XWord Muggles Forum

DrTom wrote: ↑Tue Mar 28, 2023 11:50 pm So 1/3 found (the easiest) the other 2/3 escape me. Guess I'll just have to keep throwing darts. Pandora is kicking my butt as well, sigh....

Funny thing, is depending on your viewpoint, any one could be considered "the easiest". The one that was the hardest and took me the longest could easily be considered the easiest.

woozy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 2:01 am

DrTom wrote: ↑Tue Mar 28, 2023 11:50 pm So 1/3 found (the easiest) the other 2/3 escape me. Guess I'll just have to keep throwing darts. Pandora is kicking my butt as well, sigh....

Funny thing, is depending on your viewpoint, any one could be considered "the easiest". The one that was the hardest and took me the longest could easily be considered the easiest.

Agreed! I wonder which 1/2 of my 2/3 is the easiest - or if it's the piece that still eludes me!

Crossed the MOAT! Such great fun. I had a bit of a challenge getting my answer submitted correctly. Mostly typing errors.

Finally found the missing element this morning. This was a pretty amazing effort by Ben.

Guess I'll wait for nudges...again!

Sitting on just one third here, but enjoying the journey and loving the concept, Ben

I’m also in the 2/3 club. Thought I might have the 3rd, but crosshare said no.

Another 24 hours and only 3 solvers have been added, bringing us to 26:

Pair O Ducks
lbray53
markhr

From the comments it sounds like some of you are close. Hopefully the nudges (due Friday morning, Australia time) will help!

Friday morning! Before I release the nudges, here's who solved the murder since last time:

Darrell
Spid4567
MrTheHan
DrTom

We're up to 30. Let's see if nudges can help all those struggling sleuths out there!

Nudges, in order of increasing blatancy:

1. You have to find three pieces of information: the name of the murderer, the location the murder took place, and the murder weapon.

2. If you don't know the game, Cluedo, then you will need to use Google. You will need to use a process of elimination to discover two of the three pieces of information.

3. Some of the clues end in a room that can be found on the Cluedo game board. The room that is not referenced will be the murder location.

4. The grid entries for the clues that end in a room are also worth examining closely.

5. For the weapon, you'll need to search the grid even more closely.

Stormed the castle! Wow, @benchen71 , you have outdone yourself this time!

Nudge 3 One could argue this was the easiest to find. But I bet a lot like me thought this was the hardest and was the last to be found.

Nudge 4I think this is the one people thought was the easiest


What was fun about this puzzle was It actually uses the rules and mechanism of the board game

Got it! Really enjoyed this one, Ben, clever concept and construction

Huh, after looking at the nudges, I realize I took a completely wrong path one of the elements... It didn't feel right, but the answer was correct so I shrugged it off. I'll try to remember to post my "alternate" mechanism after the reveal.

The Moat has been crossed and castle stormed.

I absolutely loved this Meta, great idea Ben. I had 2 of 3, before going to the nudges. Y was a gimmie but I played a LOT of clue, X was close after, but Z was the tough one for me.

jhseeman wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2023 10:12 am The Moat has been crossed and castle stormed.

I absolutely loved this Meta, great idea Ben. I had 2 of 3, before going to the nudges. Y was a gimmie but I played a LOT of clue, X was close after, but Z was the tough one for me.

Y, although the easiest, was the last I found because I haven't played Clue in decades and it never occurred to me to not take the puzzle at face value. X was the first for me because it follows meta rules. But Z was were the construction is just ... wow, just, wow...I thought it was impressive when I thought "Oh, I know it's <wrong guess> because I see it" but the realize... Oh, I see all this other stuff was just ... wow

woozy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:01 pm

jhseeman wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2023 10:12 am The Moat has been crossed and castle stormed.

I absolutely loved this Meta, great idea Ben. I had 2 of 3, before going to the nudges. Y was a gimmie but I played a LOT of clue, X was close after, but Z was the tough one for me.

Y, although the easiest, was the last I found because I haven't played Clue in decades and it never occurred to me to not take the puzzle at face value. X was the first for me because it follows meta rules. But Z was were the construction is just ... wow, just, wow...I thought it was impressive when I thought "Oh, I know it's <wrong guess> because I see it" but the realize... Oh, I see all this other stuff was just ... wow

Understand and makes sense.
Fully agree about the wow factor.

jhseeman wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2023 10:12 am The Moat has been crossed and castle stormed.

I absolutely loved this Meta, great idea Ben. I had 2 of 3, before going to the nudges. Y was a gimmie but I played a LOT of clue, X was close after, but Z was the tough one for me.

All of this, except that I was an idiot and didn’t try the obvious thing to get X for a bit. Great stuff Ben, thanks.

Nudges have brought more successful detectives out of the woodwork!

hoover
ChrisCross
LindaPRmaven
BarbaraK
rjy
Account
SJ
JHSeeman
JR
Johnny Luau
somylai
Jerry Miccolis
ajk

We're up to 43 now. Last update will occur before the answer reveal!

Moat crossed --- finally. I had the first two right away, but the third had me stumped until I got a nudge from a fellow muggle. Should have had it sooner. Sometimes I just don't see what is right in front of me. Excellent construction made for a fun meta. Thanks, Ben!