Up next, ladies and gentlemen, we have Moulin Rouge. This was Roman Götter's exchange puzzle this year, designed and manufactured by IPP newcomer Stephan Baumegger. Of course, Stephan's made a name for himself recently with his delightful burrs, many of which have a theme.
Packaging: Comes in a very nice tube, printed on the outside and bubble-wrapped on the inside.
I was feeling a bit tired after Monday's travel home, so of course I popped by Starbucks for some puzzling.
To start: I picked up the puzzle and looked for the seams for hints as to what I could do. Of course, there's the obvious step of spinning the windmill, and that does in fact work - to a point. As it turns out, even revealing the classification of this puzzle would be a bit of a spoiler.
After a few minutes of aimless fiddling, I find the Main Move. That gives me a slight clue as to what's happening, but I need to fiddle a bit more to figure out exactly what's going on here. It's a fairly nice implementation of one of my favorite puzzle types, too. A few moves later and I can examine the puzzle and plan out the final moves. The last move got me, though. The solve was nice and satisfying, and just what I needed to get my confidence back after a bit of a break from puzzling.
Inside the puzzle, there's a small "dancer" figure. I'm not sure if Stephan made this dancer, but it's a nice little addition to the puzzle (her name is Collette). The box included an allen key taped to the inside of the box with a sticker, so that you could free the dancer from the inside of the Moulin Rouge.
Packaging: Comes in a very nice tube, printed on the outside and bubble-wrapped on the inside.
I was feeling a bit tired after Monday's travel home, so of course I popped by Starbucks for some puzzling.
To start: I picked up the puzzle and looked for the seams for hints as to what I could do. Of course, there's the obvious step of spinning the windmill, and that does in fact work - to a point. As it turns out, even revealing the classification of this puzzle would be a bit of a spoiler.After a few minutes of aimless fiddling, I find the Main Move. That gives me a slight clue as to what's happening, but I need to fiddle a bit more to figure out exactly what's going on here. It's a fairly nice implementation of one of my favorite puzzle types, too. A few moves later and I can examine the puzzle and plan out the final moves. The last move got me, though. The solve was nice and satisfying, and just what I needed to get my confidence back after a bit of a break from puzzling.
Inside the puzzle, there's a small "dancer" figure. I'm not sure if Stephan made this dancer, but it's a nice little addition to the puzzle (her name is Collette). The box included an allen key taped to the inside of the box with a sticker, so that you could free the dancer from the inside of the Moulin Rouge.
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