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| ===== A Quick Guide to Puzzle Box Solving Methods ===== | ===== A Quick Guide to Puzzle Box Solving Methods ===== |
| Many years ago puzzle boxes were introduced to the original version of our game.[sup][font size="2"]([a href="#fn1"]1[/a])[/font][/sup] | Many years ago puzzle boxes were introduced to the original version of our game.(( References to these games can be found in archived websites relating to the original game via the google search engine from as early as 2002.)) |
| These were 5 x 5 grids meant to emulate a game that first became a popular | These were 5 x 5 grids meant to emulate a game that first became a popular |
| craze between 1870 and the 1880's.[sup][font size="2"]([a href="#fn2"]2[/a]),([a href="#fn3"]3[/a]),([a href="#fn4"]4[/a])[/font][/sup] | craze between 1870 and the 1880's.((Unknown, untitled, //The Weekly Bill Poster// (Pontiac, Michigan), 10 March 1880, archived digital images, //Digital Michigan Newspapers// (https://digmichnews.cmich.edu/cgi-bin/michigan?a=d&d=OaklandPWBP18800310-01.1.2 : accessed 27 March 2023), page 2, column 1. Note: This article indicates (without citing a source) an origination year of 1870 and an associated name for this game of "//Eight-to-seven//.")),((Johnson, Wm. Woolsey, "Notes on the `15' Puzzle." //American Journal of Mathematics//, 1879, volume 2, page 4. Online archives. (1879) //The Internet Archive//. (https://archive.org/details/sim_american-journal-of-mathematics_1879_2/page/397/mode/1up : 2023). See also the article following this by William E. Story.)),((Tait, P.G., "Note on the Theory of the `15 Puzzle.'" //Proceedings of the Royal Society//, pages 664-665. Online archives. (1878) //The Internet Archive//. (https://ia801307.us.archive.org/1/items/proceedings1018781880roya/proceedings1018781880roya_bw.pdf : 2023).)) |
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| In the game a player is presented with a picture broken into 24 square pieces and subsequently scrambled. One piece is blank and is the key to solving the puzzle. In order to solve this puzzle it is important to find an image of what | In the game a player is presented with a picture broken into 24 square pieces and subsequently scrambled. One piece is blank and is the key to solving the puzzle. In order to solve this puzzle it is important to find an image of what |
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| <fn id=fn1>1. References to these games can be found in archived websites relating to the original game via the google search engine from as early as 2002.</fn></br> | |
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| <fn id=fn2>2. Unknown, untitled, <i>The Weekly Bill Poster</i> (Pontiac, Michigan), 10 March 1880, archived digital images, <i>Digital Michigan Newspapers</i> (<a href="https://digmichnews.cmich.edu/cgi-bin/michigan?a=d&d=OaklandPWBP18800310-01.1.2">https://digmichnews.cmich.edu/cgi-bin/michigan?a=d&d=OaklandPWBP18800310-01.1.2</a> : accessed 27 March 2023), page 2, column 1. Note: This article indicates (without citing a source) an origination year of 1870 and an associated name for this game of "<i>Eight-to-seven</i>."</fn></br> | |
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| <fn id=fn3>3. Johnson, Wm. Woolsey, "Notes on the `15' Puzzle." <i>American Journal of Mathematics</i>, 1879, volume 2, page 4. Online archives. (1879) <i>The Internet Archives</i>. <a href="https://archive.org/details/sim_american-journal-of-mathematics_1879_2/page/397/mode/1up">https://archive.org/details/sim_american-journal-of-mathematics_1879_2/page/397/mode/1up</a> : 2023. See also the article following this by William E. Story.</fn></br> | * Zencro - 2 April 2023 |
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| <fn id=fn4>4. Tait, P.G., "Note on the Theory of the `15 Puzzle.'" <i>Proceedings of the Royal Society</i>, pages 664-665. Online archives. (1878) <i>The Internet Archives</i>. <a href="https://ia801307.us.archive.org/1/items/proceedings1018781880roya/proceedings1018781880roya_bw.pdf">https://ia801307.us.archive.org/1/items/proceedings1018781880roya/proceedings1018781880roya_bw.pdf</a> : 2023.</fn></br> | ---- |
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