Wednesday, 7 September 2022

Tyrgannus

Some things work rather well together. Butter and toast. Cats and yarn. Puzzles and grids. Tyrgannus and Dr. Pepper (Hashtag not sponsored). In this case, we have something that will not only make @Karen Carpenter very happy today, but somewhat feels like a pairing between Fillomino and Snake Pit. It's neither one of them to be fair and is certainly distinct enough to be it's own genre, but it does deliciously combine region division, snakes, and logically yumminess into a pretty new genre that I've taken a liking to.

Today's GAPP is a Separated Snakes!

Rules: Divide the grid into regions, each of which is a 1-cell-wide snake of connected cells that may touch itself diagonally but not orthogonally. Each region must contain exactly one circle, which may contain a number. If there is a number, it indicates the area of the snake which must be at least 1. No two snakes of the same area may touch orthogonally but may touch diagonally.

As always, here's an example puzzle https://tinyurl.com/yck9xnc8

For a Speedy Sloth🦥 , finish in 2:30 or under
For a Quick Crab🦀 , finish in 5:45 or under
Finish with anytime at all for a Snake-eating Tank Raven🐦

Here's a link to today's puzzle https://tinyurl.com/ce54px7c