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FP PAUL'S POSER 1.0  (1.4 MB)

This is a simulation of the puzzle Flip-Side. It consists of two rows of five blocks that can slide either left or right. The center three spaces can rotate around a horizontal axis, exchanging the top three squares with the bottom three squares. When you have spelled out PAUL'S (in yellow) and POSER (in orange) in the center of the slide, you have completed the puzzle.

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FP PURPLE AND ORANGE 1.0  (1.4 MB)

In this block switching puzzle, you are to spell out the word PURPLE in the top row and ORANGE in the bottom row in as few moves as possible.

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FP RACK 'EM UP 1.0  (1.4 MB)

A four by five rectangle has four balls each of four colors; at each side is a slide that moves up or down moving the balls with it. You can move the slides up or down and can tilt the puzzle left or right to move all the balls in that direction. Manipulate the balls until each row consists of a single color to solve the puzzle.

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FP RAINBOW PETALS 1.0  (1.4 MB)

This puzzle is based on the Challenger version of the Mad Triad puzzle. Six tangent circles are arranged in a triangular layout. You can rotate the six outside circles or the four inside circles around their centers. You solve the puzzle by making all of the petals in the six outside circles match the color of their centers. 

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FP ROTOCROSS 1.0  (1.4 MB)

This is a simulation of Doug Engel's puzzle Rotocross. It consists of parts of circular regions. You can rotate a circle when the slide opening is located under the top of the circle, and you can move the slide to the other circular region. When you have reassembled the circles to match the given pattern you have solved the puzzle.

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FP ROTOS 1.0  (1.4 MB)

This is a simulation of the puzzle ROTOS. Two intersecting circles have six colored spots around the outer edge of the circles. By rotating the circles around the two innermost spots, rearrange the spots until they match the given pattern.

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FP THREE RING CLOWNS 1.0  (1.4 MB)

This puzzle is based on a variation of the puzzle Trio (there is more than one puzzle called Trio). Rotate either one of the outer circles or the central circle to manipulate the balls into the pattern that reads SENDIN in the upper circle, ALLTHE in the lower left circle and CLOWNS in the lower right circle (all word(s) should read from left to right and all letters in that word(s) will be the same color); all balls in the center circle will be white.

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FP THREE RING JUNIOR 1.0  (1.4 MB)

Based on a version of Trio (there is more than one puzzle called Trio), the three circles each contain 10 balls. By rotating either an outer circle or using the inner circle to move balls from one circle to another manipulate the balls until each circle contains balls of a single color.

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FP TRIO 1.0  (1.4 MB)

This is a simulation of the Russian puzzle Trio (there is more than one puzzle called Trio). With pieces that duplicate the Turnstile puzzles, you rotate the circle until the outer semicircle of each of the outer circles is a single color and the remaining triangle in their common intersection is yellow.

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FP TURNSTILE PUZZLES 1.0  (1.4 MB)

Two intersecting circles have pieces that resemble fattened triangles and biconcave lenses. There are six variations here (they generally graduate in difficulty) with different colored patterns. By rotating the circles you are to reproduce the required pattern.

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FP 12 O'PUCK 1.0  (1.4 MB)

This is a simulation of one the hockey puck puzzles. You can rotate the numbered sections around the central hub and you can rotate the right hand half of the disk around the horizontal midline to interchange the top three numbers with the bottom three. You have solved the puzzle when the numbers read clockwise around the disk as in a clock face.

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FP VEXATION DISKS 1.0  (1.4 MB)

This puzzle simulates the Spot Color Puzzle. Six tangent disks surround a seventh disk, each having 6 colored spots around its periphery. You may rotate any of the disks or you can swap any two ot the disks. You complete the puzzle when all points of tangency have their adjacent spots the same color.

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Send your FULL NAME and COUNTRY of residence to games@spoonbillsoftware.com.au specifying the titles of the games you require.

The names of all games in the Fred Pence series are  prefixed with FP, e.g. FP Faces In The Crowd. Please ensure you quote the full name of the game when you order to avoid confusion.

Any one time and after you receive the games, please refer any problems or queries to the author at math20@verizon.net

 

 

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Last modified: July 16, 2010