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Post by Admin on May 21, 2016 4:05:57 GMT
...thoughts about the puzzles on these pages? American flags, a police bulletin, a painting of a rose, a math assignment with holes in it, a watering can, a tennis racket, a Fashion Magazine, and much more. Post your comments here about this middle section.
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Post by blueandbluepencil on May 21, 2016 18:02:35 GMT
That page with the circle thing and the compasses and clocks and the cupcakes and constellations looks inteeresting. Things with the letter C?
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Post by penguin on May 21, 2016 18:29:39 GMT
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Post by blueandbluepencil on Jun 8, 2016 0:44:14 GMT
Wow. I just solved the Candidate Debate. Very clever. Just about every page has something really clever on it. Well done, authors!
What's usually fun is that I can see what tyhe puzzle is, the puzzle elements, even if I can't solve it yet. Some are frustrating though--like the blocks on 61 or the Detective Story on 83. I know there has to be a puzzle for these, but it's hard to find.
I sometimes have to wonder if there are other steps someplace in the book for some of these. I thought that for the big box of dots on page 59 and then I was like "woh--I do know what this is.
Can someone please say if the blocks on 61 and the Detective Story on 83 are self-contained, or if I need to solve another puzzle somewhere else first? Admin - feel free to remove this if it's not okay to ask a question like this. In another thread you suggested that this is okay
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Post by Admin on Jun 8, 2016 0:50:06 GMT
I have moved this from a separate thread to this thread, Blue and Blue Pencil. We're hoping ideally not to end up with a different thread for every question, if possible. Everything you have posted (and asked) here is fine.
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Post by reesylou on Jun 8, 2016 5:10:39 GMT
Both of those puzzles are self contained. The blocks one is hard to hint on without giving it away. For the Detective story, take a look at some of the places in the practice puzzles for the Masters that there are puzzles relating to blocks of text - I am sure that one of those techniques will be of use to you  |
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Post by blueandbluepencil on Jun 11, 2016 2:33:41 GMT
Thank you for your help, Reesylou. I was helped by this!
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Post by reesylou on Jun 11, 2016 7:10:42 GMT
Glad to be of assistance |
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Post by jabberwock on Jun 13, 2016 1:41:56 GMT
Really loving this book! Lots of great puzzles.
I've been very stymied by the puzzle on the top left of page 83--the one with a game between white and black. Am I missing some big insight, or should that one be relatively straightforward?
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Post by catherwood on Jun 13, 2016 2:58:53 GMT
Really loving this book! Lots of great puzzles. I've been very stymied by the puzzle on the top left of page 83... I dusted off my own copy of the game and played out the moves. (It helps if you caught the clue to the name of the game.) It reminds me that I don't play enough physical board games anymore. |
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Post by jabberwock on Jun 13, 2016 3:27:31 GMT
Ohhhhh, thanks catherwood! That helped a lot--finally got it!
If you're looking for fun new board games, my friend group has been really enjoying Concept, Dixit, and Carcassonne lately--I recommend them all highly!
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Post by codfish on Jun 13, 2016 5:43:49 GMT
I could use a pointer from anyone who understands the checkerboard / cylinder / illusion puzzle on page 82. I know "who" to connect this with and I can read the Morse code, but I don't understand what the puzzle is. Am I the only one stumped by this one?
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Post by blueandbluepencil on Jun 13, 2016 7:29:49 GMT
Okay, I'll throw my question out there too. It is the Flow games on 73 and 74. I got 7 of the 10, but I don't know what to do with these yet. Everything else seems to have a specified answer which relates somewhere else, but with these it seems like they're just games, like there's no other point to them. There probably is. Any advice?
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Post by reesylou on Jun 13, 2016 12:01:23 GMT
I could use a pointer from anyone who understands the checkerboard / cylinder / illusion puzzle on page 82. I know "who" to connect this with and I can read the Morse code, but I don't understand what the puzzle is. Am I the only one stumped by this one? I think I know what is meant to happen with this one, but I can't get it to work the way I think it should. Okay, I'll throw my question out there too. It is the Flow games on 73 and 74. I got 7 of the 10, but I don't know what to do with these yet. Everything else seems to have a specified answer which relates somewhere else, but with these it seems like they're just games, like there's no other point to them. There probably is. Any advice? There is definitely a a point to them. Each game grid has a coloured dot next to it. |
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Post by jabberwock on Jun 13, 2016 15:33:58 GMT
I could use a pointer from anyone who understands the checkerboard / cylinder / illusion puzzle on page 82. I know "who" to connect this with and I can read the Morse code, but I don't understand what the puzzle is. Am I the only one stumped by this one? It might not actually be "who" you think it is--for me it was different than my initial assumption. I don't want to give anything away (because it's a cool puzzle with a great aha moment!), but I think it still preserves the puzzle if I say that (1) that puzzle is not self-contained (i.e., there is more to it than just what you see on page 82) and (2) you should think very carefully about every word in what you are told to do on page 82. Edit: Actually, I'm now realizing that I think I misinterpreted the puzzle on 82, so maybe you should disregard what I just said The puzzle on 82 did help me solve a different puzzle, but it was probably not meant to help solve that different puzzle. |
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