The Spatial Puzzles Circuit

Routes, shapes and places, on a board and on the map. Five games, and none of them take long.

Start the run with Chomp

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75points on offer

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The run, in order

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1ChompRoute puzzleEat them in orderA cast of mascots to eat in order, and every square you touch stays yours for the rest of the run. Nothing chases you and nothing is on a clock. The only things in your way are where you have already been and a few bolted-down bleachers, and the board is tight enough that finishing takes most of it.Today's board1 2 3 Play 2SpanBorder chainCross the mapConnect the two countries with the shortest chain of shared land borders you can find.Today's board1 2 3 Play 3ParkerSliding block puzzleGet the red one outEverybody has blocked you in, every block is stuck on one axis, and there is one gap in the wall.Today's board1 2 3 Play 4PingGuess the city by distanceGuess the secret cityGuess a city, learn the exact miles to the secret one, and home in on it.Today's board1 2 3 Play 5PlotShikakuDivide the whole boardEvery number is the size of the plot it belongs to, so cut the board into rectangles until each number has exactly its own.Today's board1 2 3 Play

Shortest first, longest last. Each game pays 15 points for a win down to 1 for finishing, and the circuit adds all 5 up. A game played on its own still counts toward it, but you need all 5 in the same day to take a rank on the circuit board.

What finishing it pays

Way FinderFinish every game in this circuit on the same day.bronze

The same 5 games every day, with new puzzles in each of them at midnight Eastern.

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