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- A poster with some cute graphics, labels and locations for the four cans (A/B/C/D), and the rules of the TRASH (Tiresias Recycling And Sanitation Heuristic) rules. | - A poster with some cute graphics, labels and locations for the four cans (A/B/C/D), and the rules of the TRASH (Tiresias Recycling And Sanitation Heuristic) rules. | ||
| − | - A whiteboard showing the Daily Log, which describes the starting position of the TRASH cans (can A has recyclables, can B has garbage, can C has recyclables, and can D has garbage. (Can C | + | - A whiteboard showing the Daily Log, which describes the starting position of the TRASH cans (can A has recyclables, can B has garbage, can C has recyclables, and can D has garbage. (Can C had recyclables, and Chronos put more -namely, the envelope - in it.) The whiteboard also shows the daily ending condition, which is that can C must be empty. |
- The TRASH rules form a four-dimensional maze. The assistant janitor has a detailed description of the maze. Janitors move from place to place in the maze by moving contents from one can to another. | - The TRASH rules form a four-dimensional maze. The assistant janitor has a detailed description of the maze. Janitors move from place to place in the maze by moving contents from one can to another. | ||
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- The goal of the maze is to get can C empty again. The shortest solution to do so takes 26 steps. Players must find the exact final position (i.e., know the contents of each can) to be allowed to look in one of the cans. | - The goal of the maze is to get can C empty again. The shortest solution to do so takes 26 steps. Players must find the exact final position (i.e., know the contents of each can) to be allowed to look in one of the cans. | ||
| − | - | + | - Though the envelope actually could travel one of several paths (due to splitting can contents), it turns out that only the principal's office can currently has recyclables, so it must be there. |
| − | - Using the notation E, G, R, B for Empty, Garbage, Recycling, Both, the starting position is | + | - Using the notation E, G, R, B for Empty, Garbage, Recycling, Both, the starting position is RGRG. The correct route through the maze is: |
| − | + | 0) RGRG | |
| − | + | 1) RGBG | |
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| + | 7) GGGB | ||
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| + | 8) EGGB | ||
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| + | 9) EGRG | ||
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| + | 10) EGBG | ||
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| + | 11) EBBG | ||
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| + | 12) EBRG | ||
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| + | 14) GBRB | ||
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| + | 15) GRRB | ||
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| + | 16) BRRB | ||
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| + | 17) BRRR | ||
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| + | 18) BERR | ||
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| + | 19) BEBR | ||
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| + | 20) BRBR | ||
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| + | 21) BRBB | ||
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| + | 22) BRGB | ||
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| + | 23) GRGB | ||
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| + | 24) GBGB | ||
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==Puzzle Answer== | ==Puzzle Answer== | ||
Revision as of 19:04, 10 December 2011
Contents
Order
3.08
Status
::MOCKUP::
Location
High School, 1986.
Type
Mandatory Puzzle
Plot Setup
Players have travelled to 1986 only to find the locker and the nearby trash can empty. The trash can has a sign on it directing players to another location at the school, where they find a complicated set of instructions dictating how trash gets moved around by Tiresias. They must figure out Tiresias' system to discover where the envelope currently is.
Props
The envelope, locker hallway garbage can with sign, poster with TRASH rules, whiteboard with the TRASH daily log, pile of blank paper, magnets or other 1"-diameter round objects in sets of 4, principal's office garbage can (with basketball hoop and some garbage inside), 1986-appropriate basketball poster for principal's office.
Plot Point to Convey
The players need to find the envelope so they can break the infinite time loop in which they're caught.
Short Description
Locate the letter after Chronos discards it.
Detailed Description
Present at the puzzle site are:
- A poster with some cute graphics, labels and locations for the four cans (A/B/C/D), and the rules of the TRASH (Tiresias Recycling And Sanitation Heuristic) rules.
- A whiteboard showing the Daily Log, which describes the starting position of the TRASH cans (can A has recyclables, can B has garbage, can C has recyclables, and can D has garbage. (Can C had recyclables, and Chronos put more -namely, the envelope - in it.) The whiteboard also shows the daily ending condition, which is that can C must be empty.
- The TRASH rules form a four-dimensional maze. The assistant janitor has a detailed description of the maze. Janitors move from place to place in the maze by moving contents from one can to another.
- The goal of the maze is to get can C empty again. The shortest solution to do so takes 26 steps. Players must find the exact final position (i.e., know the contents of each can) to be allowed to look in one of the cans.
- Though the envelope actually could travel one of several paths (due to splitting can contents), it turns out that only the principal's office can currently has recyclables, so it must be there.
- Using the notation E, G, R, B for Empty, Garbage, Recycling, Both, the starting position is RGRG. The correct route through the maze is:
0) RGRG
1) RGBG
2) RBBG
3) BBBG
4) BGBG
5) GGBG
6) GGRG
7) GGGB
8) EGGB
9) EGRG
10) EGBG
11) EBBG
12) EBRG
13) EBRB
14) GBRB
15) GRRB
16) BRRB
17) BRRR
18) BERR
19) BEBR
20) BRBR
21) BRBB
22) BRGB
23) GRGB
24) GBGB
25) GBGG
26) GBEG
Puzzle Answer
The envelope is inside the garbage can in the principal's office. The players will also need to know that the locker hallway can is empty, the principal's office can contains garbage and recyclables, and the two other cans contain garbage only.
Puzzle Solution
Budget
See props, above - probably about $100.
Credits
Erik Stuart
Manager
Erik
Hints
- This may be a fairly hard puzzle for many teams, so hints have been built in to the structure of the puzzle. Every 15 minutes, the assistant janitor will hand them a clue.
- The first clue is the assistant janitor's business card, which says "TRASH is AMAZING!" - a semi-subtle hint that the TRASH system is a (4-dimensional) maze.
- The second clue is Tiresias' business card, which lists as interests "The Fourth Dimension" and "Mazes", a strong hint that the system is a 4-D maze.
- The third clue is a flyer/brochure on how 4-D mazes work, and gives a strong example of how to represent the TRASH system as a maze.
- The assistant janitor will be able to provide further guidance for struggling teams.
Response to Correct Answer
"Yes, you can look in this trash can". (The players will find the envelope, at which point they can change the writing on the newspaper and place the envelope in Wesley's locker.)
To Do
Create poster, get props
