Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Puzzlerium Tour: Pentanatomino

Rules: Place all pentomino shapes - once each - with all of the clue cells belonging to the shapes. 'X'-marked cells cannot be used. Pentominoes may be rotated and reflected but cannot touch each other, not even diagonally. Each given line's path alternates between dead-end cells and the other cells.

About: "Pentanatomino" was invented by Anurag Sahay.

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Puzzlerium Tour: Slitherlink

 

 




Rules: Draw a single loop by joining some of the dots. The loop cannot touch or cross itself. Numbers indicate how many of the four surrounding edges are used.

Monday, August 29, 2022

Puzzlerium Tour: Pentominous




Rules: Divide the grid into pentominoes such that every cell in the 
grid is a part of exactly one pentomino. Pentominoes of the same shape (rotations and reflections of a pentomino count as the same shape) cannot touch each other along an edge, but they may touch diagonally. Given letters, if any, must be part of a pentomino with that letter’s shape. It is permissible for a pentomino to contain more than one letter.

Saturday, August 27, 2022

Puzzlerium Tour: Slitherlink (No Zeroes)

 





Rules: Draw a single loop by joining some of the dots. The loop cannot touch or cross itself. Numbers indicate how many of the four surrounding edges are used. All cells must have one or more of their edges used. 


 



Friday, August 26, 2022

Puzzlerium Tour: Slitherlink

 




Theme: Triplets

Rules: Draw a single loop by joining some of the dots. The loop cannot touch or cross itself. Numbers indicate how many of the four surrounding edges are used.


Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Puzzlerium Tour: Flanked

 




Theme: The Xs and Ys for the ‘Z’

Rules: Three identical Pentominoes are given. Flank each pentomino with two pentominoes such that the attached pentominoes each touch the central pentomino diagonally, with only one contact point, but don't touch each other or those from the other triplets in any way. Pentominoes can be rotated and reflected. In the end, all white cells (including given x-marked cells) should be reachable through other white cells orthogonally in a single group. Also, each given must be flanked by the same pair of different pentominoes and they cannot be the same as the central pentomino (if an L and a Z are attached to a given, L and Z should flank the other two givens too). Given x-marked cells cannot be occupied. 

About: "Flanked" was invented by Anurag Sahay.

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Puzzlerium Tour: Pentanatomino

  




Rules: Place all pentomino shapes - once each - with all of the clue cells belonging to the shapes. 'X'-marked cells cannot be used. Pentominoes may be rotated and reflected but cannot touch each other, not even diagonally. Each given line's path alternates between dead-end cells and the other cells.

About: "Pentanatomino" was invented by Anurag Sahay.

Monday, August 22, 2022

Puzzlerium Tour: Fillomino

 




Rules: Divide the grid along the gridlines into some regions, and fill each of the empty cells with a number. When two cells containing the same number touch along an edge, they must belong to the same region. Given numbers represent the area of the region they belong to. A region may contain none, or one or more of the givens.


Sunday, August 21, 2022

Puzzlerium Tour: Heyawake (Trapped)

This wasn’t explored until now to the best of my knowledge, so don’t know if I can claim originality. Nonetheless this a variation often tried on other puzzles. 


 

Theme: Clueless

Rules: Shade in at least one cell in each of the bold outlined regions so that all of the unshaded cells are connected orthogonally in a single group. Shaded cells may only be diagonally adjacent. Unshaded cells are not allowed to span more than two regions in any straight line. 



Saturday, August 20, 2022

Puzzlerium Tour: Maxi Loop



Theme: The odd odd

Rules: Draw a single, non-intersecting loop, vertically or horizontally through the centres of all cells. Given numbers indicate the maximum number of cells traversed continuously in the corresponding region.