1st Prequel to Small Strife is an easy, 9 levels, riddle based game created by SmallTool for EG24. While playing you learn (with the help of your fellow players) about the basic tricks used in riddle games. It's the first of four daily games to prepare you to play the real game coming this Friday. Good luck and have fun!Note: Please do not post direct answers right away, start with hints and after that big hints!
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Thanks for the new riddle Small-tool!
ReplyDeleteHelloo!! :D Great News Small Tool! :)
ReplyDeleteI remember these hints...first things first...what a capital idea!
ReplyDeletelvl 2, the forth pic threw me (lots of possibilities ;) ) but once I knew that it had to be a vowel...happy days
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ReplyDeleteGrego, use only the last name
ReplyDeleteI need some help on level 4, i think i found the movie name, but cant find any "son-in-law"
ReplyDeleteOh thanks Donas :D
ReplyDeleteCan someone get me started with puzzle one?
ReplyDeleteCapital idea Cathy (look at the capitals ;) )
ReplyDeleteneed help on level 1!!
ReplyDeleteD'oh! Thanks, jonthewatch!
ReplyDeleteStuck on 6.
ReplyDeletelevel 2, is that nicki minaj or kim kardashian? the only ones i recognize are n******* d******* (Jon Heder character) J**** D****** (The Shnozzola) and M*** J***** but i'm probably on the wrong track
ReplyDeleteBayars, I'd help you, if I could see ;)
ReplyDeleteBone Gut, for level 2, what is most prominent for each one?
ReplyDeletejust look at the first letters of....what sticks out.....
ReplyDeleteBone, think first letter of what stands out. Spell a hero.
ReplyDeletei was on the wrong track! :P
ReplyDeleteNeed some help on level 5 :S
ReplyDeleteblind?
ReplyDeleteok got level 1 but anagram is not making sense for level 2
ReplyDeleteBayars, right track :)
ReplyDeletelvl 3 isnt about a french sci-fi (as seen in Hugo)?
ReplyDeleteGrego, for level 5, do you know the flag?
ReplyDeletemamadukes, no anagram needed on 2, 2 words for answer, no space
ReplyDeletelevel5....the flag shows you what to do with the numbers....
ReplyDeleteBone Gut, for level 3, just ask granny about moon panic
ReplyDeletestuck on level 6
ReplyDeleteIn Rome, 1000 = M
ReplyDeletethanks, donas. i really am a dunderhead. LOL
ReplyDeleteGot it Thank you :)
ReplyDeleteCathy, Feel (read) each letter as if you were blind
ReplyDeleteI'm stumped on level 6. blind faith?
ReplyDeletehmmm...
ReplyDeleteLOL, didn't really think vertical blinds would work, but I tried anyway. Still stuck.
ReplyDeletefor level 6, try dividing it into groups of 6
ReplyDeletePlease help still stuck on level 2
ReplyDeleteNeed some Help on 6 madethe hours, and its like if i got 4 letters but they dont work, tried flag cipher and some more but nope
ReplyDeleteMan, you guys are smart :)
ReplyDeletemamadukes, the first pic has big Hair, the next has big Ears...
ReplyDeleteonto level 7
ReplyDeleteSorry i meant i needed help on 7
ReplyDeleteThanks for help on 6. I just couldn't "see" the letters.
ReplyDeletea link for level 6, if you are really stuck
ReplyDeletehttp://www.braillecards.co.uk/whats-braille
Grego, drawing the hands is the right way, no reason to visit granny
ReplyDeletelevel 7
ReplyDeletetry picturing the h**** on the c****
On level 9 am I looking for 1 word or a sentence?
ReplyDeleteLinR, for level 9, 2 words
ReplyDeleteOut, thanks for help all. Anyone else need help?
ReplyDeleteYay, congrats Bayars316.
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing :)
level 8, please
ReplyDeleteCongrats Bayars!
ReplyDeletelveel 8 : what am i supposed to do with all the answers of the questions?tryed with first letters but nothing even granny desn't work
ReplyDeleteTessa, google is your friend for level 8, INITIALLY,find the answers to each to get the level answer
ReplyDelete
ReplyDeleteI have all the initials for each answer, but won't work
Tessa, level 8 is not an anagram, maybe you can guess it
ReplyDeleteGot answer to 5 but it made no sense to me
ReplyDeleteTessa, be sure to use the last name of the 4th question
ReplyDeletedone
ReplyDeleteCongrats Tessa!
ReplyDeleteCongrats Tessa and thanks for playing :)
ReplyDeletelevel 9, google is not your best friend.....
ReplyDeletei'm freeking out....level 9....i'm not excellent at english
ReplyDeleteTessa, just copy the main part of each question and paste in google, it should give you a good answer for each one
ReplyDeletesorry, smalltool, i didnt finish the game, only level 8.
ReplyDeleteBut thanks
Thanks S-T and Jon - managed with a few hints, but I will never be prepared for the main event :P
ReplyDeleteCongrats and thanks for playing Annaby :)
ReplyDeleteAh well, Tessa, then just read my previous comment again in a few minutes when you are finished.
What a great time ! Even with some blonde moments (and I'm not blonde) Great job Small Tool!
ReplyDeleteFor anyone stuck on level 2 like I was, Mick Jagger is known for his famous lips, but not here.
ReplyDeleteFinished all 9 levels now, thanks Small Tool & Jon.
level 9 is not working for me at all
ReplyDeleteFor anyone stuck on level 2 like I was, Mick Jagger is known for his famous lips, but not here.
ReplyDeleteFinished all 9 levels now, thanks Small Tool & Jon.
And congrats and thanks for playing to Lin R as well :)
ReplyDeleteTried filling in the middles but I don't know them all and not sure of the ones I thought I knew.
ReplyDeleteCongrats and thanks for playing c0fe etc.
ReplyDeletejust,
It's first letters again with the missing parts.
Thanks small tool, that was some good times.
ReplyDeleteI'm not good in riddles, stuck on lvl 4, I found a movie "Son-in-Law", but no name fits in.
ReplyDeleteMako - the movie is indicated by the objects depicted in the clue - what are they? They make 4 syllables in three words, and the son-in-law is the main character - the actor's surname is needed.
ReplyDeletefinished (finally) thanks for the prequel small :)
ReplyDeleteI still don't understand 7 I'm afraid. I'm imagining the times on the clockface, but the image doesn't mean anything to me. I've tried 'fingers', but I can't think of anything else.
ReplyDeleteOh, do the hands make letters? Trying that next.
ReplyDeleteCongrats and thanks for playing Gut :)
ReplyDeleteMako, first solve the rebus and then you'll know what you need.
That was it, wasn't it!
ReplyDeleteI'll be back soon to finish level 9, no good times trying to find the answer
ReplyDeletethanks, solved, I simply don't know much movies :)
ReplyDeleteOut now and feeling good! Thanks ST.
ReplyDeleteAnd congrats to you too Clodagh :)
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for playing as well. It's great to see Escapers playing riddle games too :)
Oh well, I tried. I really did! I don't know who "granny" is to ask her about the moon panicking. Google didn't help me. I think my brain just doesn't work this way - lol!
ReplyDeleteZoe,
ReplyDeleteGranny is (just like SD is a well known term for escapers) a way of saying Granmaa and that is a way of saying 'anagram'.
small-tool: Didn't know that. Each time I learn something new about these, I get a tiny bit better! Thanks!
ReplyDeletegeez! I cannot even pass level 1
ReplyDeleteEstefania, every sentence starts with a capital letter, use them in order to get the answer
ReplyDeleteEstefania,
ReplyDeleteThe text on that level is about first things and cap(italized) letters. So just look at the first letter of every sentence and put those together to make a 5 letter word/answer.
finished all now, thank you for the riddles (^‿^✿)
ReplyDeleteCongrats and thanks for playing Mako :)
ReplyDeleteTHANKS!!!! I am here just waiting for someone to post a walk through, HAHAHA!!
ReplyDeleteHi s-t, nice little taster lol
ReplyDeleteLevel 9 had me puzzled for a bit, I was making a long sentence out of all the missing bits, it made some kind of sense after the first clues, but then it kin of imploded lol
I look forward to the next lot :D
*first 5 clues
ReplyDelete*kind
lol
Yay Congrats Rambler :)
ReplyDeleteTomorrow a tiny bit harder :P
Excellent, I look forward to it...
ReplyDeletethank you small-tool !!!for the game
ReplyDeleteOk, small-tool - I'm progressing! Just finished 7!! All by myself. Why did that one seem so easy to me???
ReplyDeleteLOLOL small , the pic on 2
ReplyDeleteLol, I start to sound like a broken record, but here it goes again:
ReplyDeleteCongrats and thanks for playing New :)
I only get "Sorry, the page was not found" when i post my answer.
ReplyDeleteJust worked out #8! Getting there!
ReplyDeleteThen it's the wrong answer Jef.
ReplyDeleteWe use a free web site to make these and doesn't let us make pages like wrong answer etc.
So go back (with your browser buttons) and try another answer.
one hour later (maybe more) i am onto level 9 - ... I look forward for the real deal on Friday!
ReplyDeleteLOL smal ,i just got home and got started but thank you anyway !!i ll finish soon LOL
ReplyDeleteI think I have all the "in between" letters for #9 except for gen-list. But the other letters don't make sense even when I don't have these ...
ReplyDeleteNice prequel Small. Level 9 had me puzzled for a bit, as it turned out I made the same mistake as Rambler..
ReplyDeleteGoed gedaan jochie :)))
Oh - I got it! I forgot the very first thing in level 1! HAhaha!!
ReplyDeleteI'm out!!!
Congrats and thanks for playing Truus and Zoe :)
ReplyDeleteNow I know that Cambrian is the first geologic period of the Paleozoic era! :-P
ReplyDeletethank you!!!! ,cant wait for tomorrows game !!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Small-tool!!! I'm looking forward to the rest of the series
ReplyDeleteAnd here's the broken record again :P
ReplyDeleteCongrats and thanks for playing CeeBee :)
Thank you so much, small-tool. I finished.....ANDDDD..i didnt even cheat ONCE. (now will you believe me when i keep telling you im brilliant??...hahhahha.....no, i dont believe me either).
ReplyDeleteThat was fun. Thank-you again.
Stuck on 9
ReplyDeletenot sure with the 5th clue is Never-less
oh Pop! now working on the answer
ReplyDeleteI guess I am still stuck on 9. the first 5 seem to make a sentence then .... ???
ReplyDeleteEnjoy, try first letters of all the words you found.
ReplyDeleteSorry, i think that came out back to front. Yes, the first 5 words seem to be making a cogent sentence...and then it seems to go a bit whacko. However, what you really need is the first letters of all the 'in-between' words that you found.
ReplyDeletethanks Clio_rose. Got it!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jon and small-tool. It was fun!
thanks small-tool & Jonthewatch!
ReplyDeletelooking forward to 2nd prequel later. i know the place, but the time...?
1st post here was at 9:33 am (server time). that's 6:30 pm (18:30) central european time, right!?
Thanx jon and small tool
ReplyDeleteFirst time I ever finished one of these on my own
Yay, congrats Joe :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing :)
And the same goes for Clio, EnJoy and Casual :)
good riddle and lots more to look forward to,thanks small-tool
ReplyDeleteStill stuck on level 6, tried over an hour, still nothing...please help
ReplyDeleteLevel 6 is Braille,
ReplyDeleteUse this site:
http://www.braillecards.co.uk/whats-braille
The first letter should be a W.
Erik
ReplyDeleteGroup them in vertical levels of 6
ie 2 columns
Then the dark glasses correspond to dots
This gives you 7 groups of dots
Then use the link from Donas above and you will feel the correct letters and thereby the right answer
Thanks Small-tool, I will try to work it out....
ReplyDeleteI am not good at riddle games, but I also don't like them because you can't progress if you don't know one answer. Would it spoil the gameplay if one could pick the level - i.e. if you can't do one, move on to the next one?
ReplyDeleteOn this one you can pick levels:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.escapegames24.com/2012/07/tales-from-darkside.html
But that's a way more difficult riddle.
And isn't it a bit the same in escape games as well. If you can't solve a certain code (or find/get a key in an Selfdefiant game) you can't progress either.
Anyway, only play them if you like them, it's made to give people a bit of playing fun. But if it's not fun for you, loads and loads of other games on this great site.
Help on level 7. Please? Anybody?
ReplyDeleteLevel 7.
ReplyDeleteMake the times in the text on the clock with clock hands.
They will make the shapes of letters.
For example the first time is 3:00, so that would make the big hand up and the little hand to the 3, so then you have the shape of the letter L.
1st Prequel Walkthrough WITH ANSWERS! SPOILER ALERT!!!!
ReplyDeleteLevel 1: read the text, it tells you 'first things first', 'initially' and says 'thinking CAP'. The capital letters of the sentences spell the word WATER.
Level 2: same trick as Lvl 1 but this time you need to find words to fit the pictures, big Hair, big Ears, big Mouth, big Ass, big Nose = HEMAN (no spaces etc...)
Level 3: Granny or granmaa is anagram, an anagram of 'moon panic' = companion
Level 4: Rebus level. Meat Duh Pear Ants = meet the parents. Ben Stiller played the son-in-law and as the title tells you, surname only = stiller
Level 5: All roads lead to Rome and you have the Italian flag to hammer the point home. 1 = I, 5 = V, 10 = X, 50 = L, 100 = C, 500 = D and 1000 = M. the answer is 'mildcivilmix'
Level 6: The tool-man is blind and the page tells you to 'feel', the alphabet for the blind is Braille. Note the way the tool-man is facing and the location of the glasses....the braille spells out 'walking'
Level 7: Put the hands on the clock and see what letters they spell out...LIVE
Level 8: google level, just simply google the questions and find the answers, ie, capital of Nepal = Kathmandu, write this answer down and answer the rest of the questions, then read down your answers...first things first again.....'kicking'
Level 9: connections puzzle, find the word in the middle that will make a larger word: to GET her = Get, drag ON fly, do OR knob, out DO or, never THE less, bra IN wave, chair MAN ship, gen ERA list and three SO me...take first things first (a recurring theme in riddles) and they spell out: goodtimes :)
Finally got it it! Pff.. Thanks Joe and ST!
ReplyDeleteThank you SmallTool. I knew that much. But all I could figure was the L I. Senior moments slapped me silly after that.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the WT. I was stuck on 2...thought that Mick Jagger had big Teeth in the pic! No wonder I couldn't figure it...He tan??
ReplyDeleteGoing back to try to become a better riddler - thanks S-T for the baby steps...
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