Bump for all solved. Thanks for this nice train. ^^
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Bump for partially solved, thanks for the (headache-inducing) ride, OnlyTwin :)
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And bump for ffinding all 19.
A very nice themed puzzle with a good design!
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Puzzle has ended. I'll post the solutions tomorrow later today.
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Solution to the puzzle - Tickets and Station puzzles:
Ticket for Station A Puzzle was in the main thread. 4 letters on the left side and 4 letters on the right side of the ticket add up to a ITH code.
Ticket for Station B Puzzle was in my active public Ticket to Ride - USA 1910 DLC giveaway, which was also Wagon #9. 4 letters on the left side and 4 letters on the right side of the ticket add up to a ITH code.
Tickets for Station C Puzzle were in my old public giveaways for Trainz Simulator DLCs. There were four of them, two contained the same "one way ticket" and other to: "two way ticket". 2 letters on the left side and 2 letters on the right side of the "one way ticket" and 2 letters on the left side and 2 letters on the right side of the "two way ticket" add up to a ITH code.
Station A solution was Qm9ud.
Station B solution was XM6bT.
Station C solution was RmbGw=.
Solutions in the images below.
Solution to the puzzle - Wagons 1-8:
Wagon #1 (2 passengers) - directly from solving Station A Puzzle.
Wagon #2 (2 passengers) - directly from Wagon #1.
Wagon #3 (4 passengers) - directly from Wagon #2.
Wagon #4 (2 passengers) - from Wagon #2. Clicking "PREV" link form Wagon #2 lead to a Wagon that looked like #1, but if you checked the source, you'd find this message: as.you.look.closer.you.see.that.the.dust.has.covered.part.of.the.number.and.this.is.actually.Wagon.#4.
Wagon #5 (8 passengers) - from solving a puzzle from Wagon #1 (solution in the image below). This wagon's number was written in binary.
Wagon #6 (2 passengers) - from solving a nonogram from Wagon #2 (solution in the image below).
Wagon #7 (16 passengers) - from solving a puzzle from Wagon #3 (solution in the image below).
Wagon #8 (2 passengers) - from Wagon #4 by clicking "NEXT" link.
Solution to the puzzle - Wagons 9-12 and 14-17:
Wagon #9 (32 passengers) - active public giveaway to be found on my steamgifts profile page.
Wagon #10 (2 passengers) - directly from solving Station B Puzzle.
Wagon #11 (64 passengers) - directly from Wagon #10.
Wagon #12 (2 passengers) - directly from Wagon #11.
Wagon #14 (2 passengers) - from solving a puzzle from Wagon #10. The game is "Ticket to Ride" and the book series is The Railway Series by the Rev. W. Awdry. Best way to solve this was to google some keywords from the question to find out about Sodor, which is the answer.
Wagon #15 (256 passengers) - from solving a puzzle from Wagon #11. Again, this needed some googling to find out about Culdee Fell Railway and that it's based upon the history of Snowdon Mountain Railway, which is the answer.
Wagon #16 (2 passengers) - from solving a puzzle from Wagon #12. And again, this needed some serious googling to find out about an easter egg by Google that involves Snowdon mountain. Turns out if you choose to travel from Snowdon to Brecon Beacons, instead of a train option you'll get a dragon option, which is the answer.
Wagon #17 (512 passengers) - from Wagon #12 by clicking "BUMP" link.
Solution to the puzzle - Wagons 13 and 18-19:
Wagon #18 (2 passengers) - directly from solving Station C Puzzle.
Wagon #19 (1024 passengers) - from solving a puzzle from Wagon #18. The trick was you couldn't know how many passengers there are in Wagon #19. But you can assume the number fits to the general pattern, where each even wagon number is always 2 and each odd wagon number is a multiplication of numbers from two previous wagons. This lead to the sum of 2064.
Wagon #13 (128 passengers) - from combining all three Station Puzzle solutions (Qm9ud+XM6bT+RmbGw=) and decoding it from base64 to get the message: Bonus:m4fll.
Congrats to all solvers! Hope you had fun with the puzzles.
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Event has ended. Solutions are posted here.
I have just realised recently I have never made a giveaway train.
So I decided to make one, but I wouldn't be myself if I didn't make it a puzzle train :)
It took me much more time to prepare it than I thought but it's finally ready. So there we go...
It's a train of puzzles. It has exactly 19 wagons. Each wagon contains one giveaway. Some wagons are hidden well.
The journey is split into three stages between four train stations. Each stage requires a ticket that has to be found.
You don't have to finish one stage to get to another, but it should be much easier to find the next ticket if you do.
All giveaways are up till March 20th. If the puzzle turns out to hard at some point, I may or may not provide hints. However there already are some hints scattered along the way.
The giveaway links are always
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/xxxxx/where you have to replace xxxxx with a unique case-sensitive giveaway code. Don't forget the slash at the end.All tickets are to be redeemed at ITH:
http://www.itstoohard.com/puzzle/xxxxxxxx/whrere you have to replace xxxxxxxx with a unique puzzle code.The prizes are: 2064: Read Only Memories, Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!, Dessert Storm, DRAGON: A Game About a Dragon, Else Heart.Break(), Epic Battle Fantasy 4, Mahjong Deluxe 3, Mahjong Destiny, Puzzles Under The Hill, Rail Cargo Simulator, The Hidden Dragon, Thomas Was Alone, Ticket to Ride - USA 1910, Trainz Simulator 12.
EDIT 1: Changed the #6 and #7 entrance puzzle pictures to better quality.
Hint Pack #1:
Wagon #8 is at the end of the mad loop.
Wagon #13 is available after solving all three train station puzzles.
Wagon #14 seems hard to find, but it's not. Keep in mind, what's this whole puzzle about.
Keep in mind that you can find all tickets without solving any puzzles.
EDIT 2: Changed the #16 entrance puzzle description, to make it a bit more clear.
Hint Pack #2:
If you're a beginner, read the guide.
If you're missing some tickets check out my sg profile.
If you can't figure how to decipher the message at #7 entrance think what you see and what's this whole puzzle about.
If you're stuck at any ITH question read this page carefully. There's nothing hidden here, but there are a few hints above the hints section.
Hint Pack #3:
Tickets for Station B and C are hidden in giveaways I've created. These giveaways share a common theme.
Wagon #7 can be found by decypting a message with one of these tools. Keep in mind the puzzle theme and what's in the picture.
Wagon #13 can be found by combining three parts and decoding the whole.
Wagon #16 can be found by googling some of the keywords. Don't give up on first page of results. The answer is not a real transportation, unfortunatelly.
Wagon #19 can be found even without finding all the wagons. You can geuss the number (it won't be that hard after reading previous hints) or you can look for a pattern in numbers you have.
Hint Pack #4:
For station C you need two tickets, You'll find them in my old Trainz Simulator DLC giveaways.
For Wagon #9 you need to check out my ongoing non-private giveaways.
For Wagon #13 you need to decipher 5+5+6 characters long base64 code
For Wagon #16 you need Google maps. Find a way from Snowdon to Brecon Beacons
For Wagon #17 you need to click the bump link :)
For Wagon #19 you need To find the sum of numbers, where each odd wagon number is a multiplication of numbers from two previous wagons and each even wagon number is always 2. Or you can just get the sum from the prizes list :)
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