Talk:Transport puzzle

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mention also train-shunting puzzles

VfD results[edit]

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[edit]

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

A missed one, also.[edit]

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[edit]

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)[reply]

Puzzle types[edit]

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)[reply]