This is a Slitherlink puzzle.
Puzzle 406
This one might remind you of the IPC 2012 Tapa, and in fact this one is another reject from the IPC (along with 401) for being a little harder than what was needed.
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Puzzle 406 (Slitherlink)
June 20, 2012Puzzle 405 (Creek) [Treasure hunt]
June 13, 2012This is a Creek puzzle, with a twist. One of the grid squares has treasure in it, though its location is not given. A number in a grid cell gives the length of the shortest path to the treasure going through adjacent unshaded cells. The path length is computed as the number of grid cells used, including the two cells with the clue and the treasure. Cells with a number or treasure are unshaded.
Puzzle 405
Puzzle 403 (Slitherlink) [Liar]
May 30, 2012This is a Slitherlink puzzle, with a twist. Exactly one clue in each row and column is false. Which clues are lying is up to you to determine.
Puzzle 403
Puzzle 402 (Nurikabe)
May 23, 2012This is a Nurikabe puzzle.
Puzzle 402
Update 5/23/2012 6:07 AM ET: Fixed a minor two-solution error on the right side.
Puzzle 401 (Slitherlink)
May 16, 2012This is a Slitherlink puzzle.
Puzzle 401
Expect the pack near the end of the week. I think I’ll be able to squeeze in the time to put it together…
Puzzle 398 (Fillomino) [Twins]
April 25, 2012This is a Fillomino puzzle, with a twist. Each polyomino is the same size as exactly one other polyomino in the solution. In other words, each polyomino size is either used twice or not at all.
Puzzle 398
Puzzle 397 (Country Road)
April 18, 2012This is a Country Road puzzle.
Puzzle 397
Almost went an entire year without one of these… given that, perhaps a reminder is in order: I’ve always used a variant on the rules which does not require every room to be visited. This puzzle is no exception.
Puzzle 396 (Numberlink)
April 11, 2012This is a Numberlink puzzle.
Puzzle 396
Puzzle 395 (Nurikabe) [Domino]
April 4, 2012This is a Nurikabe puzzle, with a twist. It must be possible to tile all of the shaded cells by nonoverlapping 1×2 dominoes.
Puzzle 395
I got sent this nice variation idea by Jack Brennen.
Puzzle 392 (Masyu) [Yajilin]
March 14, 2012This is a Masyu puzzle, with a twist. Two squares that are unused by the loop may not be adjacent (this is a rule borrowed from Yajilin).
Puzzle 392
