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So, here is a small puzzle that only contains 22 pieces. Don't laugh, putting it back together is a lot harder than you might think at first. All pieces are different and the goal is to assemble them to produce a rectangle of this size: _______________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |_______________________________________________| Got it? OK, here are the pieces: _ _ ________ _ _ ________ _| |_| | (_ (_ _| |_| | (_ (_ (_ _) _) _) _) _) _) _) _) (_ ( ( (_ (_ ( ( ( ) | 13 | ) ) | 20 | | 1 | _) _) | 16 | _) _) (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ (_ _) _) )_ _ ) _) _) )__ __) (_______( |_| |_| (__ __( |_| |_| _ __ __ __| |__| |_| | ________________ _) _) (_ (_ (_ 5 (_ _) 8 _) ) _ _ _ ) (__ __ _ _( |__| |__| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| _ ____ __ _| |_| |_| | _ _ _ | (_ | |_| |____| |__ | 9 _) (_ (_ | _ _ _ _( _) 19 _) |_| |_| |_| |_| (_______________( __ __ _ _ ________ _ _ | |_| | _| |_| | | (_ | |_| |_ _) _) | (_ | 4 _) (_ | (_ 2 (_ | 3 _) | _ _( _) 6 | )_ _ ) | _ _( |_| |_| (_______| |_| |_| |_| |_| _ _ _ _ _ _ | |_| |_ _ _ _| |_| | | |_| |_ (_ (_ _| |_| | | _) (_ (_ _) 7 _) | (_ | 11 (_ _) 12 _) ( _ _( | 10 _) | _ _) ( _ ( |_| |_| |_______( |_| |_| |__| |__| _ _ _ _ _| |_| | _ _______ | |_| |_ _) _) __| |__ (_ | (_ | (_ 14 |_ (_ (_ _) 17 | _) 18 | ) _ ) _) 15 _) (_ _ | (_ _ | |__| |__| (_______( |_| |_| |_| |_| _ _ _ _ | |_| |_ | |_| |_ _) | _) | (_ 21 | |_ 22 | )_ _ | )_ _ | |_| |_| |_| |_| Some additional information: 1) if you want to give this a try, a text editor with a block copy is a must, 2) none of the pieces need to be rotated, 3) consecutively numbered pieces do not touch each other (ex: 7 does not touch either 6 or 8, not even diagonally), and 4) when combining certain pieces it's possible that a parenthesis or a vertical bar will replace an underscore. For example, when combining __ __ | |_| | _ _ _ _) _) | |_| |____| |__ (_ 2 (_ and (_ (_ )_ _ ) _) 19 _) |_| |_| (_______________( like this: __ __ | |_| | _) _) (_ 2 (_ )_ _ ) _ | |_| |_|__| |__ (_ (_ _) 19 _) (_______________( the underscore over the 1 had to be replaced by the vertical bar. Sol'n included below... _______________________________________________ | (_ (_ (_ (_ | | 4 _) _) 8 _) _) 17 | | _ _( (__ __ _ _( (_ _ | |_| |_| | 20 | |_| |_| |_| | 13 | |_| |_| | _) _) _) _) _) | | 11 (_ (_ 2 (_ (_ (_ 21 | | _ _)__ __)_ _ ) )_ _ )_ _ | |_| |_| |_| | |_| |_| 16 | |_| |_| |_| |_| | (_ (_ (_ (_ | | 9 _) 12 _) _) 7 _) 18 | | _ _ _ _( _ (__ __( _ _(_ _ | |_| |_| |_| |_| |__| |__| |_| |_| |_| | |_| |_| | (_ _) _) _) | | 3 _) (_ 5 (_ 14 |_ 22 | | _ _( ) _ _ _ ) _ )_ _ | |_| |_| | 1 |__| |__| |_| |_|__| |__| |_| |_| | (_ (_ (_ (_ | | 10 _) _) 15 _) 19 _) 6 | |_______(_______(_______(_______________(_______| Article 8312 in rec.puzzles: From: fisher2557@iscsvax.uni.edu Subject: 4x4x4 Puzzle! Date: 4 Mar 92 06:40:43 GMT Organization: University of Northern Iowa Lines: 60 I had a few requests to bring on the next block puzzle, so here it is: _____ _____ _____ |\ \ |\ \ |\ \ | \ ...\ | \____\ __|_\____\ ____| :\ \__ _________| | |___ _|\ \ | |\ \: \____\ \ |\ : \| | \ |\| \____\ | | \____* | |__\ | \ ...:____*....|____\ | * | |..| | | :\| | | | :\ \ : : | | ::| | | \| : *____| | \: \____\ : : | \: |....| | *____:____:____| \ | |__:____:____| \ | |__| \| | \| | *____| *____| _____ _____ _|\ \ |\ \ |\| \____\ | \____\ | * | |___ __________ ____| | | | ::| | \ |\ : _\___ |\ \| | \: |....| ...\ | \____:.|\ \ | \ ...*....| \ | |\ \ | | |\| \____\ | :\ \ | \| | \ ...\ \| | * | | \: \ ...\ | *____| :\ \ *____| ::| | \ :\ \_| \: \____\ \: |....| \: \____\ \ | | \ | | \ | | \| | \| | \| | *____| *____| *____| _____ _____ _____ _|\ \__ _____ |\ \ |\___ \ |\| \____\ \ |\ \| \____\ _|\ \.\ | * | |__\ | \....* | | |\| \____\ \ | ::| | | | :\ :| | __|_* | |__\ _\:_*____| | \: \____|____| |\ \| | | |\ : \_| \ | |\ \ | \____*....|__| | \____:____\ \| | \____\ | | : | | | : | *____| | | \| : | \| : | \| | *____:____| *____:____| *____| _____ _____ _____ |\ \ |\ \ |\ \ _____ | \ .._\___ | \____\ | \ ...\ |\ \ | :\ |\ \ | | | | :\ \| \____\ \: \| \____\ |:| | \: \ ...* | |___ _\__* | | __|_*____| \ :\ \| | \ |\ \| | |\ : \ \: \____*....|____\ | \____*....| | \____:____\ \ | : : | | | : | | | : | \| : : | \| : | \| : | *____:____:____| *____:____| *____:____| THERE! Now arrange these blocks to from a cube 4x4x4 units in size. Extra credit for those who can solve this puzzle in their head!! 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Here is how characters behave when flipped: . | . ( | ) \ | / _ | _ - | - ` | ' ---+--- ---+--- ---+--- ---+--- ---+--- ---+--- | ( | ) / | \ | | , | | | | + | + v | v ---+--- ---+--- ---+--- | | | + | + ^ | ^ empty place for other | "flippable" characters: ---+--- | There are missing entries in the above chart. This means that piece containing charactes with missing entries cannot be flipped in certain direction. Pieces containg characters not in above chart cannot be flipped at all. For example, flipping upside-down an underscore "_" or dot is forbidden. Flipping horizontally a comma "," is forbidden too, but you can flip it upside down, and then the resulting "`" can be flipped in both directions. After any flipping has been applied, Krogg's rules apply: > two pieces that fit togather like so: > ,-------.----. > | __/ | > | (_ | > | _/ | > | ( | > `----`-------' > are drawn like so: > ,-------. .----. > | __/ __/ | > | (_ (_ | > | _/ _/ | > | ( ( | > `----` `-------' And finally, here are the pieces, some of them flipped, most are not: v--+ |-_ /\____/\ /\ v-----------. / | | \ \ / +---' ( \ _-| / | | \ / \ | / \ / \ ) | \ | / | / \ / / | |/\ ( ^----.-+ | / /\__ \ / \ | \/ | / ) | )/ \ | /\/\ .--'| `-+ \/\ | ^--^ v-v \ \/ | v------v \| v----v / ( ( | ) / | \_ / ) \ /`-' / / __ /\ | _-' / / \ / \____/ / `--'\ |__-' `--' \/ /( `----+ \ / \ v---------. | \ _ __ (`----+ ) ) \_ __--__ | ( | / \/ | \ / ' (| ) | / ( v-----v \/ || ^--------' / ) ( ) || ^-------------^ \ ( / \ /\__ /\__ \____/ ( \/\ ) __| ) __| __---__ \ \ \/ \/ )____ `-_ /`-----| `--'\ | )____ `-_ / | \ | v-----v ) / \,------^ \| | \_ \ ( /\ | __/ /`--'\ \| ____ / \__ | _| ( \ ` ____) | \ __) | / \ \ ( | / / | / +-. ) .----\ \/\ .--' ^--^ |/ | | (_/ \/ ^ .-` | ____/\ /`-'| .----\ ( | /\ / / / | _/ \ \ | / | \ \ / | | \ |`-+ \ | / | | \ | | \ .---' | | \ | \ | ^-----^ | /\__| \__/ v' / \/` \ | \) \_) ( | /`--'\ __ / | ( / ___/ \ .---'\ ) \ / | \ \ | ) / \ | ) \___| \ + \ (_ __) \ | | \ | \ | / \ +---' ,-----| \.--` \ / ^-------------^ \ | \/ \ | ,---v /\ (\ \ | | \ / \ / \ \ | | / / \ \ \ ^-^ | / / | \ \ | / + | \ \ | / | / ) ( |/ \__ ( `--' |/ From: VK After applying my trusted old knife to some of the pieces... ...and breaking the rules for a couple of them... ...I finally came to this result: .----------v----v--v------v-----v-v-----------. | __---__ _/ | \ ( ) \ _-| |)____ `-_ | \ \ ( \ / | | (____ `-__| /\____/\____/\ \ / | | ) / ( \ \ /`--'\ / | |`--. /\/\ ( | / / \ )/) /\| | \/ /\| | / | / / \/ | | ) `---+--^-----^----.-+ / / | |`-'\ /\ | | | / /\ | | \ / \ | | '--./ / \ | | \/ \ | | ) ( ( | | || \ | | /`--'\ / | |__/\ || +-'| | / )/ | | (/ \ | | | / / \___| | /\/ ) __/\ `v-----v------'\/----. 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