Unanswered Questions
30 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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The Snake and the Hunter
The Snake and the Hunter is a game for two players who play in two rounds interchanging the roles of snake and hunter. The game is played in a rectangular grid of points, say 6×6. In both rounds the ...
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Is it possible to create a knot that is locked only when the rope is stretched?
Is it possible to create a knot that is stable/locked when the rope is stretched?
When the tension is relived the knot should open.
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Logic and geometry problem 2
My question is whether or not a deadlock can occur in Crisscross. A deadlock is defined as a position, an arrangement of checkers, in which the board has been filled but neither player has won.
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Dots and boxes, 2 against 1
To start the Monthly Topic Challenge #3: Pencil and Paper Games :
A simple question (not necessarily with a simple answer).
3 fanatic dots-and-boxes players come together.
Of course no one wants to ...
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Who wins the game of "Sticky Gomoku" on an infinite board?
This is a Gomoku like game, played by two players with Go pieces (black and white stones) on an infinite (in all four directions) Go board.
Rules
Four in a row: players alternate turns placing a ...
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Best moves for a 7X7 4 queen board
There is a 7x7 board and 2 players, each having 2 queens. The queens can move just like the queens in chess, but cannot capture each other. At the beginning, the first player places both the queens on ...
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How many items are there in the lab?
I am looking for how to complete the following question so that it gives a unique solution. Maybe somebody can give a visual solution.
A lab contains experimental equipment. 24 items are ready to use ...
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Creating accessible crosswords
Often, crosswords* posted to Puzzling have at least one of the grid or clues in an image. For visually impaired, blind, and/or screen-reader using people, or those who can't see images for some other ...
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King 2 men, but don't kill a man
I found mention of this challenge in a Science paper called "Checkers is solved" from 1996, but no example was given.
Beginning at starting position, play moves according to rules of ...
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Are infinite loops possible in the game Prodway?
I'd like to know if infinitely repeating sequences of moves (i.e. cycles) are possible in the following game:
Prodway is a game for two players (Black and White) that is
played on an initially empty ...
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Police and Thieves
I played this game when I was young, but cannot find it online. It is played on a checkers board (e.g. the black squares of a chess board) between two players P and T. The game goes as follows:
P ...
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Do minecart puzzles like this, with buttons that rotate track, exist?
This is the end result of me messing around with minecarts and moving floors.
The buttons change the orientation of either their nearest or their same-color track. Now I'm not asking you to solve the ...
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Ideas on spatial puzzles for a city walk
Background.
With the relaxation of covid-related restrictions, there was a need for intelligent city walks. Walk here is a moving between city objects by a certain (deterministic/stochastic) route.
I ...
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How to create a puzzle from a pre-existing, fixed data source?
Examples of what I mean:
Instructions lead puzzlers to a library where the names of donors are inscribed on bricks out front. Along with some piece of information that is given to them on a piece of ...
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Seeking Software to Convert Line Drawings into Connect-the-Dots Puzzles
I am on the lookout for a software solution, whether free or premium, that is capable of transforming line drawing images into connect-the-dots puzzles. My interest lies in both vector and bitmap ...
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