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36 Cube Contest

ThinkFun is having a contest to see who can solve their 36 Cube puzzle.  The 36 cube puzzle requires you to arrange a collection of “towers” in a 6X6 block.  Each tower is a different color and a different height, which leads us to the two rules you need to follow.  The first is that a color may appear only one in each row or column.  The second is that all of the towers must be placed so that they are all a uniform height.  The places for the towers in the cube are already at varying elevtions, such that each row or column will have only have one tower of a particular height.  The completed puzzle will then be a cube.

The first 36 contestants who can prove that they solved the puzzle will win a ThinkFun Game Club kit for the school of their choice.

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Posted by Josh in Contest/Competition,Puzzle (Tuesday December 2, 2008 at 9:11 pm)
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Games Magazine Puzzle of the Year

Gordian's KnotGordian’s Knot has been named Best Puzzle of the Year by Games magazine.  The puzzle consists of 6 interlocking pieces that must be taken apart.  The final solution is said to require 69-moves.  The press release from ThinkFun also notes that the puzzle recently appeared on the TV show Numb3rs.

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Posted by Josh in In The News,Puzzle,Uncategorized (Thursday December 14, 2006 at 9:06 pm)
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