Well I continue with my weekly 2016 puzzles, most have ended on Mondays, but given that I got this one up late following a 70+ hour work week last week, I have decided to end this on Wednesday 17 February

This is a logic puzzle (or actually 4 of them). The puzzle is called "AS EASY AS ABC" and it can be found here:
http://www.itstoohard.com/puzzle/vwTZGpzi

The prize this week is Sid Meier's Ace Patrol Bundle, consisting of
Sid Meier's Ace Patrol and Sid Meier's Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies

Mikalye

This is my sixth(or possibly seventh) 2016 puzzle after
5th Movie Stargazing (Movies and Topology) (http://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/bku0l/mikalyes-5th-2016-puzzle-movie-stargazing-ends-7-feb)
4th Queens Play (Mathematics) (http://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/tBtXy/mikalyes-4th-puzzle-anno-2070-full-pack-ga-queens-play-ends-1-feb)
3rd Keep Your Distance (logic) (http://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/V8Ggp/michaels-third-puzzle-of-2016-keep-your-distance-ended)
2nd Hunting Lie and Hoe (Wordplay) (http://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/Jo54c/mikalyes-second-giveaway-puzzle-of-2016-now-closed)
1st Mixed Bag - Not linked as I will alter one of these soon
0th History of Computer Role-Playing Games (http://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/8ayLm/my-first-puzzle-and-a-bit-of-history-at-the-same-time)

For Mikalye's Second Tricksy Riddle - This is five

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I'm glad the explanation is very short and simple :P

8 years ago
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+1

Kappa

8 years ago
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The explanation IS short and simple. It's the example that is complicated.

8 years ago
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yea,, it's actually simple,, just like sudoku...

8 years ago
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Bump for solved!

8 years ago
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Tried and tried, cant get it right, I give up.

8 years ago
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Bump for solved !

8 years ago
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Finally understood the example, then I realized that the actual puzzles in the questions are of higher dimension, with more than one blank on each row and column since we're still limited to 4 letters(?) Applying the techniques from the example didn't seem to work out here, and it only seems to get harder, so I'll leave it to some more dedicated solvers. :P

8 years ago
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You are correct, there are only 4 letters, and those in the puzzle have more than one blank in each row. But you can use that. So for example in the first puzzle, there are 3 A's in the top (and the bottom). Which means that one starts with an A, one starts with a blank then an A, and one starts with two blanks then an A. But if two of them start with blanks, and there are only two blanks in each row, then every other column starts with a letter.

The logic you have to use is very much like that of a sudoku, but more so.

8 years ago
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That last one is a hard one.

8 years ago
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solved

8 years ago
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BXXUXMXP!

8 years ago
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Congrats m3rc for getting it on the second time.

8 years ago
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Found a solution for the first question, but it wasn't accepted. XD

8 years ago
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That is odd. There is a unique solution to these, and a number of others have gotten this. Could it be a formatting issue? Remember to use an X for a blank. So the solution in the example is BXDCA, CBDAX

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Stuck at last one, almost got an entire row, but can't continue, too many possibilities.

8 years ago
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The last one is by far the hardest. Drop me a line in steam letting me know how far you have gotten, and I will see if I can hint the next step.

8 years ago
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Solved it, really is a hard one compared to the others. :)

8 years ago
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Congrats on that

8 years ago
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Bump, 26 hours to go. Only 9 solvers so far.

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had no problem solving the first one, but not inclined to solve the rest
Besides, I already have the entire GA

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