Talk:Transport puzzle

mention also train-shunting puzzles

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This article was nominated for deletion. The result was no consensus, but some merging/redirecting might be in order. For details, please see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/MoreKarlScherer. -- BD2412 ^talk 00:38, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

Vfd #2

no consensus again per Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/KarlSchererRevisited5. --Woohookitty 07:41, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

A missed one, also.

There is the "snake and ladder" board game. It is the most basic transport puzzle. But the puzzle here would be a metaphore of the outcome of the pair of die.

Fifteen puzzle

As in fact is mentioned in the article on the fifteen puzzle, Sam Loyd did not invent it. I'm removing this claim from this article as well. 91.107.171.183 (talk) 23:51, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Puzzle types

I have tried to cite the list of types of puzzles but have not found a source for tour puzzles. Mazes and labyrinths are certainly tour puzzles and I can find multiple sources that say Sokoban is both a maze and a transport puzzle, but nothing that makes a more general statement. I can see the logic of having them in transport puzzles - a maze is like a transport puzzle with only one object (the player) being moved whereas transport puzzles more usually have multiple objects.

I am also concerned with the distinction being made between mazes and labyrinths. That strikes me as WP:OR and note there is no article on labyrinth as a puzzle (although there is a board game).

There is no source for train shunting puzzle, but this is so self-evidently a transport puzzle that I think we can keep it in per WP:BLUESKY.

While I have the sources open, here is the list of puzzles that are explicitly mentioned (some of which are not in the article)

• Source: Uduslivii
  • 15 puzzle
  • Sliding puzzles
    • Klotski
  • Rail maze 2 by Spooky House Studios UG
  • The fox, the goose, and the bag of beans (river crossing puzzle)
  • Girls Like Robots
  • Sokoban

• Source: Postma
  • Sokoban
  • Rush Hour (puzzle)
  • Jelly no Puzzle
  • Snake Bird
  • Zen Puzzle Garden (oddly, also studied in an IEEE paper. That paper also names it as a transport puzzle)

• Source: Jarušek & Pelánek
  • Sokoban
  • Rush Hour (puzzle)
  • Replacement puzzle, a puzzle invented by the mathematician Erich Friedman (known for Friedman number).

SpinningSpark 18:58, 29 August 2018 (UTC)