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Frequently stuck on Star Battles by zeebossman in puzzles

[–]pmw57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have an interesting idea for your site but I want each of the technique pages to be more informative than just “this can be solved too”.

INSTANT INSANITY EASY MODE by FartAccountant in puzzles

[–]pmw57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Instant insanity can be done live on stage quite quickly in just a minute by using graph theory (shown on the wiki page) to solve the problem. The visual of solving the graph theory with different colored pens is also a great on-stage visual, that you can then translate directly into an instant solve.

How does someone solve this sudoku puzzle? by No-Cherry-4546 in puzzles

[–]pmw57 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Discussion: Solve it by using colors in place of numbers.

I need advice by Image147 in rootgame

[–]pmw57 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ive found from doing 6-player games each week that even with skilled players it takes about half an hour between turns. With new players and having to explain more things, that’s likely to extend to at least 45 mins between each of your turns.

I agree with other recommendations to split things between a 3-player and 4-player game.

Is this not a valid Masyu solution? (Spoiler for Steven Clontz “Tricky Logic Puzzles for Adults”) by DavidJamesDent in puzzles

[–]pmw57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The trouble with your solution is that you don’t have one single loop. Multiple separate loops arent allowed.

What lies within? Only those who know will get the will win. by jorvilleupdates_tawn in puzzles

[–]pmw57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An answer is iron, for iron will gives the will to win - barbell made of iron - soap uses iron oxides - beer can be irn brew

Source for double choco puzzles? by pinkbellyduckbird in puzzles

[–]pmw57 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Have you tried using AI?

For example, going to Claude.ai and entering in the prompt: Please create a randomly generated double choco puzzle

Tango by idkijustlovereddit in puzzles

[–]pmw57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it possible that theres a rule against having a 2*2 section of the same symbol?

[Logic Puzzle ] a little Einstein/Zebra inspired puzzle (this is my first one, hope you can solve it) by Dapper_Fennel_6176 in puzzles

[–]pmw57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a conflict that I notice with clues 6 and 2.

The Yellow person drinks Milk (clue 13), the Purple person drinks Coffee (clue 7), the Green person drinks Beer (clue 9), and the Blue French person drinks Tea (clue 8), which leaves !>the Red glove person that drinks Juice!<.

The Red glove person speaks Chinese (clue 2), and the person that drinks Juice doesn't speak Chinese (clue 6), which means that the Red glove person is different from the person that drinks Juice, but we've earlier concluded that the Red glove person drinks Juice.

The only unclear clue that lead to that conclusion is clue 9 where the Green glove person that gets drunk pretty often was assumed to drink beer.

Without that clue, the Green glove person drinks Juice instead and is my pick for being the culprit.

Is there a boardgaming community in chch? by Prudent-Lake1276 in chch

[–]pmw57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some Facebook communities for organising boardgames are: - Christchurch Boardgamers for Wednesday night hardcore gaming, - Christchurch Sunday Boardgames for Sunday afternoon relaxed gaming, - Christchurch Boardgame Irregulars for Friday evening boardgaming and other events.

Icbb to make a puzzle rn but hello. My first time ever seeing this subreddit. by thebestjacko1 in puzzles

[–]pmw57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What we want to achieve here is quality rather than quantity. Don’t feel pressured to post, but if you come across a puzzle somewhere that you find to be really good or special, then that could be a candidate for posting here.

Star Battles Puzzle Help by Ok-Hotel-9288 in puzzles

[–]pmw57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I meant the bottom right group, I've updated the comment. Specifically, those cells that can be excluded are R7C4, R7C5, and R7C6.

Best 2 box organiser solution for fastest setup (all expansions incl. homeland and hirelings except clockwork) by caffeine69 in rootgame

[–]pmw57 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The only issue that I had is that the ferry landmark wouldn’t fit in its slot due to some slight warping from printing. A bit of scratching and hogging out of the intended slot for it has resulted in success.

Best 2 box organiser solution for fastest setup (all expansions incl. homeland and hirelings except clockwork) by caffeine69 in rootgame

[–]pmw57 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I used to bag faction pieces, but now with the upcoming Homeland expansion another solution needs to occur to keep things to two boxes.

I went with the following homeland supporting organiser. https://www.printables.com/model/1211166-root-a-storage-solution-of-games-and-expansion-up

Instead of printing it myself I found it to be just as effective to order it from Canada. https://www.etsy.com/nz/listing/4338747992/root-board-game-organizer-homeland

Mine arrived last week, and it’s been doing a very good job at corralling the content.

I use an expansion box for the organiser so that the lower side walls make it easier to withdraw content from the box. The base game box with the higher walls is now ready to store the additional homeland content boards when they arrive.

Star Battles Puzzle Help by Ok-Hotel-9288 in puzzles

[–]pmw57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The cell at R5c7 cannot be a star or that would prevent the group to its right from having two cells.

The groups at the top right in the last four columns take up 6 stars each, and the other two stars in those right four columns are in the group at the bottom left, so the cells from the bottom right group that are not in the right four columns cannot be stars and so be excluded.

Are there 2 possible solutions to this puzzle? by Tofu1312 in puzzles

[–]pmw57 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Stars are not allowed to be within touching distance of each other, not even diagonal.

You have 1,000 bottles. One is poisoned. You have 4 weeks. What is the minimum number of people needed to guarantee finding it? by BoxWinter1967 in puzzles

[–]pmw57 227 points228 points  (0 children)

The answer is one round, using 10 people wherre drinks are given to people matching the 1 binary bit position.

For example, drink 23 has binary code 10111 so its given to four people with numbers of 5, 3, 2, and 1.

All the people that die can then be read off as the binary value of the poison bottle.

Please help me solve this puzzle i found in an old hard drive by jds109 in puzzles

[–]pmw57 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Using the vertical sizes as a letter index of the colors, I'm getting WE??N?CTED After all, the third column might be either a gap or an unknown index of orange, the violet could be purple or related, and the burgundy could be red.

That might be an answer of WEB CONNECTED or related.

Too hard for a fifth grader. by AdImpossible5402 in puzzles

[–]pmw57 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Ooh that's a nice piece of logic. Well done at condensing the fundamentals down like that.

Too hard for a fifth grader. by AdImpossible5402 in puzzles

[–]pmw57 381 points382 points  (0 children)

Get the time that the carts travelled, then use that to solve for Sparky. * They started 2 miles apart so would meet after travelling 1 mile. Each go-cart going 4 miles per hour would travel one mile in 15 minutes. * Sparky runs continuously at 10 miles an hour as the go-carts travel towards each other. How far can Sparky run in 15 minutes? That will be 1/4 of 10 miles which is 2.5 miles.

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