Phistomefel's Sequel
1,025*** TODAY'S PUZZLE ***
A couple of months ago we tacked Chequered Arromino #1 by the mighty Phistomefel. This was teased as the appetiser of the main course and it's that main course that Simon takes on today. Chequered Arromino #2 is exactly what you might expect: baffling, innovative and quite brilliant.
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Rules:
Divide the grid into ominoes (regions of orthogonally connected cells), so that no two ominoes of the same size share an edge. Each cell contains a number equal to its omino's size. After the regions are placed, it must be possible to shade the regions one of two colours such that any two regions touching on an edge have different colouring. One or more arrows in a cell indicate that the number in the cell equals the number of cells of the same shading in all of the directions combined.
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▶ Contents Of This Video ◀
0:00 Theme music & puzzle intro
0:44 Chequered Arromino 1
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2:15 Rules
7:00 Start Of Solve - Let's Get Cracking!
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