The 11th Hour Hints

Rules

  • 1 of 15: Figuring out the rules for this puzzle is really most of the challenge.
  • 2 of 15: Basically, you're trying to select all of the balls on the table exactly once.
  • 3 of 15: I found that it was easiest to figure out what was going on if I reset the puzzle and tried different opening moves.
  • 4 of 15: From each ball, your movement is limited somewhat.
  • 5 of 15: And where you can move next is really arbitrary -- there's no way of determining it by trial and error.
  • 6 of 15: If you label the balls as follows:

    1 2 3
    4 5 6
    7 8 9

    These are the valid moves:
  • 7 of 15: 1: 2 or 5
  • 8 of 15: 2: 3 or 5
  • 9 of 15: 3: 5
  • 10 of 15: 4: 1 or 5
  • 11 of 15: 5: 1-4, or 7-9
  • 12 of 15: 6: 3, 5, or 8
  • 13 of 15: 7: 4 or 5
  • 14 of 15: 8: 5, 6, or 9.
  • 15 of 15: 9: 5