The Mariner Puzzle

SET UP

• Unbundle the ship’s wooden cargo, and avoid pirates.

Number of Players

• 1

Objective

• Find the # total nautical symbols.

• The elusive Kraken hides in the deep dark sea.

Rules

• Unbundle the fiddlesticks and arrange them into multiple nautical symbols. There are # different symbols in total.

• Can you find # sea shells?

• Can you find the mermaid’s kiss?

• Did you find the lighthouse?

• Can you find the coral reef?

• How about the star fish?

• Or the sailboat?, or the schooner?

• Or the sea turtle?

• How about the # navigational tools?

• These are shark infested waters, did you get bitten in the feeding frenzy?

• And the mighty Kraken hides beneath.

Player Variations

• N/A

History

• The Mariner is another Rico fiddlesticks original puzzle, found on the Code Breaker Academy shelf, created in 2025.

• If you thought the ACME Puzzle was challenging with 3 fiddlesticks, wait until you try this diabolical pieces of 8!

Game Theory / Game Dynamics

• Think in colors, if you are able to decipher all the ‘blue’ for example, you will have solved # of the symbols.

• The feeding frenzy is in a swirl of shark infested waters, and the Kraken hides deep underneath.

  ‘Awaken a New Master’… 

I hope you enjoy playing games,
as much as I have making them.