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Description
Minimal Frame – Expert Packing Puzzle
Minimal Frame is a packing puzzle designed by Lucie Pauwels and produced by Pelikan Puzzles. Two corner blocks provide only a minimal boundary for an anti-slide packing problem.
Assemble all nine pieces on the square board so that no piece can slide sideways off it. Filling the square alone is not enough: the arrangement must also satisfy the anti-slide condition.
Specifications:
- Designer: Lucie Pauwels
- Producer: Pelikan Puzzles
- Difficulty Level: Expert
- Puzzle Type: Packing Puzzle
- Material: Maple, Zebrano, Ash, Purpleheart, Wenge, American Walnut, Jatoba, Acacia, Padauk and Walnut
- Dimensions: 85 mm × 85 mm × 20 mm (approximately 3.35 in × 3.35 in × 0.79 in)
- Components: 9 pieces and a board with two fixed corner blocks
- Objective: Arrange all nine pieces so none can slide sideways off the board.
Features:
- Minimal Boundary: Only two corners contain fixed blocks.
- Anti-Slide Requirement: The completed arrangement must prevent sideways escape.
- Nine-Piece Set: All nine pieces take part in the final square.
- One Qualifying Arrangement: The designer reports 39 square assemblies but only one that meets the anti-slide rule.
Why You'll Enjoy It:
Minimal Frame suits solvers who enjoy reasoning about how an entire arrangement holds together. The open edges make the difference between simply filling a board and satisfying its movement constraints especially clear.
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Retired — won’t be restocked
This puzzle is part of our archive and is no longer available to purchase. Its photos and details are preserved here for puzzle lovers and collectors.