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@ 2011-03-06 11:14 AM (#3653) (#3653) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2011-03-06 11:14 AM

@ 2011-03-06 11:16 AM (#3654 - in reply to #3653) (#3654) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2011-03-06 11:16 AM

Logic Masters India announces March Puzzle Test — Hybrids

Author : Bram de Laat

Date : 12th and 13th March

Length : 120 minutes

IB and Submission Link : Here

Puzzle Types : 10 common types and their Hybrids. And one "Xtra Puzzles Section"
@ 2011-03-06 5:27 PM (#3660 - in reply to #3654) (#3660) Top

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debmohanty posted @ 2011-03-06 5:27 PM

Notes about Corral - As mentioned in the IB, Normal corral includes the cell itself. The puzzle has been changed it here to keep in line with the seethrough to avoid counting mistakes.
@ 2011-03-06 7:27 PM (#3661 - in reply to #3653) (#3661) Top

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Para posted @ 2011-03-06 7:27 PM

Small revision in the Instruction booklet for the Star Battle Answer Key instructions. It now reads correctly how to enter the answer key: Enter the rows and/or columns where the size 2 and 3 ships lie.
@ 2011-03-07 12:54 PM (#3670 - in reply to #3653) (#3670) Top

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Neeraj posted @ 2011-03-07 12:54 PM

for OUTSIDE SKYSCRAPER SUDOKU doesn't the clue tells about that particular row/column which indicates??
Check out the clue "1 4".
1 says its in the 2X3 box and the 4 tells about the skyscraper.
so 1 should be present in that column and the corresponding 2X3 box...
but it is not....
@ 2011-03-07 1:04 PM (#3672 - in reply to #3670) (#3672) Top

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debmohanty posted @ 2011-03-07 1:04 PM

Neeraj - 2011-03-07 12:54 PM

for OUTSIDE SKYSCRAPER SUDOKU doesn't the clue tells about that particular row/column which indicates??
Check out the clue "1 4".
1 says its in the 2X3 box and the 4 tells about the skyscraper.
so 1 should be present in that column and the corresponding 2X3 box...
but it is not....

Between 1 and 4, you've to determine which one is Skyscraper clue and which one is Outside clue. It is written in the instructions. This process is part of solving.
@ 2011-03-07 9:10 PM (#3679 - in reply to #3672) (#3679) Top

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debmohanty posted @ 2011-03-07 9:10 PM

Instructions in Chinese - http://www.sudokufans.org.cn/forums/index.php?showtopic=234 - Thanks to Minfang Lin
@ 2011-03-08 1:16 PM (#3685 - in reply to #3653) (#3685) Top

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Tejal Phatak posted @ 2011-03-08 1:16 PM

Looking forward to this test :)
@ 2011-03-08 9:57 PM (#3687 - in reply to #3685) (#3687) Top

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vopani posted @ 2011-03-08 9:57 PM

I did not understand 'Dice' and 'Alphanumeric Dice'.
@ 2011-03-08 10:45 PM (#3688 - in reply to #3687) (#3688) Top

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Para posted @ 2011-03-08 10:45 PM

The rules are that each puzzle has a set of 6-sided dice. Either 3 or 4 Dice.

For Dice. On each die there are 6 letters, one on each side/face. All letters are different. The example puzzle has 3 die, so a total of 18 letters. When you were to roll the dice, 3 letters will show on top, one from each die. The given words all thus have a letter from each die. You have to figure out which 6 letters are on each die, so that the given words can be rolled using those 3 dice.
The actual puzzle will have 4 dice, so a total of 24 letters.

Alphanumeric dice has basically the same premise, except now each die has a letter and a digit from 1-6 on each side/face. Each die will have each digit from 1-6 once, like a normal die. The 3 die puzzle again has 18 different letters. The 4 die puzzle has 24 different letters.
Now if you were to roll the dice, 4 letters and 4 digits will show on top. In this puzzle you are given the 4 letters rolled and the sum of those 4 digits (just like in the ABC puzzle). Now you have to figure out which letter and digit are on the 6 sides/faces of each die, so that the given words can be rolled with the given sums.
(ps. you can check the last icon from the banner to visualise how such a die would look)

I hope this is clearer. If not, can you let me know what exactly you don't understand. It's different from the regular puzzles as it's not a grid based puzzle, it's a logic based puzzle though.

Edited by Para 2011-03-08 10:49 PM
@ 2011-03-08 10:48 PM (#3689 - in reply to #3688) (#3689) Top

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debmohanty posted @ 2011-03-08 10:48 PM

Rohan, See the logo ( the last of the 6 boxes) for example of how an Alphanumeric die would look like.
@ 2011-03-09 5:50 PM (#3693 - in reply to #3689) (#3693) Top

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vopani posted @ 2011-03-09 5:50 PM

Ok. Thanks, I understood the puzzle now.

The instruction says 'You have a set of 3 dice' and then it says '...that are rolled with those 4 dice', so I felt I was missing something. I assume the 4 dice is for the actual puzzle, whereas the example has 3 dice.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
@ 2011-03-10 2:02 AM (#3694 - in reply to #3693) (#3694) Top

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Para posted @ 2011-03-10 2:02 AM

Sorry, that seems to be a typo. I'll have it fixed.
@ 2011-03-10 2:07 AM (#3695 - in reply to #3653) (#3695) Top

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Para posted @ 2011-03-10 2:07 AM

We've release the Myopia genre on puzzlepicnic. I had come across this genre once on a slitherlink site, hadn't been aware of this puzzletype before. (If anyone has, sorry for the name mix-up). There's an extra rule in the puzzlepicnic rules. There won't be any of the white arrows/lines in the competition puzzles.

http://puzzlepicnic.com/genre?myopia (there's a link to all puzzles at the bottom).
@ 2011-03-10 1:31 PM (#3696 - in reply to #3695) (#3696) Top

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debmohanty posted @ 2011-03-10 1:31 PM

Thanks for the link Bram. Myopia is probably not as common as most other variants that you've.
The 2 puzzles by you at puzzlepicnic should serve as good practice.
@ 2011-03-10 1:44 PM (#3697 - in reply to #3695) (#3697) Top

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Nikola posted @ 2011-03-10 1:44 PM

I have some doubts about this test and I would like to remove it:

D3/4. Sea Battle
You say: '...so that in every row, column and boldly marked area exactly 2 ships appear.' I think it is impossible if you have at least one 3-cell ship. I would like to make everything clear here.

E3/4. Pentopia
If we looking in the T-line in the example, the closest penta is placed diagonally. So, I assume that there will be no diagonal lines in the grid. Am I right?

X1. Dice and X3/4. Alphanumeric Dice
It might be useful here to show an example with the solving steps.

I hope this will be a nice test, especially I like sudoku variations.

Thanks!

Nikola

Edited by Nikola 2011-03-10 1:50 PM
@ 2011-03-10 3:31 PM (#3698 - in reply to #3697) (#3698) Top

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Nikola posted @ 2011-03-10 3:31 PM

In the meantime I figured out the rules for D3/4. Sea Battle puzzle.

Nikola
@ 2011-03-10 3:32 PM (#3699 - in reply to #3698) (#3699) Top

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debmohanty posted @ 2011-03-10 3:32 PM

Nikola - 2011-03-10 3:31 PM

In the meantime I figured out the rules for D3/4. Sea Battle puzzle.

Nikola

Ok.
Regarding "E3/4. Pentopia", there won't be any diagonal lines.
@ 2011-03-10 11:12 PM (#3701 - in reply to #3697) (#3701) Top

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Para posted @ 2011-03-10 11:12 PM

Just in case anyone else has the same questions.

D3/4. Sea Battle
You say: '...so that in every row, column and boldly marked area exactly 2 ships appear.' I think it is impossible if you have at least one 3-cell ship. I would like to make everything clear here.

It's 2 ships per row/column and boldly marked areas, not ship parts. So a size 2, 3 or 4 ship in a row/column counts as one.

E3/4. Pentopia
If we looking in the T-line in the example, the closest penta is placed diagonally. So, I assume that there will be no diagonal lines in the grid. Am I right?

It's only in horizontal and vertical directions. The same goes for myopia.

X1. Dice and X3/4. Alphanumeric Dice
It might be useful here to show an example with the solving steps.


Well I can give you an opening step and you figure out the rest. It might help you get an idea of the solving techniques involved.
DICE example:
From BED - AND - PEA you can determine this. D must be on the same die as one of PEA, but can't go with either A or E, so it must go with P. You can now also figure out how to distribute the letters ABEN with these words.

Alphanumeric Dice Example:
|NOD 5-YES 6-CAR 7| are 9 different letters that add to 18, so they all have to be either accompanied by a 1,2 or 3 on their side/face as this is the minimum you can have. When you now combine ABC and Dice techniques, you should get to the solution.
@ 2011-03-11 10:57 PM (#3702 - in reply to #3701) (#3702) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2011-03-11 10:57 PM

Puzzle booklet uploaded. It has 13 pages including the cover page (with points table)
@ 2011-03-12 6:42 AM (#3704 - in reply to #3653) (#3704) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2011-03-12 6:42 AM

You can view your score after completing the test.

If you didn't get points for any puzzle because you entered in wrong format, please
post a reply here
OR
send a PM to Bram
OR
to me

Please don't post full / part of solution. Just the puzzle name.
@ 2011-03-12 9:12 AM (#3705 - in reply to #3653) (#3705) Top

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MellowMelon posted @ 2011-03-12 9:12 AM

Thanks for a fun test. One of the first competitions I've avoided making a mistake on. I figured I was going to have a hard time given how much trouble the examples gave me, but I was happy to exceed my own expectations at least. Still probably not incredibly well given how much time was spent staring at Sudoku, which is generally not a good use of time for me.
@ 2011-03-12 9:46 AM (#3706 - in reply to #3704) (#3706) Top

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figonometry posted @ 2011-03-12 9:46 AM

Another awesome test, another idiotic mistake for me. (I assumed the entry rules for all the dice puzzles were the same, and alphabetized them all.)Thanks to Bram and everyone.
@ 2011-03-12 11:21 AM (#3707 - in reply to #3706) (#3707) Top

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2011-03-12 11:21 AM

Excellent puzzles...I liked both the sea battles the most. Thanks Bram.

And, probably inspired by Akash, I wasted close to half an hour in the end.
@ 2011-03-12 8:52 PM (#3708 - in reply to #3653) (#3708) Top

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mucha posted @ 2011-03-12 8:52 PM

Very nice puzzles, well done Bram. I particularly loved the Pentopia puzzles, hope to see more of them in the future

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