the acme puzzle

SET UP

Take a picture of the Challenger’s provided hint fiddlestick. - both sides. This is your only hint the puzzle maker will provide you. **
Unbundle the 3 fiddlesticks.

Number of Players

1

Objective

Can you solve all 9 images?
- Can you find the coyote impact crater?
- Can you find the shark attack? (and note, it actually has teeth marks.)
- Can you find 2 hands chasing butterflies?
- Can you find 2 different sets of predator tracks? ( man and animal)
- Can you find my logo?
- Did you find the side burns?
- And the elusive number 9? …Well, that is the big mystery, isn’t it?

Rules

Manipulate the 3 sticks is various alignments to solve each image.
The sticks are always aligned in their stack of 3. Not mis-aligned in a brick laying pattern or a triangular configuration.

Player Variations

N/A

History

The ACME Puzzle was my own modern marvel and my first diabolical puzzle, released in 2018.
Who would have thought 3 popsicle sticks and a strap of recycled leather could be so challenging?

Game Theory / Game Dynamics

Remember when Wiley would hand you his business card?
Anyone that knows me, knows that Wiley E. Coyote is my personal hero and he is the center of attention on this puzzle.
I have handed out over 2000 of these fiddlestick puzzles to friends and family. Most players have found 6 images, some have found 8, but only 1 Super Genius to date has solved all 9. That tells me it is a good puzzle!
I can tell a lot about your game play from how people react when handed this puzzle. Some people set is aside or hand it back to me. Others jump in right away, and quickly solve the first 6 ‘easy’ images. These are my kind of players and my target audience.
IF you ever do find the elusive 9th image, it will be a head slapping ‘AH-HA!’ moment, and you will say to yourself, ‘Of course! Why didn’t I see that sooner? ’
** The ACME Puzzle MASTER has extended this addition hint to you - ‘Mind over matter’.
I like to think that your favorite witch doctor has also extended the life expectancy of a common bottle cap. Instead of discarding your bottle caps to the trash where they will only rust and become a hazard, I collect them, turn them into shark attacks for this and the Mariner Puzzle (in a feeding frenzy), then pound them into oblivion where they are transformed into simple game pieces and can live indefinitely. That is super genius if I say so myself!
Good luck! The ACME Puzzle is diabolical! Mwuah-haha (evil laugh)
Need more hints?, check out The ACME Treasure Map.
‘Awaken a New Master’…