ManOn M00n
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An interesting question as we take a fresh look at the puzzle.
Are the words pre-filled on the "blank" grid absolutely in the correct position?
🧩 Mind Games - Word Puzzle on the Citizen Of Nutopia Identity Card
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An interesting question as we take a fresh look at the puzzle.
Are the words pre-filled on the "blank" grid absolutely in the correct position?
I’m thinking of them like “the joker” of the grid
so right now don’t think the letters have one exact position
CocoShabelle
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I wish I could solve this but Im broke and the box would be travelling to my country for a very long time 
ManOn M00n
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There is no requirement I know of to buy anything to play the puzzle.
Since you have completed Disc One of the escape game, you should go for it!
You're already a rock star!
Even if you have no way to print out an image of the ID card, it is not difficult to play the game with paper and pencil.
Start with a nine by nine square grid and go for it!
Since you have completed Disc One of the escape game, you should go for it!
You're already a rock star!
Even if you have no way to print out an image of the ID card, it is not difficult to play the game with paper and pencil.
Start with a nine by nine square grid and go for it!
applebonkerz
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It makes zero sense that the printed "MINDGAMES" letters wouldn't belong where they are originally shown. They are printed that way both on the card and the lucite panel inside of the expensive set version. Using either a pencil on the card, or the letter squares on the lucite, there is no way to remove them -- so that has to be where they stay. I believe that visual "clue" showing MIND and GAMES placed differently is a false flag. Given all of the previous clues in this thread, the words don't fit within that different configuration and letter constraints -- the Ls and Cs specifically. I just wasted another three hours trying that out.
I think people need to have the box to find the words, no?There is no requirement I know of to buy anything to play the puzzle.
Since you have completed Disc One of the escape game, you should go for it!
You're already a rock star!
Even if you have no way to print out an image of the ID card, it is not difficult to play the game with paper and pencil.
Start with a nine by nine square grid and go for it!
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MINDGAMES is definitely supposed to stay where it is, but I think we repeat it one more time
The put on their website this:
I think this is a clue
LittleSavage
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But there are only 3 Ms available. Repeating Mind Games vertically as shown in the photo would require 4. It appears that the M in the vertical "GAMES" is actually an upside down W. Either that is a clue or the photo is a red herring.
ManOn M00n
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all of these clues have ended up putting me farther behind overall, and painted more into an unsolvable corner than I previously was. Those highlighted boxes that we virtually can't use now for whatever random reason, besides being forced to fill them with overall unhelpful letters either way, turns a puzzle I could have had finished weeks ago into a frustrating, anxiety-filled, not fun compulsion.
I feel your pain, fellow citizen.
Like you, I have had no luck trying to solve this version of the puzzle, showing hints and clues offered so far:
I'm sorry you feel you "wasted another three hours," but thanks for your input.
I have yet to spend that amount of time with it, but I am trying to free my mind so my butt might follow.
After going "through the looking glass" in these games, where it's like Alice In Wonderland, I'm trying to accept that things might "make zero sense" until other possibilities are explored.
An alternate version of the game board, using the clues, but allowing the MINDGAMES letters to be placed anywhere on the grid, even split into two words, seems to open up many more possibilities for nine, seven, & six-letter words to have space to run diagonally & share letters.
Just a thought experiment, for what it's worth, your mileage may vary.
Peek under the spoiler below for a different perspective.
"The game is afoot," as Sherlock Holmes would say, and "this is quite a three-pipe problem."
[Spoiler below updated- edited for accuracy 01-01-25]
Edit: Fixed wrong column for inner UV blocks 01-01-25 
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counting Mind Games, maybe I’ve guessed the wrong words for the LPs that I don’t have
I see! I actually have 5 Ms here
counting Mind Games, maybe I’ve guessed the wrong words for the LPs that I don’t have
ManOn M00n
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There are many resources available to find all the words without buying the box set by looking around the world wide web on other forums.
They were all found by the end of July.
I have had the deluxe box that long, but I needed hints from other kind folks to find a few of them.
Oh, I didn’t know that! I don’t really participate in any other forum!There are many resources available to find all the words without buying the box set by looking around the world wide web on other forums.
They were all found by the end of July.
I have had the deluxe box that long, but I need hints from other kind folks to find a few of them.
ManOn M00n
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Another "open secret":
Every one of the words that fill the puzzle are in the lyrics of the Mind Games song.
Yes! That was easy to realize, and that’s why the puzzle is insane, they managed to create one with a lot references
ManOn M00n
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The Collector's Edition Super Deluxe box referenced above costs $1,350 plus shipping & local tax, and is "Strictly Numbered and Limited to only 1100 pieces."
But Citizen ID cards were included with every version of the discs sold, and the Escape game is offered to all who register, no purchase of any kind required.
Photos of the contents of the massive Super Deluxe "Cube" have been widely shared on the web for months.
So I assume it's permitted to share images and hints in this thread for the benefit of ALL 14,720+ registered citizens of Nutopia who might want to participate in solving the puzzle?
Plenty of us have the Standard Deluxe Box.
Who needs a hint?
As David Letterman used to say about Stupid Pet Tricks:
"This is not a competition, only an exhibition!"
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I think it’s a wonderful idea that we keep discussing the puzzle here, just like we are doing with Escape to Nutopia!The Collector's Edition Super Deluxe box referenced above costs $1,350 plus shipping & local tax, and is "Strictly Numbered and Limited to only 1100 pieces."
But Citizen ID cards were included with every version of the discs sold, and the Escape game is offered to all who register, no purchase of any kind required.
Photos of the contents of the massive Super Deluxe "Cube" have been widely shared on the web for months.
So I assume it's permitted to share images and hints in this thread for the benefit of ALL 14,720+ registered citizens of Nutopia who might want to participate in solving the puzzle?
Plenty of us have the Standard Deluxe Box.
Who needs a hint?
As David Letterman used to say about Stupid Pet Tricks:
"This is not a competition, only an exhibition!"
It’s even more fun when we can play together!One tip though, some of the fans will definitely want to read and discuss about the hints, but some others might not want to see direct hints and clues, so when posting what can be spoilers of any kind we can use the spoiler buttons, like GDN requested when this thread started
Like this: back on Twitter, GDN said that we should start with a circle
We can hide some parts of our comments by clicking on the mask and writing between the brackets
Or using the other spoiler button, the eye one
So the fans can choose if they want to see the spoilers or not while discussing and having a great time solving the puzzle
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applebonkerz
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I'm up to 43+ hours on this puzzle since the summer.I feel your pain, fellow citizen.
Like you, I have had no luck trying to solve this version of the puzzle, showing hints and clues offered so far:
I'm sorry you feel you "wasted another three hours," but thanks for your input.
I have yet to spend that amount of time with it, but I am trying to free my mind so my butt might follow.
After going "through the looking glass" in these games, where it's like Alice In Wonderland, I'm trying to accept that things might "make zero sense" until other possibilities are explored.
An alternate version of the game board, using the clues, but allowing the MINDGAMES letters to be placed anywhere on the grid, even split into two words, seems to open up many more possibilities for nine, seven, & six-letter words to have space to run diagonally & share letters.
That letter placement clue in your spoiler from GDN early in this thread was helpful for the top row at the time. The GDN clue that none of the highlighted boxes could be used as part of the puzzle words is what really threw a huge wrench in solving this.Also, for us to be told that the bottom corner squares were supposed to be "K" and "O" when those squares can't be used in any word anyway--it shouldn't make any difference if the bottom corners were a "J", "H", "N", two "O"s, or the "K" in the right corner instead. 
Hey @Good Dog Nigel, this clue here, was it about the Teenager Engineering Speaker? Was there any clues on the Speaker itself? Did I miss something? Or was it about the box inside Escape to Nutopia?
It’s referring to the Danger Box in the game.
Oh, ok! Thank you
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