Object: Get all people to the other side of the river.
 
This is a collection of some classical 'Rivercrossing' puzzles.
 
Variant 1:
Three adults and three children went for a walk and found themselves on a riverbank. There was no bridge to cross the river, but they discovered a boat moored at the shore. It was so small that it could carry only one adult or two children at the time.
How could all six of them cross the river to the other side, and what would be the smallest number of trips necessary?
 
Drag the tokens to move the people. To move the boat, drag the left part of the boat to the other side of the river.
 
To see the description of the other variants, select menu item Help/Game Description after starting the variant.
 
Variant 2: Three jealous couples
Variant 3: Fox, duck and corn
Variant 4: Missionaries and cannibals
 
 
For literature on these and similar classic puzzles see:
- many books by Martin Gardner
- many books by Kobon Fujimura, for example: 'The Tokyo Puzzles' 1979.
 
More free games software as well as real puzzles and games at my homepage: karl.kiwi.gen.nz.