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Nancy Drew: Message in a Haunted Mansion Hints
Hints for Senior Detectives
1 of 12: Click the below link to read the poem again.
2 of 12: The poem says that you should "move like a knight."
3 of 12: Knight. Where have you seen that before?
4 of 12: In chess, one of the playing pieces is a knight!
5 of 12: The book "Lessons in Chess" sits to the left of the laptop computer and is open to "The Knight" lesson. The picture in the book shows a grid of 5 blocks across and 5 down. The grid on the puzzle has 4 blocks, however, so more imagination is necessary.
6 of 12: The Knight is placed on the chessboard at the top or bottom row and one space in from the left and right. Those of you who play chess know that a Knight can move 2 squares forward, backward, or sideways and then move 1 square to the Knight's left or right to form an "L" shape.
7 of 12: Even though the puzzle can be solved in many ways, it can be solved in as few as 4 moves.
8 of 12: The poem gives you your first move. Click on a block where the Knight would normally sit on the board. On either the top or bottom row, click the second from the left or right.
9 of 12: For the next block, remember the way a Knight can move and the clue about "alongside the outside border."
10 of 12: From your first choice, count over 2 spaces to the left, right, up, or down and check a block to the Knight's left or right on the outside edge.
11 of 12: Keep the rules in mind for the next two moves.
12 of 12: One solution is shown in this Illustration.
