# A tough puzzle game - can it be completed?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tough-puzzle-game-can-it-be-completed/354585>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 28, 2006, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tough-puzzle-game-can-it-be-completed/354585 "2006-04-28T13:25:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tough-puzzle-game-can-it-be-completed/354585/21 "2006-04-29T14:07:21Z")

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Thanks, guys. You saved me from wasting my whole day. 😃

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**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tough-puzzle-game-can-it-be-completed/354585/22 "2006-04-29T18:26:07Z")

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Awesome! Thanks for the puzzle and the hints, guys.

For those who need visual help, [here’s a screenshot of the solution](http://www.falling-sky.com/puzzle.html). I had to use a little overlap for the example since if I’d done it perfectly, the “congrats” message would’ve popped up too soon for me to capture the solution.

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**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tough-puzzle-game-can-it-be-completed/354585/23 "2006-05-01T06:20:57Z")

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Extra Special Bonus Question: The completed puzzle looks kind of like the logo of what company?

(At least, I think it looks like the logo of SOMETHING. But I have no idea what that something is.)

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**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tough-puzzle-game-can-it-be-completed/354585/24 "2006-05-01T06:45:53Z")

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> [@TJdude825](#):
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> Extra Special Bonus Question: The completed puzzle looks kind of like the logo of what company?
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> (At least, I think it looks like the logo of SOMETHING. But I have no idea what that something is.)

I thought so too. It looks kind of like an inverse [Chase](http://www.chase.com/)logo. There might be one that matches almost exactly but I can’t think of what it is.

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**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tough-puzzle-game-can-it-be-completed/354585/25 "2006-05-02T00:12:03Z")

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Aha! Yes, that’s exactly what I was thinking of.

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**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tough-puzzle-game-can-it-be-completed/354585/26 "2006-05-02T00:29:08Z")

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> [@Salem](#):
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> Starting from which corner and at what orientation for each piece. No matter how I try it, I’m still getting ring around the collar…I mean, overlap of the pieces inside. (They are within the box frame but overlapping each other.)
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> Did your really get the magic message? I’m so jealous.

Doesn’t matter which corner you start. It is a square playing field so there is rotational symetry through 90 degrees.

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