Sequential Discovery Puzzles

Not one of the regular Hordern or Slocum puzzle classification categories the term Sequential Discovery puzzle has been heard more and more recently. It certainly one of Brian's favourites both to design and when solving other people's designs.

	Houdini's Torture Cell sequential discovery take apart puzzle	QTY:
	Edward Hordern IPP Puzzle Exchange - Berlin, Germany August, 2011 Designed, made and presented by Brian Young @ Mr Puzzle. The last of a very small number now available. Brian has been able to source a small amount of the acrylic tube he needed to complete the last few of these puzzles hae had already cut out. Once sold he won't be making them again. The object of the puzzle is to free Houdini from The Torture Cell. To do that you'll have to discover the tools and work out how to use them. The idea for Houdini's Torture Cell came from one of the locks in the incredibly complex The Opening Bat puzzle (part of Limited Edition 2010 series http://www.mrpuzzle.com.au/category86_1.htm). Brian felt the idea was unique and very satisfying to solve so he revisited the idea and changed it to present in a way that would suit IPP; this way it's available for lots more people to experience a great 'Ah Ha' moment. The puzzle has been presented in such a way that most elements of the puzzle are visible to you. The puzzle is to then work out how to use them to solve it. After discovering these tools you can literally sit and think about the solution without even touching the puzzle. Another feature that Brian builds into these types of sequential discovery puzzles is to give you something to find almost immediately; better to maintain interest in the puzzle. You'll find that with this puzzle too. WINNER: One of two Jury First Prizes in the Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Completition 2012 http://www.puzzleworld.org/designcompetition/

Lotus sequential discovery puzzle

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The response to our latest newsletter has been overwhelming and current stock of this puzzle is sold out. A new order is on it's way due early July. If you would like to be wait listed for this next batch please email mrpuzzle@mrpuzzle.com.au

The object of the Lotus is to find the Lotus Flower.

To do this you need to remove an aluminum circular disc with a rod running through the centre. But if you think you've done the puzzle by then you're very much mistaken.

The Lotus is based on the Yen Puzzle which was invented by Wil back in 1979. That puzzle had a wooden frame with a nail in it that held a Japanese Yen Coin. This new puzzle is beautifully machined from anodised blue aluminum and has additional secrets not found in the original design. Those secrets are where the puzzle gets it's name Lotus Flower and until you understand the reason for the name it can be said you have not solved the puzzle.

There are many, many step in this puzzle. Many small parts. No banging, no tapping, no external tools, no force in any way; just enjoy the puzzle and find the secrets of the Lotus Flower.

The First Box sequential discovery puzzle

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This is the improved metal version of the first puzzle box Wil designed back in 1984. But in reality this is a sequential discovery puzzle not a puzzle box as most understand a puzzle box to be.

The puzzle is to remove the gold annodised metal rod inside. To do this you do not need any tapping, no magnets and no external tools. Everything you need to solve the puzzle can be found inside the puzzle itself. The puzzle is made more difficult because you cannot see anything inside the box as you're solving it.

When you start the puzzle you can see into the hole in the bottom of the box that the gold anodised metal rod has a sad face on the end. You'll have done the puzzle when you've removed the rod and put it back so that you can look into the bottom of the box and see a smiley face on the rod.

An elegant solution. This means that no element of luck is necessary to solve the puzzle. It can be solved at will with distinct and definite moves.

	A Plugged Well sequential discovery puzzle	QTY:
	Edward Hordern IPP Puzzle Exchange - Washington DC, August 2012 Presented by Matthew Dawson. Designed and made by Brian Young @ Mr Puzzle. The challenge is to work your way through the puzzle to find the barrel of oil. You've inherited this oil well from Uncle Bubba who plugged it in a very tricky way back in the 1960's when oil was selling for under $3 a barrel. With oil now over $100 a barrel the challenge is to unplug the well. You'll know you've got the oil flowing again when you find the barrel of oil. Can you pitch your wits against Uncle Bubba and work out how he plugged the well? You will have to discover a range of tools and work out how to use them, some are very well disguised, to reach the final goal. No physical force at all is required to open the drawer when it’s unlocked. If you find yourself forcing something you are doing something the puzzle was not designed to do.

	Washington Monument sequential discovery puzzle	QTY:
	Edward Hordern IPP Puzzle Exchange - Washington DC, August 2012 Presented, made and designed by Brian Young @ Mr Puzzle Australia Awarded 3rd Prize for Themed Puzzle Award There’s Red, While & Blue on the flags. There’s the White monument on a Red base. Can you find the other Blue? If you keep searching you’ll find it inside the puzzle. And we’re not referring to the use of “blue” language or going “blue” in the face (excuse our Aussie slang) with frustration. The object of the puzzle is to unlock and open it, find the blue, close and relock it. You’ll have solved the puzzle when you can complete these two stages. First stage Lock all gravity pins inside the round base of the obelisk so they do not move. This will allow you to remove the obelisk from the base. If you open the puzzle by chance then the gravity pins will still move freely; this is not the intended solution. The first stage is not completed until the gravity pins are locked inside the round base. Second stage Unlock the gravity pins so they flow freely again. This allows you to lock the obelisk back in the square base. You could find that relocking the puzzle might be more challenging than unlocking it was. All the tools you’ll require to do the puzzle are given with the puzzle. The puzzle we’ve presented is a representation of the Washington Monument, right down to the lightening rod in the top, which can come out, so be careful not to lose it. You’ll more than likely need it to complete the puzzle.

	Cannonball cast take apart puzzle	QTY:
	Difficulty - Hard close to Extreme The puzzle is to remove the cannonball from this curious brass cannon. This is one of a group of Take Apart puzzles that some refer to as Progressive Move puzzles. There is no simple, single move, straighforward solution.

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	Edward Hordern Puzzle Exchange - Gold Coast, Australia, August 2007 Presented by Brian Young. Made by Brian Young @ Mr Puzzle Australia. Designed by Brian Young. The object is to get the 10c inside the parking meter. Make sure you reassemble the parking meter with the 10c correctly inside. Getting money out of a parking meter is usually illegal so please don't try to do that with this puzzle! The puzzle does not easily slot into one of the regular Hordern or Slocum categories so we have called it a Sequential-Discovery puzzle. Yes, it is a Take-Apart puzzle. It is also a Put-Together puzzle. There are a number of different challenges you will have to complete to do the puzzle. No external tools are necessary for disassembly or reassembly of the puzzle, although you will have to find tools within, and determine how to use them, to complete the puzzle. You can reassemble the puzzle in reverse using all the tools the same as when you took it apart. But there is a way of using one of the tools in a slightly different way to create an easier assembly. The puzzle will still be able to be disassembled the original way. See if you can find it... Puzzle made from Yellow Leichhardt. Stand made from Mackay Cedar. Yellow Leichhardt was used because of it's distinctive bright yellow colour to try to match the golden colour that parking meters on the Gold Coast are painted. Size: 160mm x 30mm x 80mm. Independant review of this puzzle: http://www.puzzlemad.co.uk/2011/11/gold-coast-parking-meter.html Click this link to view some photos from IPP27 Edward Hordern Puzzle Exchange. Brian generally stives to theme puzzles relating to where IPP is being held and because he was close to home this year he was able to go "all out" by having Sophie, a Gold Coast Meter Maid, as his very capable (and popular) exchange assistant. Meter Maids were first seen in Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast in 1965 to try to help beat the bad image created by the installation of parking meters. Gorgeous girls in gold bikinis fed coins into expired parking meters to prevent tourists from being fined, causing quite a controversy at the time. They are still seen in Surfers today although they are generally hired by local businesses these days.

SEARious Burr 13 piece burr with secret lock

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Edward Hordern Puzzle Exchange - Chicago, USA, August 2003
Another completely new design by Brian Young.

The puzzle is to take the SEARious burr apart. Modelled on Chicago's tallest building, the Sears Tower, Brian created this 13 piece interlocking burr. But it's so much more than just an interlocking burr; incorporating the use of tools supplied as part of the puzzle it's biggest challenge is to open the secret lock. It will take 13 moves to unlock the secret internal mechanism. (The elegant solutions does not involve force, or banging, or hitting against another surface).

Considering it has no gravity pins or magnets Brian considers it to be the hardest progressive move discovery puzzle he's designed so far.

Is 13 your lucky number?

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