Featured Puzzle: Paint by Pairs #1
Today’s puzzle will create a picture! Connect numbers with lines, and then shade them in, leaving only cells without numbers or lines empty.
Today’s puzzle will create a picture! Connect numbers with lines, and then shade them in, leaving only cells without numbers or lines empty.
I love finding unique holidays to theme a puzzle around. In Japan, Kakizome takes place on the second of January. It’s meant to celebrate one of the major traditional arts – calligraphy. This practice began as a court event during the Heian era during the late 8th century. They would make ink with water drawn on the morning of the first day, then write short aspirational poetry for the year.
Hidden in this grid is a specific battleship fleet, pictured below. It contains a Carrier, two Battleships, three Cruisers, four Destroyers, and five Submarines. Given that no ship may be adjacent to another in any direction, can you deduce the correct positions?
Your town has become the latest target of the zombie horde! Make your getaway through the sewer tunnels! You know the manholes where you will enter and exit, but you need to figure out the correct path to take.
When they’re not in your boot, snakes are often found sunning themselves in some peaceful place. In this grid, you can see the head and the tip of the snake’s tail. Can you safely uncover the rest of its body?
When they’re not in your boot, snakes are often found sunning themselves in some peaceful place. In this grid, you can see the head and the tip of the snake’s tail. Can you safely uncover the rest of its body?
Haunt Hunters are at another job site, testing for poltergeists. This grid shows all the readings of potential specters. See if you can mark which spots are definitely haunted.
Ready for some square dancing? SquarO is a Minesweeper-like puzzle. It reminds me a bit of standardized testing, because you’re shading in little circles. Basically, each number represents how many of the four circles on the corners of each cell should be filled in. Good luck!
It’s Groundhog Day! They’re hiding in the corners of this grid. Using SquarO rules, find the rodent prognosticators who’ll stay out in the sun with us instead of hiding from their shadows.
As you might have noticed by now, I love the various cell-shading puzzles. Today, we’re taking a look at another Nikoli creation – Stostone. In English, it’s generally known as Stone on Stone. Like Heyawake, you must shade cells according to the numbers in the regions, but there are a few unique requirements.