Assistance for the iPhone game Jim & Frank Mysteries: The Blood River Files, published by Chillingo. Feel free to leave comments if you have alternative solutions or find any errors.
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Monday, July 19, 2010
Jim and Frank Mysteries Solutions - Puzzle #55 - Reverse Numbers
You know the drill by now, just keep on sliding away.
Fun fact: The Chess Champion Bobby Fischer was an expert at solving the 15-Puzzle. He had been timed to be able to solve it within 25 seconds.
Fun fact: The Chess Champion Bobby Fischer was an expert at solving the 15-Puzzle. He had been timed to be able to solve it within 25 seconds.
Jim and Frank Mysteries Solutions - Puzzle #47 - Bogie Swap
Quite a marathon this one.
First, you have to collect the blue bogie and move it out of the way a little to the side near the bridge.
Then go get the red car and pull it back down to the bottom, placing it into the side track you started at
Then go over the top, through the bridge and collect the blue bogie, pushing it all the way towards the red, which you attach so that you have all three attached, ( red to the left, blue in the middle and train at the right).
Pull it all backwards towards the bridge and then push up so your cars and train end up at the top, with the red now to the right.
Now, detach the red, move the blue down to the side track and detach. Go back up for the red, attaching the train to the left side, move that down, unhitch and go through the bridge and around.
Collect the blue, pull backwards and then up, pushing it all the way to the top. Then push the train back into the side road.
First, you have to collect the blue bogie and move it out of the way a little to the side near the bridge.
Then go get the red car and pull it back down to the bottom, placing it into the side track you started at
Then go over the top, through the bridge and collect the blue bogie, pushing it all the way towards the red, which you attach so that you have all three attached, ( red to the left, blue in the middle and train at the right).
Pull it all backwards towards the bridge and then push up so your cars and train end up at the top, with the red now to the right.
Now, detach the red, move the blue down to the side track and detach. Go back up for the red, attaching the train to the left side, move that down, unhitch and go through the bridge and around.
Collect the blue, pull backwards and then up, pushing it all the way to the top. Then push the train back into the side road.
Jim and Frank Mysteries Solutions - Puzzle #46 - Bookworm
Oooh, sneaky, you'll have to notice that the books are ordered back to front so the little worm actually only eats one cover of volume one, all of books 2,3 & 4, and again only the one cover of volume 5, making a sum total of 19cm (0.5 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 0.5).
Jim and Frank Mysteries Solutions - Puzzle #42 - Open the lock
Similar to earlier puzzles, it might help to put the objects into notepad/excel and cut/paste them into the right order from the clues.
Jim and Frank Mysteries Solutions - Puzzle #39 - Triangle Sum
A nice easy one, just make sure the bigger numbers are placed where they are not used twice, if that makes sense.
Jim and Frank Mysteries Solutions - Puzzle #38 - Chessboard
From the hints, first move is to 6, then 8, then 2... pretty easy this one... 10, 4, 12, 7, 5, 11, 3, 9
Jim and Frank Mysteries Solutions - Puzzle #36 - Perimeter of the Cemetery
Look carefully and you'll see that you'll need to calculate the 2 sides on the right left that are not measured for you, simple math really.
Jim and Frank Mysteries Solutions - Puzzle #29 - Giant Leaps
Not tootough, the secret is to ensure that at the early stages you don't have the same colour toads next to each other.
Number the pads 1 through 6 andmove the frogs/toads as follows
5->4, 3->5, 2->3, 4->2, 6->4, 7->6, 5->7, 3->5, 1->3, 2->1, 4->2, 6->4, 5->6, 3->5, 4->3
Number the pads 1 through 6 andmove the frogs/toads as follows
5->4, 3->5, 2->3, 4->2, 6->4, 7->6, 5->7, 3->5, 1->3, 2->1, 4->2, 6->4, 5->6, 3->5, 4->3
Jim and Frank Mysteries Solutions - Puzzle #27 - Eight Queens
You know how Queens attack in Chess right? So make sure they can't "see" each other.
1D, 2G, 3C, 4H, 5B, 6E, 7A & 8F
1D, 2G, 3C, 4H, 5B, 6E, 7A & 8F
Jim and Frank Mysteries Solutions - Puzzle #24 - Stack o' books
This is the traditional Tower of Hanoi puzzle.
Move the smallest book onto the middle column
Move the second smallest onto the right column
Move the smallest onto the right column
Move the third smallest onto the middle column
Move the smallest onto the first column
Move the second smallest onto the middle column
Move the smallest book onto the middle column
Move the largest onto the right column
Move the smallest onto the right column
Move the second smallest onto the left column
Move the smallest book onto the first column
Move the third smallest onto the right column
Move the smallest onto the middle column
Move the second smallest onto the right column
Move the smallest onto the left column
Move the smallest book onto the middle column
Move the second smallest onto the right column

Move the third smallest onto the middle column
Move the smallest onto the first column
Move the second smallest onto the middle column
Move the smallest book onto the middle column
Move the largest onto the right column
Move the smallest onto the right column
Move the second smallest onto the left column
Move the smallest book onto the first column
Move the third smallest onto the right column
Move the smallest onto the middle column
Move the second smallest onto the right column
Move the smallest onto the left column
Jim and Frank Mysteries Solutions - Puzzle #23 - The last marble
This is basically a Chinese Checkers puzzle, there's a choice of 4 pieces to start with so just choose any of them, then move a marble into the newly opened space, now move a marble into the centre, then move the cnetre marble in the same direction as your opening move, should be obvious after this.
Jim and Frank Mysteries Solutions - Puzzle #20 - The Island Connection
From the hints: There is only one bridge between the island in the upper left corner and the one below it. Use 2 bridges to connect the upper right with the upper left.
Jim and Frank Mysteries Solutions - Puzzle #19 - The identical cubes
Not too tough especially if you draw the shape of the open cube onto paper, cut it out, fold it and unfold it then draw on the icons, makes a nice memento too ;-).
Jim and Frank Mysteries Solutions - Puzzle #15 - Ticket Please
Yhe encrypted numbers are the square of each value, ie: 1,4,9,16,25,36,49,64,81 & 100. The encryption is the sum of each pair, ie: 1+4, 9+16, 25+36, 49+64, 81+100. The missing total is therefore 61.
Jim and Frank Mysteries Solutions - Puzzle #14 - Light Bulbs
First tap the third bulb in the fourth row. First bulb in the second row, the last bulb in the second row. First bulb in the fourth row, then the last bulb in the fifth row, finally the last bulb in the fourth row.
Jim and Frank Mysteries Solutions - Puzzle #12 - A Knight's Tale
Should be pretty straightforward even if you do end up shuffling them a gazillion times !
Eventually you'll be one step to go as per picture.
Eventually you'll be one step to go as per picture.
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