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