A Trainful of (Painful?) Puzzles [FINISHED - SOLUTIONS IN PROGRESS]

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A TRAINFUL OF (PAINFUL?) PUZZLES

What is this?
This is a puzzle event. Yay! Let's call it a train even though it really isn't a train -- but "train" is such a popular catchword around here that I felt I should use it no matter what. Anyway, there are two months worth of puzzles awaiting you, altogether 22 of them, all of various difficulty and design (some common on SG, some -- I hope -- entirely new and unheard of).

What is it for?
The main purpose of this event is to have fun and provide some exercise for those little grey cells. The puzzles are not meant to be hardcore, and I believe any average solver should make it to the final metapuzzle. This is also my little giveback event and a humble homage to all the great puzzlemakers here on SteamGifts.

How about the gibs?
No worries. There will be gifts for solving each puzzle and a little extra treasure for solving the metapuzzles. Everything will be restricted to level 1+ and a basic SGTools check.

How long will the giveaways be open?
I will post a new puzzle every three days. Each giveaway will last for ten days. This means we will have several things running at the same time and it might get a bit messy but I will try to make it as organized as humanly possible. (I chose this unusual format for my event to make all puzzles /except for metapuzzles and the bonus puzzle/ accessible to everyone. Even if you fail seventeen times you can still try your luck with the eighteenth one -- and maybe succeed.)

Will there be... er... any hints?
You haven't even seen the puzzles yet! But yes, of course, since you will need to solve all 18 of them to get to the final metapuzzle, I feel a hint system of some sort is a necessity. I will be even as generous to give two hints for each puzzle. Will they be free for everyone? Yes... kind of. The schedule for hints will probably vary, depending on how much will people struggle with given puzzles.

Can I contribute to this event?
Oh, glad you asked! Yes, definitely. If you have any unused keys lying around, if you planned to hide your next giveaway from bots anyway, if you just want to make this event even more awesome, please don't hesitate and contact me. The more the merrier! Thanks a lot in advance.

PUZZLE	GIBS	STATUS	HINTS	SOLUTIONS
1. The Magnificent Ten	FINISHED	OPEN	Hint 1.1, Hint 1.2	LINK
2. One Dot Dot	FINISHED	OPEN	Hint 2.1, Hint 2.2	LINK
3. Quipu	FINISHED	OPEN	Hint 3.1, Hint 3.2	LINK
4. Wall of Numbers	FINISHED	OPEN	Hint 4.1, Hint 4.2	LINK
5. Piggy Time	FINISHED	OPEN	Hint 5.1, Hint 5.2	LINK
6. A Shortlist	FINISHED	OPEN	Hint 6.1, Hint 6.2	LINK
7. Broken Nonogram	FINISHED	OPEN	Hint 7.1, Hint 7.2	LINK
8. Chesswords	FINISHED	OPEN	Hint 8.1, Hint 8.2	TO BE DONE
META 1	FINISHED	OPEN	nope	LINK
9. Dungeon of Liars	FINISHED	OPEN	Hint 9.1, Hint 9.2	TO BE DONE
10. Version 101.2	FINISHED	OPEN	Hint 10.1, Hint 10.2	LINK
11. Sniper	FINISHED	OPEN	Hint 11.1, Hint 11.2	LINK
12. Word Search with a Twist	FINISHED	OPEN	Hint 12.1, Hint 12.2	LINK
13. Cabal of Pleasure	FINISHED	OPEN	Hint 13.1, Hint 13.2	LINK
14. 8E28	FINISHED	OPEN	Hint 14.1, Hint 14.2	LINK
META 2	FINISHED	OPEN	nope	LINK
15. Mastermind	FINISHED	OPEN	Hint 15.1, Hint 15.2	LINK
16. Starry Night	FINISHED	OPEN	Hint 16.1, Hint 16.2	LINK
17. No Way Out	FINISHED	OPEN	Hint 17.1, Hint 17.2	LINK
18. The Magnificent Seven	FINISHED	OPEN	Hint 18.1, Hint 18.2	LINK
META 3	FINISHED	OPEN	nope	LINK
BONUS	FINISHED	OPEN	nope	LINK

Notable contributors: Potvora, Ameto, Cornpops

6 years ago*

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redsweater

Bump for meta 3. I didn't think I was going to get it, thanks for the hints.

The planning involved in this is remarkable. Thanks for the puzzles, and of course the GAs, too.

6 years ago