Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!uw-beaver!ubc-cs!alberta!ccu!jcoper From: jcoper@ccu.umanitoba.ca (D. Joseph Creighton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Re: Fools Errand Help Message-ID: <1990Aug1.122006.7102@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Date: 1 Aug 90 12:20:06 GMT References: <1990Jul29.134526.28289@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <1990Jul30.204848.22522@csrd.uiuc.edu> Distribution: comp.sys.mac.games Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada Lines: 37 In article <1990Jul30.204848.22522@csrd.uiuc.edu> forbes@sp11.csrd.uiuc.edu (Michael Scott Forbes) writes: >jcoper@ccu.umanitoba.ca (D. Joseph Creighton) writes: > >>Alright. Enough is enough. I've run out of *rational* answers for the >>puzzle "The Couple." It's my last one - I even did the map and know where >>that *irritating* piece will fall once I solve it. >> >>"Ladies enjoy and perhaps favor odd rowdy jigs of yore!" thought the fool. > >7,205 netters from all across the nation respond: >[7,205 variations on "Leap for joy!" deleted] > >I think this thread shows that what's an easy puzzle for some Fool's Errand >players turns out to be a hard one for others. Me, I spent hours/days/weeks >chasing a question mark across the page at "Three Ships". What other puzzles >from Fool's Errand (or other games, for that matter) have people found to be >the hardest? > Well, since you've asked... I found the "Three Ships" also frustrating as hell. Took almost a whole day to figure that one out. When I got to "The Couple," I met my match, I'm afraid. I had all puzzles before and after figured out (minus the two you must do *after* solving "The Couple"), plus the map constructed, all in attempts to clear my brain and come at the puzzle from a new angle. No such luck. The rest were easy as pie (well, some weren't *that* easy), and I have managed to work my way to trying to solve the Sun's Map in less than a week. Six treasures down... :) Hailing Frequencies Closed. "Captain" D. Joseph Creighton *******************************************************************************