The prison governor surveys the three petty thieves in his panopticon.
"Next week is my birthday. I've a mind to free some of you, if you can solve a little puzzle of mine."
"I'm going to put you in separate cells. Then I'll give each of you a nine digit code. If you can communicate your code ...
Since the last puzzle got cheesed, we're adding a new restriction (in italics)
Fold the shape into a rectangle such that the rectangle is 8 layers thick everywhere. All folds must be orthogonal.
Although solutions are not required to be applicable in real life, using an actual sheet of paper is ...
Fold the shape into a rectangle such that the rectangle is 3 layers thick everywhere.
Although solutions are not required to be applicable in real life, using an actual sheet of paper is a great visualization tool.
A puzzle for this type of orgami puzzle game made by Ωmega_3301, similar to this ...
On the day that Stiv posted the clue, I actually went on Nutrimatic and found that "spear snouted" was an anagram of "pot era ends US", and it fit the enumeration, and it sounded like an apt expression for being "distant" (if you're spear-snouted then perhaps you keep your distance from people by a spear's length or more, or perhaps people stay away from you because they might get caught by the metaphorical spear), but I was doubting it as it wasn't a common phrase online.
Well, as "explosive" can mean "capable of exploding", it might be an anagram indicator. But again, I don't want to resort to Qat or anything like that yet
Is it possible for a deadlock to occur in Necklace? Can there be a square on which neither Red nor Blue can place a stone?
If it is possible, I need to see an example of that.
If a deadlock is not possible, I need proof of that.
Necklace rule sheet
@DannyuNDos There's no rule. I've seen a rule of thumb of 24 hours; some wait longer. If you think it's especially hard or easy or you see people are going down the right or wrong path, that could IMO also influence your decision.
@PDT To respond to this comment that got somewhat buried, I do look at your riddle off and on but haven't yet found what I would think of as the solution. My main avenue of attack right now is through rot13(fcbggvat cnvef bs eulzvat jbeqf pyhrq, r.t. FUERQQVAT naq QERNQVAT, GJVQQYVAT naq QVQQYVAT, rgp.) but I haven't yet concluded if that's important or not. In time, someone will crack this, I'm sure - don't fret :)
I'm lost, personally. The second clue made me think of rot13(Grnef sbe Srnef), but then what? And the line "the heart pounds at my side" made me think of the Doctor, but, again, so what? rot13(Gurer ner fvk yvarf — vapyhqvat gur gvgyr ohg abg gur ynfg gjb — fb znlor vg'f bar yrggre sebz rnpu??) As I said, I'm lost. But, then, riddles aren't my strong suit by any means.
Riddles by nature are often difficult to see the way through even when you have some of the parts. Only once everything falls into place do you get that 'aha, this must be it!' moment :)
Fold the shape into a rectangle such that the rectangle is 2 layers thick everywhere. The grey part is not included in the puzzle; the purple part is the puzzle.
Although solutions are not required to be applicable in real life, using an actual sheet of paper is a great visualization tool.
A puz...
With n belonging to the set of real numbers, series diverges (7) Antacid originally taken by union leader (woman) (4) Flavoring – none found in Uruguayan city (5) Flavoring from Uruguayan city (5) Vehicle you used twice, obtained in island country (7) Provide me a normally-distributed sample; it shows behavior (8) Player, or manipulator of statistical distribution close to Poisson (Euler's number is involved) (8) At the onset, contradictions in its first derivative arising? Not differentiable (8)
Is it possible for a deadlock to occur in Necklace? Can there be a square on which neither Red nor Blue can place a stone?
If it is possible, I need to see an example of that.
If a deadlock is not possible, I need proof of that.
Necklace rule sheet
