I just realised that "available but not yet tried" puzzles (i.e. green triangle) appears on top of he list, and actually have done so for some time - but I remember they didn't at the start of "see what you're missing by not subscribing" display style. Thanks for fixing that, Gareth!
Posted 28th Jul 2012 at 11:17
vickyc Rated puzzle: ModerateCompletion time: 24:04Used 'show wrong moves' Used 'check puzzle' when incorrect
Not sure how to get started on this one - I ended up guessing. I think there's an important Hanjie technique that I'm missing somewhere.
Posted 28th Jul 2012 at 11:37
gareth Administrator Daily subscriber Has started but not yet finished this puzzle
vickyc, are you marking in the empty cells by right-clicking/ALT-clicking? They're often very hard if you don't.
Posted 30th Jul 2012 at 15:34 Last edited by gareth 30th Jul 2012 at 15:35
gareth Administrator Daily subscriber Has started but not yet finished this puzzle
I rated it medium because I figured people would think you could predict the picture too easily - I usually get lots of comments if any part is symmetric. ;) Perhaps I should have gone with the usual rating, which would have been "tricky".
Edit: Okay, based on ratings so far and comments above I've changed the difficulty rating in the title to 'tricky'.
Posted 31st Jul 2012 at 14:20
Ritulia Rated puzzle: ModerateBest completion time: 53:02Time on first attempt: 54:26
I wonder how many people rated in Easy, like me. :-D
I started very slowly using logic alone and was expecting to rate it as hard. On spotting the symmetry in certain areas I managed to finish without much trouble - resulting in a rating of easy.
Posted 30th Aug 2012 at 22:59 Last edited by nickysyme 31st Aug 2012 at 00:05
nickysyme Rated puzzle: HardCompletion time: 54:23Used 'check puzzle' when incorrect
To Vickyc, if as gareth says, you fill in the 2 rows of zero filled cells (ie: all white), then look at the 8,3,9 column down - the 9 has to be under the blank lines. Ther are also a couple of columns that start with an 8 and then a 3; even if the 3 is in the lower section, you can fill in where the end of the 8 will come. You'll then find you can see where the rows across with 4 x 2 or 4x 3 in them have to be (ie: you'll have 4 individual cells marked) - and can blank in the gaps between them, leaving just the 1 oer 2 cells either side. In turn this shows where some of the larger numbers in the columns must be in the lower section. Now start counting the rows in the lower section (bottom 2 and the one with 3 lots of 5). You can fill in quite a bit and this starts building the lower section which now becomes MUCH easier. My to tip: save as you go. Good luck! Just try this one again a few times and the "tricks" will start to become more obvious. Also, I've only recently started doing these on-line, and do find them trickier than on paper. A bit of practice on ones like this will help. Enjoy!
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Thanks for fixing that, Gareth!
Last edited by gareth 30th Jul 2012 at 15:35
Edit: Okay, based on ratings so far and comments above I've changed the difficulty rating in the title to 'tricky'.
On spotting the symmetry in certain areas I managed to finish without much trouble - resulting in a rating of easy.
Last edited by nickysyme 31st Aug 2012 at 00:05
My to tip: save as you go. Good luck! Just try this one again a few times and the "tricks" will start to become more obvious. Also, I've only recently started doing these on-line, and do find them trickier than on paper. A bit of practice on ones like this will help. Enjoy!
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