I haven't solved it, but from what I've read, puzzle 12 requires a master builder. Now I had some, of course, but having completed my tech, built everything, and waited several generations for the gc to appear, they've all long since died off. And I don't see any way to train up any new ones. Even the debris event doesn't provide enough experience to create a master, supposing I had enough food to keep everyone feed for a single person to clear it.

So how does one solve puzzle 12?

This post tells you how to get all the help you need, in as much or as little detail as you'd like.

Yeah, but no, thanks on the spam.

That post does not tell me where to find open discussion, though. Do you know any forums with open discussion on this game?

There is plenty of open discussion on this forum about all of the games, however we have been asked not to put explicit solutions to the puzzles on the forum. We can understand that people don't want to inadvertently run into that type of information, so we provide hints through private messages on this forum - not through spam. LDW does not send unsolicited emails.

I am preparing a detailed puzzle guide for MobileTechReview and will post the link to it when it's available. That way, people who don't wish to register here can still get the help they want.

Was just looking for a hint, not a full spoiler.

Oh, well. I guess I'm done with it then. *sigh* Kind of anticlimactic.

There are plenty of hints on puzzle 12 already on the forum - just not the outright solution. Check out some of the topics with puzzle 12 spoilers in the title!

What you have to do is take XXXXX and move him to YYY, unless XXXXX is a she, in which case, move her to ZZZ. When they get there, do 'something'.

Oh, BTW, this will only work is XXXXX is really good.

Note: I might have made some of that up.

That's actally a very good hint!! Thanks, Stile!

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It's true that the search function is available only to registered users, but the forums are completely accessible to all users. The titles give a pretty good idea of which topics contain puzzle 12 hints.

it sounds like you waited too long to solve puzzle 12... generally it's best to complpete 3 certain categories of research and have a stable village of 30 or so before training a master builder... truly only puzzle 1 (sometimes 1&2) needs to be solved to get 12... then you can train your builder with the other building puzzles, there's alot of those. and start with a 14 y/o for the building. that way he/she will live longer. and make sure you have someone on medical duty full time in case your builder gets sick. then google village sim and you should find how to activate puzzle 12.
hope that helps... =)
and you might want to consider setting up a spam account that can't expire like hotmail can... i refer you to www.mail.com that's where i have mine. =)

I have finished writing a Village Sim Strategy and Puzzle Guide, which is available on MobileTechReview's forums in the Games Walkthrough section. Carla has recently added it to the LDW site. That nicely formatted, official-looking guide can be accessed here.

You can also access the guide on the MobileTechReview forums by clicking here.

Barbara, now I am POSITIVE that you never sleep! Unbelievable!

Thanks, Brett! I really hope it will help people enjoy the game more, without unnecessarily spoiling it for people who would rather not inadvertently run into that much detail on the puzzles.

I really do sleep, though! Well, maybe not this morning, because my doggie decided to wake me up at 3am!

What an excellent piece of work! You've verified quite a few things that I suspected, and turned on a few lights for me, as well. Well done!

Regards,
Lauren