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Sliding Block Puzzles |
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These are very popular manipulative
puzzles which exploit moving pieces in the form of some
square, rectangular, triangular, circular, corner-like,
and similar blocks (tiles or solids), and a specially
shaped tray (2- or 3-dimensional) which the blocks are
put in. There is some free space in the tray so that
single blocks can slide within it. Mostly goal in
sliding block puzzles is to transform one position into
another, predetermined by some starting instructions.
Specifically, the less moves you can use to reach the
goal position, the better is your solution.
For most of sliding block puzzles you should move pieces
within a tray with no turning, rotating, or lifting,
unless another rule(s) is specified. In most cases a
starting position of a sliding block puzzle is shown on
the left, final one on the right, and an arrow is placed
between these positions. Also, these positions can be
shown in some other clear way. |
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The Mirage Puzzle
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Serhiy Grabarchuk |
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Fifteen transparent tiles and one
opaque tile are placed within a flat, 3 x 3 box with a
transparent top and bottom. All transparent tiles have
special patterns. Slide tiles to reach the goal position
with all cells showing seven dots each. Note that the central opaque tile is as thick as
two transparent tiles are. |
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Double Play |
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Larry D. Nichols |
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Double Play resembles the 15
Puzzle, with square tiles numbered 1 through 12
contained in a 4 x 4 frame along with four empty cells.
It has just one new rule: The tiles can only slide in
pairs, with one tile pushing another. Move tiles from
any given or random position (pattern) back to the Home
pattern, and bear in mind that all of the Double Play
challenges are quite difficult. Happy Puzzling!... |
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The Fish |
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by
Serhiy Grabarchuk |
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This puzzle combines a sliding
block puzzle with a matchstick puzzle. Eight matches
pasted onto square pieces within a 3 x 4 tray form a
fish which swims to the right. Slide pieces to rearrange
them so that the fish swims in the opposite direction... |
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Two Dots |
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by
Serhiy Grabarchuk |
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Seven tiles of this new sliding
block puzzle are made as stylized letters and are placed
within a 2 x 4 tray so that they spell: TWO DOTS. Your
holiday challenge is to slide the tiles within the tray
so that to swap the Blue and Orange Dots and still have
the tiles spelling TWO DOTS. How many moves will you
need to accomplish the puzzle?... |
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Four Color Rings |
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Peter Grabarchuk |
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Segments of four color Rings are
gliding within each of eight square tiles which can
slide within a 3 x 3 tray. The initial position of the
tiles features the complete Yellow Ring. Choose a color
and slide tiles until a complete Ring of that color is
formed. There are three plus one challenge for which you
will need to be fully concentrated. But don't forget to
have a break after each challenge... |
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Bumping Squares |
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Serhiy and
Peter Grabarchuk |
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This sliding block puzzle consists
of eight square tiles. Each tile can be colored into
blue or orange color. When a tile bumps another tile it
changes its color to the color of the tile it bumps
into. I.e. if an orange tile bumps the blue one, the
orange tile changes its color into blue. If an orange
tile bumps another orange tile it does not change its
color. Sounds simply? So give it a try solving a dozen
different challenges... |
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The Five Hearts Puzzle |
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Helen Homa and Peter Grabarchuk |
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How can you mend a broken heart...
That's not only a lovely classic song, but also a core
of a newest tricky slider in which your heart challenge
is to mend not just one but whole five hearts, each in
its own color. Happy and Colorful Valentine's Day!.. |
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Halloween Slides |
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Peter Grabarchuk |
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What strange words color tiles with
nine letters can spell!... When you read what you see,
can you hear scary sounds and whispers?.. Hallowe'en
challenge comes!.. You accept it and get all in order...
Trick or Treat?.. |
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One More Square |
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Helen Homa and Peter Grabarchuk |
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How to change four color squares
into five? Not too easy challenge, but doable. Eight
patterned tiles are placed within the 3x3 board so that
four color squares are formed. Slide tiles around to get
them into another position in which five color squares
appear... |
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Return to the Future |
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by
Serhiy Grabarchuk |
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The three sport balls -- two
complete and one split into two halves -- are depicted
on the surface of six square tiles. The goal is to
rearrange the tiles so that the third ball becomes
complete. Of course, one of the two balls being on the
Start complete will split into two halves; but you can
easy choose which one it will be... |
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The Cube-Chameleon Puzzle |
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Serhiy Grabarchuk |
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It is the first and simplest
sliding block puzzle of the "chameleon" series.
Consisting of just six two-colored square tiles plus one
one-colored one, it proposes two related challenges to
solve in which you have to invert the colors of the cube
and background... |
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The 1-2-3 Puzzle |
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Peter and
Serhiy Grabarchuk |
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This sliding block puzzle is one of
the simplest of its kind, and consists of only seven
domino-like tiles with three big digits depicted on them
as shown above. Two challenges are proposed to solve in
which you have to reach two different goals... |
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Simple NEO ONE |
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Serhiy Grabarchuk |
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Two simple color words make this
puzzle. And the challenge is as simple as the words
themselves: Sliding the tiles within a 3x3 tray, change
the colors of NEO & ONE. There are two more simple tiles
in the tray, which can help to achieve the goal... |
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Sliding Maze |
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Peter Grabarchuk |
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In this puzzle your goal is to pave
an interrupted green path between red and blue boxes.
Although not all green boxes on the sliding tiles should
be part of the final path, the challenge is not as easy
as it can look on the first sight... |
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Skew Slide |
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Serhiy Grabarchuk |
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Slide red and yellow square tiles
within a diagonal square from Start to Goal in less than
32 moves. You have a lot of the same tiles in the
puzzle, but whether this makes the challenge easier or
harder you can answer just after you achieve the Goal
position... |
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Slide Fir |
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Peter Grabarchuk |
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In this puzzle its 3x4 tray is
covered with a transparent cover which has an opening in the shape of a Fir-tree. In the Start position all
blue stars decorate the Fir-tree, while all orange bulbs are
scattered around it. Your challenge is to swap stars and
bulbs... |
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The Correct Order Puzzle - R |
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Serhiy Grabarchuk |
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This puzzle is a hard version of
the Correct Order Puzzle. Every piece but one can slide
to an adjacent free space. The goal is to change the
correct order of the numbers on the square blocks to
opposite... |
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The Correct Order Puzzle |
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by
Serhiy Grabarchuk |
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It is a basic puzzle for this type
of sliding block puzzles in a 3x4 tray with nine square
blocks which make a 3x3 pattern, and a 1x2 "shuttle"
block. The goal is to restore the correct order of the
numbers on the square blocks... |
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The Christmas Slide |
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Peter Grabarchuk |
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The green Christmas-tree is
depicted on the surface of nine square pieces. Also
there are four fragments of another, blue
Christmas-tree. Your holiday challenge is to assemble
the whole, blue Christmas-tree which will look exactly
like the green one... |
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The Card Suits Suite |
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by
Serhiy Grabarchuk |
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The object of this puzzle is to
rotate the whole position of the four card suits
clockwise using a single free cell to move the pieces
within the tray. How many moves will you need to reach
the goal?.. |
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How to Outwit the Parity |
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by
Serhiy Grabarchuk |
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Everyone who has ever tried to
solve Loyd's "14-15" puzzle very soon felt some
invisible force that prevents to solve the puzzle. And
this force is so stubborn, so strong that one might
continue attempts to eternity without success. The name
of this force is the Parity... |
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