The Naughty Brain
1,193*** TODAY'S PUZZLE ***
A new fillomino variant today courtesy of the innovative and brilliant Math Pesto! It's called Bridges and Fillings but it's a lot less painful than going to the dentist. Definitely an opportunity to solve this one more quickly than the video today; sometimes your brain is naughty and doesn't see things clearly!! Just put your parity hats on and get cracking :)
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Rules:
Divide the grid into polyominoes so that polyominoes of the same size (ie with the same number of cells) don't share an edge. Each cell contains a number equal to its polyomino's size. For each line, one circle contains an odd number, and the other an even. The odd circle gives the amount of odd numbers on the line (excluding itself), while the even circle gives the amount of even numbers (excluding itself). If an odd number is in a cell with an arrow, it gives the amount of odd numbers in that direction (excluding itself) and if the number is even, it gives the amount of even numbers (excluding itself).
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0:00 Theme music and puzzle intro
2:08 Happy Birthdays
3:01 Kraken The Cryptic - a new sudoku hunt for our Patrons
3:24 Fastasy Art: The Realm Of Cracking The Cryptic
4:28 Rules
7:20 Start Of Solve - Let's Get Cracking!
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You can input classic sudoku puzzles into our software and help support Sven, the programmer responsible for the wonderful user interface we all use to play these puzzles everyday. The app also comes with 12 handmade puzzles from us:
iOS:
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