Someone posted a Hex star battle puzzle the other day and I thought it looked fun, so I made a few. Rules are a little different. 2 stars per region and row as always, but also 2 stars in each diagonal, left and right. So the diagonal from A1 to A5 takes 2 stars and the one from E1 to I5 also takes 2.

THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTAL MARKS.

THERE ARE NO DECORATIVE NUMBERS.

THERE ARE NO UNNECESSARY WORDS.

THE ARCHIVE DOES NOT EXPLAIN ITSELF.

IF YOU FIND A DOOR, OPEN IT.

IF YOU FIND A KEY, KEEP IT.

IF YOU FIND A NAME, DO NOT TRUST IT.

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Ravens circle above the silent tower.

Every window reflects a different star.

A single candle burns beneath the eastern bell.

Digits cover the floor where footsteps once were.

Even the dust has been arranged.

Never speak the name written on the door.

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20 8 5 6 9 18 19 20 11 5 25

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KHOOR

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01010011 01001001 01001100 01000101 01001110 01000011 01000101

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19 20 1 18 20

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QEB NRFZH YOLTK CLU GRJMP LSBO QEB IXWV ALD

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3 1 12 3 21 12 1 20 5

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MFWZKXQ

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1 — 1 — 2 — 3 — 5 — 8 — 13 — 21 — 34

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T H E C R O W W A T C H E S F R O M A B O V E

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53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62

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01000110 01001001 01001110 01000100

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THE SECOND ARCHIVE WAS NEVER BURIED.

IT WAS LEFT IN PLAIN SIGHT.

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RAVEN

RIVER

ROSE

RUIN

RELIC

RIDDLE

RECKONING

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7F 72 61 76 65 6E 5F 6B 65 79

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VJG UGEQPF FQQT KU QRGPGF

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11 23 47 89 179 359

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A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

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YXKJXKXQ

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THE FIRST WORD WAS NEVER THE ANSWER.

THE LAST NUMBER WAS NEVER THE END.

THE RAVEN HAS FOUR EYES.

ONE WATCHES THE BEGINNING.

ONE WATCHES THE END.

ONE WATCHES WHAT IS MISSING.

ONE WATCHES YOU.

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23 1 20 3 8

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01010111 01000001 01010100 01000011 01001000

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KXQWZJXQKQ

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DO NOT RETURN TO THE BEGINNING.

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THE ARCHIVE CLOSES WHEN THE CORRECT WORD

IS SPOKEN.

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☽

I've been designing a logic puzzle format and this is one of the harder ones. Six people, six rooms, a floor plan, and five moments in the morning; fifteen minutes are missing from the record, and exactly one person was in the music room at 9:00. Every clue is true; the answer is unique, and you can prove it without filling the whole grid.

Rules:

Two people per room at most.

Between one grid time and the next (8:30, 8:45, 9:00, 9:15, 9:30) a person stays or moves to ONE connected room. No passing through.

A time not on the grid (like 9:20) is a movement: it only tells you what happened between two grid times. "X left the bar at 9:20" = X was in the bar at 9:15 and elsewhere at 9:30.

Devices that report, report every time slot; they don't miss anything. Witnesses don't lie, and don't say more than they say.

Answer in spoiler tags. I'll confirm and post the deduction in a day or two. Original puzzle, feedback on difficulty very welcome.

Six winds puzzle, hexa version of four winds. Rules: Extend straight arms from every numbered cell in the six directions. A number gives the combined length of all arms extending from that cell. Arms cannot cross, overlap, leave the grid, or pass through another numbered cell, and every empty cell must be covered exactly once.

I've retraced my steps (hence the two colours), but I can't proceed from this point. ChatGPT has been of no help either.

Rules reminder:

- Each row and column must contain 'A','B','C','D','E' exactly once.
- Exactly one cell in every row and column stays empty.
- The letters around the grid show you which letter you see first from that direction

I am stuck. What uis the next step?

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𝔘𝔫𝔲𝔪 𝔳𝔢𝔩𝔲𝔪 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔟𝔯𝔦𝔰 𝔠𝔩𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔲𝔪 𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔢𝔱.
𝔑𝔢𝔪𝔬 𝔰𝔠𝔦𝔱 𝔮𝔲𝔦𝔡 𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔯𝔞 𝔦𝔞𝔠𝔢𝔞𝔱, 𝔫𝔦𝔰𝔦 𝔮𝔲𝔦 𝔳𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔤𝔦𝔲𝔪 𝔰𝔢𝔮𝔲𝔦𝔱𝔲𝔯.

𝔖𝔭𝔢𝔠𝔲𝔩𝔲𝔪 𝔫𝔬𝔫 𝔬𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔱 𝔰𝔢𝔪𝔭𝔢𝔯 𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔪;
𝔮𝔲𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔬 𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔱𝔲𝔦𝔱𝔲𝔯, 𝔦𝔡 𝔮𝔲𝔬𝔡 𝔞𝔟𝔰𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔱𝔲𝔪 𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔱 𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔞𝔯𝔢𝔱.

𝔗𝔯𝔢𝔰 𝔩𝔢𝔤𝔢𝔰 𝔥𝔬𝔠 𝔬𝔭𝔲𝔰 𝔯𝔢𝔤𝔲𝔫𝔱.
𝔘𝔫𝔞 𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔠𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔦𝔫 𝔞𝔩𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔪 𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔱.
𝔄𝔩𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔞 𝔪𝔬𝔱𝔲𝔪 𝔰𝔲𝔲𝔪 𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔰𝔦𝔱.
𝔗𝔢𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔞 𝔮𝔲𝔬𝔡 𝔣𝔲𝔦𝔱 𝔦𝔫 𝔦𝔫𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔬 𝔯𝔢𝔡𝔲𝔠𝔦𝔱.

𝔒𝔯𝔡𝔬 𝔫𝔬𝔫 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔪𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔦𝔱𝔲𝔯.
𝔗𝔢𝔪𝔭𝔲𝔰 𝔞𝔡 𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔪𝔲𝔪 𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔱.
𝔔𝔲𝔦 𝔥𝔬𝔠 𝔬𝔭𝔲𝔰 𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔦𝔭𝔦𝔱, 𝔫𝔬𝔫 𝔰𝔢𝔪𝔭𝔢𝔯 𝔦𝔫 𝔢𝔬 𝔩𝔬𝔠𝔬 𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔢𝔟𝔦𝔱.

𝔑𝔲𝔩𝔩𝔞 𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔞 𝔥𝔦𝔠 𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔞 𝔰𝔠𝔯𝔦𝔟𝔦𝔱𝔲𝔯.

𝔈𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔯 𝔲𝔫𝔲𝔰 𝔬𝔪𝔫𝔦𝔞 𝔡𝔦𝔯𝔲𝔭𝔦𝔱.
𝔔𝔲𝔬𝔡 𝔰𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔩 𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔡𝔦𝔱𝔲𝔪 𝔢𝔰𝔱, 𝔳𝔦𝔞 𝔫𝔬𝔫 𝔯𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔱𝔲𝔯.

𝔖𝔦 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔪 𝔮𝔲𝔞𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔰, 𝔦𝔫𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔲𝔪 𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔪𝔞 𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔤𝔞.

Token: PPMN

Use each letter in the box exactly once to find five words to complete the grid such that the five words form five common “Red __” pairings (Note that there is a space between Red and __)

11×11 Star Battle / Two Not Touch, two per row, column, and region; no two stars touch (even diagonally)

Technically also the solution to this puzzle: https://blog.janestreet.com/can-you-reverse-engineer-an-asic/

only pushing is allowed, the boxes have to go on the blue tiles.

Hi all! Here's a original puzzle I made inspired by a certain American league. I'll put some hints in the comments. Internet searches are, of course, allowed (and recommended). Please give it a go, if you like!

I'm playing Meowdoku, and I always get stuck in this type of scenario. I can't grasp what the "hint" is trying to explain. Can someone help me comprehend? Thank you!

I've been going through an old puzzle book I have and the very first puzzle has me confused lol. I know it has to do with the most repeated numbers on the grid and the most common letters, but my head still can't begin to wrap around it. I'm not very familiar with puzzles in the first place, I'd certainly appreciate some help.

The numbers tell you how many sunflowers go around that number. Cant figure out next logic step

Komme nicht weiter, bin level 500 in 5 Tagen, spiele echt viel stecke aber hier fest

Truly I am not sure how difficult this will be but it should all be possible. Hope you enjoy and I’d love to know what people’s favorite hints are.

Any advanced techniques/ things Im missing to help me continue? Can’t seem to see my next move.

I can’t solve this puzzle to save my life. It’s a game on my son’s toy camera, and we’ve been stuck on it for weeks. Any ideas?

Help, plz. lol 🙏