IQ Stixx Puzzle

5 horizontal pieces need to fit on top of 5 vertical ones. Can you criss-cross the sticks in this travel friendly puzzle game with 120 sticky challenges? 

GAME RULES IQ STIXX 

1) Select a challenge. Place the sticks on the game board as shown in the challenge:

 When you place sticks vertically, the cutouts in the sticks will stay visible (indicated by darker squares on the sticks). The correct orientation of each VERTICAL stick is indicated by a NUMBER on the top side.

• When you place sticks horizontally, the cutouts will be face down and not visible. But you can still see the position of the cutouts as they are indicated by smaller squares. Horizontally placed sticks show a LETTER on the LEFT SIDE.

2) Place all remaining sticks on the game board:

• All sticks should be level. The horizontal sticks are placed slightly higher than the vertical sticks.

• There are 25 positions on the game board where a horizontally stick crosses a

vertical one. There are also 25 cutouts in the sticks. This means that all cutouts must be used for crossings; two cutouts cannot be placed on top of each other (nor two sticks without cutouts).

• Players may lift horizontally placed sticks to fit sticks vertically underneath them, as long as the sticks shown in the challenge end up again in the right place and orientation.

3) You have found the one and only solution when all 10 sticks fit on the game board. Solutions can be found at the end of the challenge booklet.