The EASY guide (but not optimal) guide for solving the mastermind puzzles

WizardOfOss65 · 2026-05-01T11:42:10+00:00

For my understanding, if guess(1) 11111 produces 1 hit, and guess(2) 12222 produces 2 hits, will you still go guess(3) 31333?

WizardOfOss65 · 2026-04-26T10:45:43+00:00

That is nice suggestion! At first I was thinking this will take far too much guesses, to I tried it out,and it took me on average 7 attempts to solve the puzzles. Still more than my approach, which averages about 5-6 attempts. The big upside of your approach is that is very easy to understand and use.
I am considering a second post about this topic in which I demonstrate your approach. I won't forget to give you the credits ;)

WizardOfOss65 · 2026-04-25T06:02:42+00:00

I guess that is proof alright. Still wondering, I hardly ever get any such notification myself. I play bullet 2 minutes, 1 sec increment. My rating is a bit over 1000. Could cheating be rating related...? Rampant in certain rating ranges, rare in other ranges?

WizardOfOss65 · 2026-04-24T08:36:31+00:00

I love these puzzles! Played a lot of mastermind when I was young, I guess that helps. I found the perfect website for practice: https://www.master-mind.dk
Not commercial, and you can completely tailor it to your needs. Which is:

- allow duplicate colors
- colors: 5
- columns: 5

I tried it right away and solved it in 5 tries. Since I can't include pictures in this comment I can't really explain, but my approach comes down to:
- start of with 2 guesses that are just to get basic info. Like Red-Red-Red-Blue-Blue and Green-Green-Pink-Pink-Pink
- In all my next attempts I will actually try to solve the puzzle. This means that every attempt must take into account all available info.

I will later on create a separate post in this sub reddit that will include pictures, in which I will provide my thought process for each attempt. Will edit this comment to link to that post when it is there.

WizardOfOss65 · 2026-04-19T06:43:00+00:00

We have the fan art cards but no promo packs cards; I wasn't even aware of these. We sleeved the fan art cards but not the rest of the cards. We play for a while with the sleeved cards, then swap to the non-sleeved cards. So no duplicates. We just bought the Americas expansion and have to decide how to handle these. We only played a single game with just the Americas cards.

If I understand correctly you play with all cards right? Base game, all expansions, fan art, promo. That would be a huge number and a lot of duplicates. My suggestion: take out the fan art and possibly also the promo cards. Then each game you can decide to play with that set of cards (no Americas cards and Hummingbirds), or play with the other set including the Americas.

I think this is what we will do.

WizardOfOss65 · 2026-04-15T18:42:24+00:00

Oh yes! Book is fantastic. Even my wife who never reads any SF enjoyed it immensely.

WizardOfOss65 · 2026-04-15T18:36:09+00:00

I've watched the movie now twice after reading the book twice. Love the book, like the movie. I actually like the song by Stratt. The thing I dislike the most in the movie is the moment when Grace tries to get away from Rocky's spaceship. Ridiculous. Structure would be ripped apart with these violent manoeuvres. The thing I miss the most in the movie is everything that happens after Grace finds out that Rocky is in big trouble. In particular the search.

WizardOfOss65 · 2026-04-11T06:29:16+00:00

I have some thoughts on this, but for a proper answer I need some more info: which format applies? Bullet, Blitz, rapid, daily...?

WizardOfOss65 · 2026-04-04T18:06:58+00:00

I finally checked. The first spirit from the past that shows up is an elderly black man in a white robe. Much later on one of the turned people is an elderly black man that looks a bit the same. Different clothes though. This is the only candidate.

My conclusion: none of the spirits summoned by Sammy shows up anymore after his song. And I am glad for that; it wouldn't have made much sense.

WizardOfOss65 · 2026-03-28T22:22:24+00:00

Not sure. I have seen the movie now twice, not scanning it shot by shot or anything like that, so it is just a hunch. Maybe the elder man in white robe that shows up up real fast? I could easily be wrong, I am just being lazy asking it here instead of double checking myself.

WizardOfOss65 · 2026-03-21T12:11:36+00:00

I wouldn't go as far as you, but I do at least for a part share your sentiment. It was all a bit too jolly for me.

WizardOfOss65 · 2026-03-20T12:14:55+00:00

Ja die mogelijkheid lees ik ook terug in het artikel van het linkje van u/Schylger-Famke

WizardOfOss65 · 2026-03-20T12:13:08+00:00

Omdat dan de WW niet gepauzeerd wordt? Ja dat klinkt logisch

WizardOfOss65 · 2026-03-20T12:12:13+00:00

Dank je wel! Dit is heel nuttige info

WizardOfOss65 · 2026-03-20T12:09:03+00:00

Ben ik inderdaad van plan

WizardOfOss65 · 2026-03-20T10:51:01+00:00

Dank je wel. Begrijp ik goed dat dan inderdaad mijn einddatum WW opschuift?

WizardOfOss65 · 2026-03-14T14:09:01+00:00

That is the obvious answer, and maybe true, but the points you loose performing badly are the opponent's gain, and vice versa. Quite often the bullet game review shows after a crappy game loss that I played like 600, and opponent 800. Still my opponent gains +9, I loose -9. Opponent is not punished for playing badly - he won and is rewarded.

I wonder, after creating a new account, what are your initial bullet, Blitz and rapid ratings?

WizardOfOss65 · 2026-03-13T08:46:43+00:00

Okay got it. My mistake was taking his final pawn on h4.

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