Opening the crate…
About The Record Crate
The Record Crate is HipHopCanada’s vinyl puzzle game. Place miniature records into coloured sections of a crate using logic, not music trivia. Each board has one solution. You do not need to recognize an artist or remember a song title to play: the challenge is finding where every record belongs.
The game combines a record-shop atmosphere with a calm placement puzzle. There is no countdown to beat. Follow the starting records, mark impossible squares and look for the next forced placement. Every successful dig reveals three Canadian projects, with cover artwork and a short description. Add discoveries to My Crate and follow the listening links where available. The catalogue includes albums, mixtapes and EPs from different eras of Canadian hip-hop.
How to play
Place exactly one record in each coloured section and one in every row and column. Records cannot touch, even diagonally. In Smart taps mode, tap once to mark or clear an X and double-tap to place a record. The direct Place record and Rule out controls are also available. Starting records are locked, while records you place can be removed.
What do hints and undo do?
A hint places the next forced record from the puzzle’s verified deduction path. It counts as assistance rather than a mistake. Undo reverses your last board edit. Restart clears your placements and notes while retaining the dig’s mistakes, hints and elapsed time. Three incorrect placements end the round.
Daily or Practice?
The Daily crate gives everyone the same puzzle and resets at midnight Toronto time. Practice offers six-by-six, seven-by-seven and eight-by-eight boards. After finishing a dig, Keep digging starts another Practice puzzle. Hints are available if you need help, and auto-marking can show squares excluded by records already on the board.
Do I need an account?
No account is required. Progress, personal stats and discovered records are saved in your browser. Your collection stays separate from the puzzle bank, so it can grow as the album catalogue expands. Clearing browser storage or switching devices can remove or separate those saved results.
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