From cube-lovers-errors@oolong.camellia.org Mon Jul 14 12:37:17 1997 Return-Path: cube-lovers-errors@oolong.camellia.org Received: from oolong.camellia.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oolong.camellia.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id MAA08816; Mon, 14 Jul 1997 12:37:16 -0400 Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@oolong.camellia.org Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970714113921.006aa4a4@pop.tiac.net> X-Sender: kangelli@pop.tiac.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 11:39:21 -0400 To: cube-lovers@ai.mit.edu From: karen angelli Subject: hockey puck puzzle Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I recently purchased a hockey puck puzzle from Whole Systems Design, who also brought us the Masterball. Since I received it, I've played with for only a couple of hours without beginning any systematic attempt at solving it. My initial impression is that, although it looks like is should be very easy, it may actually be pretty hare. Or, it's one of those puzzles that is so easy that I'm thinking too hard and can't see the answer. I've never heard anyone in the cube-lovers discuss the puzzle, and I wondered if any of you had any impressions of it. The puzzle has the shape, size and feel of a regulation hockey puck, and is divided into twelve wedges. It's basically a flattened masterball in which only the lines of longitude twist, and the lines of latitude do not. There are several designs, with various degrees of difficulty and redundancy. For example, on some, there are printed hockey players, Maple leafs, or American flags. On my version, the wedges are numbered consecutively from one through twelve. The pristine version is with the numbers lined up in consecutive order. I'm not really interested in learning a solution from anybody, but I would be interested in comments about whether you think the puzzle is harder or easier than it looks. YOu can see pictures of the hockey puck puzzle or order them at www.wsd.com/HockeyPuck/home. 'e-ya later, Pete.