Tuesday, 10 May 2022

Tyrgannus

The origin of the game Battleship is somewhat debated as it's either derived from Basilinda from 1890 or L'Attaque during World War 1. Either way, it was printed in the 1930's as a pencil and paper game and popularized in 1967 with the iconic pegboard. Today's puzzle is very much derivative of Battleship but with a pencil puzzle twist. We don't want you simply guessing coordinates after all 😉 .

Today's GAPP is a Battleships!

Rules: Place the given fleet of ships into the grid so that no two ships are touching, not even diagonally. Rotating ships is permitted. A clue outside the grid indicates the number of cells in the corresponding row or column that are occupied by ships. Cells with waves cannot be occupied by a ship. A given ship segment must be used as the part of a ship that its shape represents.

There aren't given ship segments for today, but it's always good to have the whole ruleset present. 🙂 It's important to note that answer check will work with both the composite battleships feature in Penpa as well as a more traditional grey/green shading. I find the shading quicker and easier, but the battleships input does look nicer so feel free to choose!

Here's a link to the example puzzle: https://tinyurl.com/2p8uy8wz

For a Speedy Sloth🦥 , finish in under 2:34
For a Quick Crab🦀 , finish in under 5:43
Finish with anytime at all for a Coordinate Cormorant🐦

Here's a link to today's GAPP https://tinyurl.com/rr2j8xyr