game. The spots marked with a triangle are still open to adding another triangle if you need to. So codons with three different letters are much easier to work with. In this 34 piece map it has to dominate in Air and Water because the number 34 cannot be divided by 4. So wind and water prevails here as nice Feng Shui Nine Star Ki should. Enjoy your thinking. X