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Comments and Results for 'Nurikabe 131'

StateTypeTitleSizePlayedAvg timeRating (#users)YoursYour bestPublishedExpires
UnplayedNurikabeNurikabe 13110x101024:24Moderate (76)Subscribers only20th Feb-
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6:18

Unaided first solution time
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5:46
Completed by94 users
Best time without any aid1:36 by Silke
Best time with show wrong
or multiple sessions
0:59 by Peggy
Average solve time with no or minor aid4:03
Average solve time with no aid3:46
Average difficulty rating - all players2.4/10.0
Average difficulty rating - no aid1.9/10.0
Average difficulty rating - minor aid2.1/10.0
Average difficulty rating - major aid2.9/10.0
Average difficulty rating - show wrong or
multiple sessions
2.3/10.0
8 comments (Add new comment)
Posted 20th Feb 2020 at 11:46
Last edited by Elisabeth 20th Feb 2020 at 11:49
Elisabeth Daily subscriber Rated puzzle: Easy Completion time: 3:45
Goodness I might be getting the hang of these at last!! Not so Slitherlink or Skyscraper:)
Posted 20th Feb 2020 at 20:11
JoergWausW Daily subscriber Completion time: 3:15
Glad to hear it - I wasn't so wrong after all.

But what's your problem with the Skyscrapers?

Posted 20th Feb 2020 at 21:40
Elisabeth Daily subscriber Rated puzzle: Easy Completion time: 3:45
Thanks for suggesting I should try the Nurikabe JoergWausW!

I just keep getting them wrong. Partly because I have a problem looking up/down and sideways all at once and nearly always end up with one wrong produced by umpteen mistakes:)

Posted 20th Feb 2020 at 23:33
gareth Administrator Daily subscriber Rated puzzle: Hard Completion time: 15:52 Used 'check puzzle' when incorrect
I am terrible at skyscraper puzzles, and I make them! :) I sympathise with Elisabeth entirely. I think the secret, like kakuro, is to become much more familiar with the patterns that result from each clue value for each size of puzzle.
Posted 21st Feb 2020 at 06:01
JoergWausW Daily subscriber Completion time: 3:15
Sorry for kidnapping topics - again.
At skyscrapers I start with the highest number n (if there is a clue "1" it's fixed) and put the pencil numbers in. Then I work down what has to be fixed with this number. Then I continue with n-1 and do the same, then n-2 and so on. When I get to 4 or 3 I just pencil everything in and/or start excluding. Most of the time it's pretty obvious by then.
Doesn't always work...
Posted 21st Feb 2020 at 17:04
Elisabeth Daily subscriber Rated puzzle: Easy Completion time: 3:45
Thank you Gareth!!

I try to do the same as you suggest, JoergWausW but it doesn't become obvious at all!! I try to make it correct for one row/column only to discover it is now incorrect for another. I usually can manage the small ones but don't even try those for 7x7 or more:)

Posted 21st Feb 2020 at 17:36
JoergWausW Daily subscriber Completion time: 3:15
Elisabeth,
I don't know whether you understood my idea correctly.
So I created a little walkthrough in a new discussion forum thread:

Click me

Posted 22nd Feb 2020 at 11:05
Elisabeth Daily subscriber Rated puzzle: Easy Completion time: 3:45
Thank you JoergWausW I understood correctly, but this all becoming far too serious for me, so...………
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