Tuesday, 13 May 2025

Menderbug

Round 5 of the Puzzle Grand Prix is upon us next weekend and the instruction booklet was released a couple of days ago. There are lots of interesting variants. Today, we'll be revisiting FiveCells (Pentominous) which previously appeared on GAPP as FiveCells (Different Neighbours): Archive: Monday, 26 September 2022

In other news, my next puzzle will be a day early on Saturday and will be my final puzzle on regular rotation. That said, I'll pop back in for a one-off in a few weeks for a Thing we've been planning for a while.

Rules: Divide the grid into regions of five orthogonally connected cells. Clued cells must have the indicated number of region borders or grid borders surrounding them (e.g. a 3 in the corner takes two grid borders and one drawn edge). Two regions which share an edge may not be the same shape, counting rotations and reflections as the same.

Score a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 2:00 or less!
Collect a Quick Crab 🦀 by completing the puzzle in 4:00 or less!
Finish the puzzle in your own time to become the proud owner of a Frabjous Francolin 🐦!

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2z6h8nw6
Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2c4la9qd