Builder: Hod Carrier
Region: Europe & Middle East
Category entered:
Year entered: 2022
Brand of building bricks used:
LEGO
Since 2026, the Brick Train Awards have accepted models created with other LEGO®-compatible construction brick systems.
About Doublenook by Hod Carrier
Why just play with Lego when you can PLAY with Lego...!!
This is a desktop puzzle or game for one player. It is a railway/railroad themed game where the player has to shunt/switch a train of wagons into the correct sequence based on a randomly drawn selection of coloured tokens.
Starting with the trackplan of the classic Inglenook shunting puzzle I have attempted to develop it into a more complex and demanding game. The aim of the Inglenook puzzle is to shunt/switch a train of 5 wagons from the 8 that are placed on the board. Each siding can only hold a certain number of wagons, so planning several moves ahead is important to complete the puzzle successfully. The design of the game board takes two Inglenook trackplans and lays them back-to-back with a small overlap, hence the name Doublenook. It also uses double the number of wagons, with 16 in total.
Here is a link to a video of it in action - https://flic.kr/p/2n6cdAC
I am unsure which category to enter this into, so feel free to move it into a more appropriate one if you feel necessary.