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

7 years ago*

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Halftime bump!

7 years ago
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Excited bump!

7 years ago
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This is going to be (meta)fun bump :D

7 years ago
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7 years ago
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Bump for those puzzles are awesome! Wait puzzles are not here? No problem They still are awesome because I'm sure you prepared something great Nick :D

7 years ago
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I'm sure for seasoned veterans like you these will be a piece of cake:)

7 years ago
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3 days to wait now and I can confirm my idea for meta puzzle :D

7 years ago
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You can confirm it already, it's been updated. It's a very straightforward puzzle, and actually bruteforceable but I leave it to the bruteforcers if it's worth to try.

7 years ago
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Hmmm so it's maybe not what I thought :D

7 years ago
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Exciting! Interresting to see also that there are already 124 guesses on the first ith META puzzle, while none of the puzzles begun...

7 years ago
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My thoughts exactly! I would love to see what those guesses were...

7 years ago
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I did 4 of those, they were rather....rudimentary... :P
Working on the 1st puzzle now, got the 10 sorted....now to figure out what you want :P

edit: got it :)

7 years ago*
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Sometimes when I see an ITH that doesn't interest me or to save it for later, I just type in a random letter or gibberish just to increase the player and guess count by 1. :p

7 years ago
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Bump for solved #1 :)

7 years ago
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Got them all identified, I think I know thought I knew what you mean by the text. Will continue to cogitate.

Yay for original puzzles!

Edit: Got it! Puzzle #1 is great!

7 years ago*
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I sent you a friend request because I'd like to contribute a puzzle and maybe some bundled games.

7 years ago
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bump even though im bad at puzzles ill still enjoy this

7 years ago
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i've identified them and the certain specific similarity (i think, i hope, i pray) with one discrepancy, and now i am stuck ¯_(ツ)_/¯

7 years ago
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even from this I guess you're on a wrong track... I'll edit the puzzle a little bit to make it a bit (or a lot?) clearer what you should be doing...

7 years ago
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lmao, thanks for telling me, now i can try and figure out the right track :P

7 years ago
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Bump because this thread need to be on top of the puzzle section! :D

7 years ago
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Bump, I didn't get the first one… yeah, I have found all these folks, but I don't see any correlation.. Except they are all men and were born roughly in the same period ±8years.

7 years ago*
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Bump for solved. Awesome puzzle, excited for more :D

7 years ago
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Bump for the great start! :)

7 years ago
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found all these people, reread all the information about them, and so did not understand anything .... to hard for me

7 years ago
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If you found all the people you are close to solve it. ou just need to figure out the last part of the puzzle now.

7 years ago
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I'm at that point also 0_o

7 years ago
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That was the easiest part! You need to figure out how those guys can help you now.

7 years ago
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They can't, they are all dead

7 years ago
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That does not mean they can't help you! :D

7 years ago
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I knew it wasn't possible without a ouija board or a crystal ball…

7 years ago
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got it :)

7 years ago
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7 solvers but so far zero entries in the first giveaway -- chances are still high!

7 years ago
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Superb. Add me to the list of solvers who already have the game and therefore could not enter. I am sitting there looking at it going Hmmmm..... once I was trying to parse "scratch the nineteen", and my 12 year old daughter sitting next to me says "Why don't you try [the correct method], Daddy". Thank you sweetheart.

7 years ago
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Now we all know why you've always been such a successful solver, Mikalye -- with a talented helper at hand! ;)

7 years ago
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Aaaand I gots it. I feel like an idiot. GG, man. Hyped for the next one!

7 years ago
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Good job, welcome to the waiting game :P

7 years ago
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bump for starting second attempt to solve it :)

7 years ago
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Bump waiting 2nd puzzle :D

7 years ago
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There you go, time is running :P

7 years ago
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You post them too late! I'll try a bit and probably think more about it after some sleep ^^

7 years ago
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Bump for being a slow solver :D

7 years ago
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haha, at first I thought you were using multiple accounts on ITH :) ...I was quite surprised to see the first solver only like ten minutes after I posted the puzzle

7 years ago
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Yeah first solver was fast! I was surprised too :D

7 years ago
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Bumpy bump for the nice puzzle!

7 years ago
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Another bumpety bump :)

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