Brain Puzzle 3 Level 76

Overview

Level 76 is a storm-barricade puzzle. The banner reads "Reinforce the door to block the tornado." A dark angry tornado funnel is swirling directly outside the open door, sucking planks and debris through the room. A blonde woman crouches in fear on the wooden floor. Around her are a hammer and nails, a pair of scissors on the wall, a picture frame showing a mansion gate, an open wardrobe, a weather vane with a bird, a cobweb in the corner, a tipped-over vase, a crowbar and loose floorboards. She cries "The tornado is at our doorstep! Quick, reinforce the door!"

• Difficulty: Regular
• Estimated moves: 5

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Read the emergency. The tornado is pulling everything through the doorway. You must board the door shut before it rips the room apart.

1. Grab the hammer and nails. Take the hanging hammer off the wall; it is the tool you will use to fasten boards.

1. Use the picture frame as a board. Take the framed print of the mansion gate off the wall and lean it across the doorway. The heavy frame becomes a makeshift panel over the door.

1. Nail the loose planks over the door. Pick up the loose planks on the floor and hammer them across the doorway on top of the picture frame. In the next frames the door is covered with boards being nailed down.

1. Set up the ladder. A ladder is brought over so you can reach the top of the door and nail the upper boards securely.

1. Shelter the sheep. A sheep has been hiding in the wardrobe; once the door is sealed, it settles safely inside the closet. The weather-vane bird blows away in the wind.

1. Brace the door. The man and woman press their weight against the newly boarded door as the tornado howls outside. When the doorway is fully planked, the funnel stops pulling through. The "Completed" banner drops with the door sealed shut.

Strategy & Reasoning

The puzzle is a "fortify the doorway" task. A tornado defeats an ordinary door, so you have to turn the room itself into the barrier: hammer boards and a heavy picture frame across the opening, use a ladder to reach the top, and brace it. The objects on the wall are the building kit — the hammer is the tool, the picture frame and floorboards are the panels, and the ladder is for the upper reach.

The sheep in the wardrobe is a side concern; once the door is safe it stays dry inside the closet. The scissors, the vase and the cobweb are distractions. The reason the frame comes off the wall is that a framed picture is a free flat board in an emergency. The final boarded-up panel in the completion shot shows the door completely sealed, which is what stops the wind.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Mistake: just holding the door closed. Your hands are not enough; you must board it with planks and the frame.
• Mistake: forgetting the ladder. The top of the door cannot be reached without it; the upper boards stay loose.
• Mistake: trying to rescue the sheep in the tornado. Leave it in the wardrobe; board the door first.

Note: solution steps are based on visible frames only.