> I once had the best Brackly Hall finish at 236 moves and thought the game's complexity was manageable enough that I'd reached the minimum. By now it's apparent that I must have missed multiple ideas/observations to shave off moves. I highly doubt I even have the best possible counts for the games *I* authored. (Though someone got within 1 move of me in Perils of Akumos, so it's possible.)

For Brackly Hall did you make use of the red button

So far I have:
only go in the maze twice.
only go to the village twice.
only go in the house 3 times.
only go to the birdnest tree twice.
remember the combo so you don't have to discover it again.
use the red button (I think)

The rest seems to be moving about the grounds and inside the house efficiently and how much to accomplish each time your in one of those two area.

But maybe I missed something.