Sunday, 18 May 2025

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It is with a heavy heart that we said farewell to Menderbug as he stepped down from the GAPP team yesterday. On behalf of the entire team, I'd like to express our gratitude and send some more much deserved praise his way. Not only did he write over 150 top quality puzzles for GAPP and many more for MTG, he's also been an invaluable member of the team in many other ways: Getting our internal spreadsheet organised (in which, painful as it is at times, we also keep track of cell counts! https://i.imgur.com/zi5OBMU.png), leading and absolutely carrying the GAPP1K anniversary project, coming up with fun ideas for our traditional August shenanigans and in general just always being around to test any new puzzle and provide important feedback - Menderbug will be missed very dearly by us all. Thank you for all you've done for GAPP! ❤️

Keep your eyes peeled though - perhaps he has one more parting surprise for you all soon... 👀

In other news, don't forget that Puzzle GP round 5, authored by Aubin Danzo of France, is currently ongoing! Give it a try and claim your bonus 🦦 participation otter 🦦 if you do!

Now on to today's GAPP - a Dominion on a triangular grid!

Rules: Shade some dominoes of cells to divide the grid into unshaded areas. Shaded dominoes may not touch orthogonally. Clues cannot be shaded, and each orthogonally connected area of unshaded cells contains exactly one type of clue, and all instances of it.

Try the previous Dominion on a standard grid, by shye, here:
Archive: Sunday, 12 November 2023

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving in 2:30 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving in 5:00 or less!
All solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with a Grateful Greenfinch 🐦!

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/yuvdjde8
Main (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/yw3dn69a