
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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Players $A$, $B$, $C$, and $D$ start a game with $16$, $15$, $14$, and $13$ tokens, respectively. The game rule is the same: in each round, the player(s) with the most tokens gives one token to each of the other players and also places one token in the discard pile. The game ends when any player runs out of tokens. How many rounds will there be in the game?
A) 36 
B) 37 
C) 38 
D) 39 
E) 40

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