T-Puzzle

The T- puzzle is a game of patience. The special thing about this game is that, despite the simple initial situation but usually takes a long time until the puzzle is solved. Unlike other games such as laying Tangram is what the T- puzzle not to create different figures.

History

The exact origin of the game is unknown.

In the early 19th century, the puzzle was used for promotional purposes. The oldest known game was packed in 1903 in the tee boxes of the "White Rose Ceylon Tea ," which was sold in New York by Seeman Brothers. The longest piece of the puzzle game instructions " Arrange thesis four pieces of cardboard so as to form a perfect T. " stand ( " Match these four parts of the card game so that a perfect t arises ." With the word game " ... that a perfect tea arises. ")

Construction

The letter " T" is drawn and cut out with the width a on a sheet of paper or a thin wooden board. By the first section ( 1 ) of the point is divided into three parts. The second section ( 2 ) parallel to the first in the distance a This results in four parts.

Game rules

The four parts of the game are mixed and possibly reversed. Only now the player should get the parts to face. The task is to lay out the parts of the letter " T".

Solution

Solving the riddle is difficult, as all four parts have the same width a. Furthermore it is often tried first to fill the area in the middle part.