
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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In a modified version of the game, Players $X$, $Y$, and $Z$ begin with $18$, $15$, and $12$ tokens respectively. They follow the same rules: in each round, the player with the most tokens gives one token to each of the other players and one to a discard pile. Determine how many rounds will occur before one player runs out of tokens.
A) 26 rounds 
B) 27 rounds
C) 28 rounds 
D) 29 rounds

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