This is my spin on the Wooden Nickel Brain Teaser Puzzle produced by Creative Crafthouse. The design is simple - make slots for nine pennies in a row. I made the design more complicated by adding hardwood inlay on the sides and adding a built in compartment for the pennies when the game is being stored.
The object of the puzzle is to remove the coins from the board.
Setup:
- Place nine coins in the slots. The order of heads vs. tails should be random.
Rules:
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The person playing may flip any one coin before starting the game.
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You can only remove coins facing heads.
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Once a head facing coin is removed, you must flip the neighboring coins over. Note that blank spaces (gaps) do not count as neighbors.
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Keep removing heads and flipping neighbors.
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Can you remove all the coins?
More Info: https://www.instructables.com/id/Penny-Flip-Puzzle/
Video Solution: https://youtu.be/htWBFFLR_EM