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PCC#0 "It's All Fun and Games Until You Have to Pay Rent" (Mar. 9, 2024)

Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 4:17 pm
by pchow13
Just a fun little mini-puzzle I made a while back.

[Level 1] Meta prompt: You'll get a monetary reward for turning one of the four corners (NW, NE, SW, SE) in the puzzle. Which corner is it and how much is the reward?

Format your answer in [CORNER] [AMOUNT]. For example, if the answer is the bottom left corner and the reward amount is $25, then the answer would be SW $25.

Note: the level is the intended difficulty I had in mind when I designed the puzzle, but may play differently since every solver has their own area of expertise... what one person may find easy, another may find difficult.

Have fun and keep in mind if you're ever lost at sea, google is your best friend (actually, I don't know if you'd get internet service in the middle of the ocean)
-Phil :mrgreen:

It's All Fun and Games Until You Have to Pay Rent
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Hint #1: Monopoly board game

Solution below - SPOILER ALERT:

Answer explanation: Answer explanation: the rebuses in the four corners in the grid are a pictorial representation of the four corners of a Monopoly board... GO for "pass go," JAIL for "in jail / just visiting," CAR for "free parking," and POLICE for "go to jail"... in Monopoly, you get $200 for passing go (turning the southeast corner), so the meta answer is SE $200

Thank you for solving! Many thanks to @lbray53 for the "turn the corner" inspiration... please stay tuned for more puzzles at PHIL’S CROSSWORD CORNER 😜

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Re: PCC#0 "It's All Fun and Games Until You Have to Pay Rent" (Mar. 9, 2024)

Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 6:40 pm
by Seattle DB
Wow Phil, you uploaded oodles of puzzles! Thank you very much, and I'm sure I'll enjoy all of them!

Re: PCC#0 "It's All Fun and Games Until You Have to Pay Rent" (Mar. 9, 2024)

Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 6:41 pm
by MikeyG
Ohhh, this was clever. Loved this!!

Re: PCC#0 "It's All Fun and Games Until You Have to Pay Rent" (Mar. 9, 2024)

Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 7:36 pm
by pchow13
Seattle DB wrote: Sat Apr 27, 2024 6:40 pm Wow Phil, you uploaded oodles of puzzles! Thank you very much, and I'm sure I'll enjoy all of them!
Thanks!! Yeah, finally got around to posting the old puzzles so they’re all in one place… Some of my earlier puzzles aren’t as polished - I didn’t have test-solvers back then but hope you still find them fun :)

Re: PCC#0 "It's All Fun and Games Until You Have to Pay Rent" (Mar. 9, 2024)

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:32 pm
by KayW
:crossed_swords: :rabbit: Turned the corner - nice one!

Re: PCC#0 "It's All Fun and Games Until You Have to Pay Rent" (Mar. 9, 2024)

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:29 am
by Qmark
Turned the correct corner...thanks for posting these Phil!
Looking forward to working my way through them.

Re: PCC#0 "It's All Fun and Games Until You Have to Pay Rent" (Mar. 9, 2024)

Posted: Thu May 02, 2024 5:39 pm
by Seattle DB
Phil - Did anyone message you with the solution and then you gave them Monopoly money?