Hi guys, here's a thought for a different presentation of ghost puzzle..
Ask your spectator to complete the ghost puzzle and perform a series of magicians choices to arrive at the ghost which eventually is missing. This gives a great impact when they then make the second puzzle and find their one has vanished.
The forces i use are as follows..
First: "ok, so first shall we take the top or the bottom?"
The ambiguous use of the word 'take' allows you to either
'take away' the bottom 5 ghosts and eliminate them,
or to 'take the top 5 ghosts as the first 5 you'll use.
Next, ask them to touch two more ghosts. If the 'vanishing ghost' is one of the two, say "great, these are our final two"
You then just have to ask "so finally, which one do you want to get rid of?" If they choose the 'vanishing ghost' you're all set, tell them to remake the puzzle and see the one they chose to get rid of has vanished.
If they choose the other one, you can 'get rid' of it and say 'so,this is your final chosen ghost, now lets see what happens when we remake this picture" and you know the rest
If they Didn't touch the vanishing ghost "eliminate" the two they chose and proceed as with the previous point.
You will obviously have a much better idea of how you'd complete the magicians choices.
I think it just adds a nice dimension to the trick.
And hey, it works really well with a wooden set of Ghost Puzzle too!
Available made to order, just drop me a PM for more info.
Ghost Puzzle Variation
Ghost Puzzle Variation
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Re: Ghost Puzzle Variation
OK Simon, I remember that this Ghost Puzzle is based on a very old principle... I even have a puzzle like this ... I also have a life-long fascination for mechanical puzzels, especially wooden ones, also sequential (I have for instance the A Plugged Well from MrPuzzle), also called brainteasers. Very nice to transform a puzzle into a magic trick!!!
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Re: Ghost Puzzle Variation
My friend Mariano Tomatis (Italy) has published some interesting pages on this type of puzzles:Rob Rand wrote:I remember that this Ghost Puzzle is based on a very old principle...
A selection of vanishing puzzles
How to create chocolate out of nothing
Curse of the crystal skulls and other vanishing area puzzles
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Yes Magicogrec, that first link, that is the puzzle I mean!
Re: Ghost Puzzle Variation
I remember seeing the chocolate routine. That was a great idea.magicogreg wrote:My friend Mariano Tomatis (Italy) has published some interesting pages on this type of puzzles:Rob Rand wrote:I remember that this Ghost Puzzle is based on a very old principle...
A selection of vanishing puzzles
How to create chocolate out of nothing
Curse of the crystal skulls and other vanishing area puzzles