apterous is a UK-based puzzle game where players compete to solve word and number puzzles. You can play in British English, French, German, Welsh, global English and a variety of other languages.
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10 0 4
Brainstorm by Dan Southwell. Status: Unconfirmed.
Been waiting for my photo submission to be reviewed for a while… envious of all the other folk who aren’t monotone ants… how long does it take?? [Read more] [More miscellany]
12 0 1
Announcement by Andres S.. Status: Unconfirmed.
Trying to get back on and get in the swing of things with Apto. And I think it's been a while since Make The Odds, but I first wanna see if there's still interest. If you want to see the previous seasons, ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
11 2 0
Announcement by Darren Godfrey. Status: Unconfirmed.
Not Apto-related as such, but applies to many Countdown-loving folks, so just posting this here to increase visibility: http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=16718 [Read more] [More miscellany]
8 1 3
Announcement by Andy SC. Status: Unconfirmed.
Like the Olympics? Like predicting sporting results? Like sports in general? If you have answered yes to any of those questions then this is exactly for you. I've set up three polls on Superbru for ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
15 1 12
Brainstorm by Fiona T. Status: Unconfirmed.
AIUI you have to play 11(?) games in a variant to cement a rating in that variant. While you're provisionally rated, you can see swings of several hundred in your rating but it should pan out by the ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
14 1 5
Game feature request by Etho Burrow. Status: Unconfirmed.
I've been practicing conundrums a lot lately, and one thing I find myself wishing for is some way to select the difficulty range of the conundrums I face in a particular game. I think the current system ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
8 2 13
Brainstorm by Andy SC. Status: Unconfirmed.
I was thinking of ways that I could make the People's Choice Weakest Link different for when I next half it, whenever that might be. I've detailed various options I've come up with below. Open to other ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
8 1 5
Brainstorm by Roger Peak. Status: Unconfirmed.
Can someone tell me - do the dictionaries for other languages ever get updated and what drives that ? [Read more] [More miscellany]
7 1 13
Miscellaneous topic by Steve H. Status: Unconfirmed.
Hello all Have been unable to find the ticket for the last time Ascension had a large conundrum update which IIRC addressed this issue so do bear that in mind, but what happens to Ascension when conundrums ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Miscellaneous topic by Jason C.. Status: Unconfirmed.
This hasn't come up for me in the 2 years I've been here, but I imagine it will at some point... Is there an unwritten rule as to how a final conundrum should be played if your opponent is working on a ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Brainstorm by Liam O. Status: Unconfirmed.
For normal numbers rounds, have all possible permutations been covered? And if so, how often does it happen? Is anyone good at figuring this out? Assuming there are four large and two of each small number ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
15 3 5
Brainstorm by M S R. Status: Unconfirmed.
Trying something new to help in my slightly cock-eyed attempt to get better at this. Putting it out here so A-You can try it should you wish and B-I'm wanting to finesse things, and feedback is welcome ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Brainstorm by Ed Byrne. Status: Unconfirmed.
I was trawling the pro rankings this morning and I noticed that quite a few users are Irish. I want to make you all aware of an in person Countdown Tournament I am running on Saturday 28th September. It ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Announcement by Charlie Reams. Status: Unconfirmed.
As many of you will have picked up from other threads, Oxford made a huge update recently including a huge number of deletions (nearly 100K!) and a few hundred new words too. It's been an epic effort by ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Website feature request by Thomas Carey. Status: Unconfirmed.
At the moment, I have a lot of tourney games clogging up the purple front page box. Most of these are human games with a long deadline, which happens in some large round robin tourneys (most notably EC). ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
8 0 1
Announcement by Adam Latchford. Status: Unconfirmed.
Hi League is set up again for next season https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/9ezi6g If you were in the league last season and use your email again - you'll automatically be involved. ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Miscellaneous topic by Sam Cappleman-Lynes. Status: Unconfirmed.
In this ticket (https://www.apterous.org/ticket_view.php?ticket=5970) it was explained data had been crunched to enable optimal bot picking in a number of variants. I got the impression that bots do not ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Miscellaneous topic by M S R. Status: Unconfirmed.
I'm sharing this so I've got some more motivation to get the bloody thing finished. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12mRogu3C8-m7e0wtSCaqlcNsM5M9kt3LpLdMfU3-TqY/edit?usp=sharing ^Have nicked the ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Announcement by M S R. Status: Unconfirmed.
Why hello. I'm looking for some people to leap in mid-season in my F1 tournament. Doesn't matter if you like fast-vehicles or not, it works on Apterous as follows.... QUALIFYING-Play a fast variant, try ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
9 1 5
Brainstorm by Sarah M. Status: Unconfirmed.
I would love to see a Bot Tourney that is a little bit easier than the current ones. Maybe a mix of games against various Bots and and various formats that are little bit easier for us more average players. ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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