I am reposting notzeb's [solution][1] to the 3 front case here, as I expect the 5 front case to be at least as bad. In particular, notice that the winning solution is given by a measure with fractal support. **Solution (rephrased):** Take the triangle of possible solutions and inscribe a hexagon in it, with vertices at the permutations of $(0,1/3,2/3)$. All our solutions will be inside that hexagon. Now, take that hexagon and place 6 smaller hexagons in it as shown below. ![6 Hexagons in 1][2] Choose one of those 6 hexagons uniformly at random. Place 6 smaller hexagons inside that one, and choose one of these uniformly at random again. Keep going. The hexagons shrink in size each time; the limiting point is your army distribution. Notice that the space of possible solutions is a Sierpinski-gasket-like figure, of Hausdorff dimension $\log 6/\log 3$. It is cute to observe that the white star of David in the center becomes a Koch snowflake of excluded points in the final solution. **Proof that this works:** (I disregard ties, as they occur with probability zero.) Observe that it is impossible for either general to win on all fronts. Therefore, if I find a strategy that guarantees that I am expected to win at least 1.5 fronts against any opposing strategy, this means that I have probability at least 1/2 of winning 2 fronts against any opposing strategy. (This logic does not extend to the 5 front case.) *Lemma:* For any of the three fronts, the probability distribution of troops that I send there is uniform on the interval $[0,2/3]$. *Proof:* After I have chosen a hexagon at the coarsest level, I am equally likely to be in $[0,2/9]$, $[2/9,4/9]$ and $[4/9,6/9]$. After I choose the next coarsest hexagon, I am equally likely to be in any one of the three thirds of the interval I chose at the previous step. And so forth. End of lemma. Suppose my enemy sends $p$ troops to the first front. I beat him with probability $\max(1-(3/2)p, 0)$. By linearity of expectation, if my enemy sends troops $(p,q,r)$, my expected number of victories is $$\max(1-(3/2)p, 0)+\max(1-(3/2)q, 0)+\max(1-(3/2)r, 0) \geq 3-(3/2)(p+q+r) = 3/2.$$ If my opponent adopts a mixed strategy, I still have expected number of victories at least $3/2$. QED [1]: http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=43065 [2]: http://www-math.mit.edu/~speyer/3front.png