Container Sort Puzzle

Container Sort Puzzle moves the sorting genre down to the docks. Instead of balls in tubes or liquid in glasses, the pieces are shipping containers, and the destinations are ships waiting in port. The goal is stated in one line: load the right containers onto the right ships and sort all the cargo.

The tags point to colour as the link between containers and their ships, and the description pitches the game at fans of sort games, stacking puzzles and logic challenges. That tells you the kind of thinking involved: reading which cargo belongs to which vessel and loading it in an order that does not leave anything stranded on the quay.

The harbour theme gives the puzzle a sense of purpose that abstract boards lack. You are cast as a would-be port master, and every cleared dock is a fleet sent off with the right load. Casual players and seasoned puzzlers are both named as the audience, so the game is meant to be approachable without being trivial.

1. Look at the containers on the quay and the ships waiting for cargo.
2. Work out which ship each container belongs on.
3. Load the containers in an order that keeps the rest within reach.
4. Clear the port by getting all the cargo onto the right ships.

Fill one ship completely before spreading your attention across the rest. A single finished load gives you room to think about the others.