kishy72 - 2015-08-30 2:49 PM

A Numberlink puzzle.I realized that this puzzle has many ways of completing itself.Where am I going wrong?

This was a broken puzzle (I suppose you have taken this from one old LMI test)

Talking about Numberlink in general, this write up (Numberlink Primer) by Palmer will be an eye-opener for most.

kishy72 - 2015-08-31 6:45 PM

I ran into some problems in the following Hitori puzzle with just a few steps away from completion.Despite being so close,I fail to see a logical continuation here. Can someone post the solution ?

swaroop2011 - 2015-08-31 8:07 PM



one quick next step: R1C2 will be shaded.
Reason: Either of R8C1 or R8C2 will be shaded so that means R7C2 is unshaded in any case. Hence above step.

swaroop2011 - 2015-09-02 2:18 AM

hi,
can you share the original puzzle link ?
I am confused whether what you have circled or not.
E.g. Is R6C5 "4" clue circled or not ?

ashaash11ash - 2015-09-02 9:18 AM

If u see all the digits above and below the numbers at R7C5/7/9/11. for each number the digits above and below is same.. so if R6C5 is shaded then for the other numbers if any of the above or
below clue is shaded the white cells get closed at top

kishy72 - 2015-12-22 6:58 PM

The incorrectly done Mochikoro puzzle where all islands are not connected solved in the last few mins of the test .Apparently,there are ways one can gain points by solving incorrectly too !

prasanna16391 - 2015-12-22 11:24 PM

I too gained points by solving incorrectly, in a more indirect way. I solved the Japanese Sums 25 pointer incorrectly by placing a digit by mistake where it shouldn't be, which enabled me to reach an incorrect solution and move to the 105 pointer much faster than I would have if I had solved correctly. Considering I solved the 105 pointer with 1 minute to spare, I'd say the mistake gained me 80 points

rajeshk - 2016-01-31 12:09 AM

I could not proceed much Logical in this Fillomino Stars puzzles. Please do help me to get any logical continuation to this puzzle.

kishy72 - 2016-03-16 1:25 AM

Encountered this frustratingly irritating Linesweeper variant that plays around with the rules in the Loop PR round.I couldn't complete it during the test (and even later), discarded it in a corner and totally forgot about it until I saw it creeping up in the LMI fun contest again.So I decided to clear up this puzzle once and for all .I continued until this point unsure of whether it is right or wrong.Could someone post the steps until the end?

What is the logic for solving this particular puzzle other than the obvious ones at the lower right and top left and the not so apparent top right ?