Math problem

[geoschmo]

Kwok and SJ, the idea isn't to use 2 player games. I am trying to figure out a way to mathematically derive the total number of players needed for a round robin tourney of larger then two player games. And I want to be able to figure it out for any possible number, not jsut three.

Coming up with alternate formats isn't the idea. I am not really trying to make a tourney. I am just trying to figure out the math side of it.

It's a tanget.

Gryphin, those sites are interesting, but they are have the same problem as Slicks formula. They are calculating all possible combinations. That's not what I am trying to do.

Geoschmo