Altair's Den: three ways to solve the world each day

Why play Altair's Den?

Altair's Den brings three small geography games together in one browser collection. Bearings hides a city at the centre of a dial, with arrows pointing toward named cities around it. Meridian asks you to arrange six cities from north to south or west to east. Landfall gives you an arrivals board and asks which airport the flights are landing at. Each game has a daily puzzle and an endless mode.

The creator, Satwik G., describes all three as free, without ads or an account requirement, and available in English. The public game pages explain their daily and endless rules. Bearings gives you five cities and five lives for the whole day; Meridian allows four checks; Landfall allows six guesses and accepts the airport city. This single listing covers the collection, with direct links to each game in Sources.

How does Altair's Den work?

Bearings tests relative direction: the hidden city sits at the centre of the dial and arrows point toward surrounding named cities. A wrong answer returns approximate distance and direction, helping you narrow the next guess, but spends one of the five shared daily lives. Meridian tests relative coordinates: put six cities in latitude or longitude order, then use one of four checks. Green positions lock, leaving fewer cities to rearrange. Landfall tests route geography: ten flights belong to one mystery airport, and each wrong guess reveals another flight plus distance feedback. You have six guesses, and naming the correct city counts. Its routes and airlines are real; flight numbers and times are fictional. All three also offer endless play.

How do you play Altair's Den?

1. Open Altair's Den and choose Bearings, Meridian or Landfall. Select Today for the daily puzzle or Endless for repeat play.
2. In Bearings, use the city-direction arrows to guess the hidden city. In Meridian, arrange six cities along the requested axis and check the order. In Landfall, read the visible arrivals and guess the destination airport or city.
3. Use the feedback to refine your answer: distance and direction in Bearings, green locked positions in Meridian, or another revealed flight and distance feedback in Landfall. Continue within the selected game’s life, check or guess limit.

How can you improve at Altair's Den?

1. Bearings: compare several arrows

   Look for a region that fits more than one named city’s direction. After a wrong guess, combine the distance feedback with the dial before spending another life.

2. Meridian: check the requested axis

   North to south uses latitude; west to east uses longitude. Place the most obvious extremes first, then use locked green positions to organize the remaining cities.

3. Landfall: read the route pattern

   Compare origins and airlines together, then use the distance feedback to narrow the destination. Guessing the city is enough, so you do not need to recall an airport code.

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