Hello,
another short remark: Since some of the mazes are very large, the pages 6-18 of the contest file contain only the puzzle diagrams; the instructions can be found on the pages 1-5. Please note furthermore that the second Escher maze (puzzle 8) has been rotated by 90° to fit on the page.
Hausigel

The contest HCS 12 is over. Congratulations to James on a great victory! You will find a few closing remarks in the German forum.
The total scoring table will be updated within the next few days.
Hausigel

Hello,
the total scoring has been updated; changes are still possible. If you find any mistakes, please let me know until Sunday. After that, I wll officially close the HCS.
Hausigel

Dear puzzle friends,
the HCS is now officially closed, there will be no more changes in the scoring table. Congratulations to Ulrich Voigt (uvo), Hideaki Jo (deu) and Nikola Zivanovic (nikolaz), and to the following participants in the table as well.
I would like to thank again all participants. Many thanks especially to the Japanese delegation which took part in all the individual contests in great numbers, and which has raised the overall level of the HCS considerably. Of course, I also thank all the other participants, the regular ones as much as the occasional ones.
You will find a few statistics in my blog.
Hausigel

Hello,
I have set up another contest on the LM initial page, "Dream within a Dream". The contest takes place in "Rallye" mode, which means that there will not be a short time window for solving the puzzles; the contest will run over a year in total. Since I designed the puzzles at the same time as the HCS, you are welcome to view this contest unofficially as "HCS 13". Otherwise - just view it as a Christmas present.
Hausigel