
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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The game is adjusted such that each round, the player with the most tokens (excluding those who have the same number as others) gives out two tokens to each of the other two players and discards two tokens. The game ends when any player runs out of tokens. Players $A$, $B$, and $C$ start with $20$, $18$, and $16$ tokens respectively. How many rounds will there be in the game?
A) 15 rounds
B) 16 rounds
C) 17 rounds
D) 18 rounds
E) 19 rounds

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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