Thursday, 9 July 2026

Rook

A third number placement puzzle in a row from Rook? A Hebi-Ichigo? What's gotten into me, you may be asking? Well, I've realized that number placement is just shading with extra steps. Friendship ended with shading. Now number placement is my best friend.

Rules: Place numbers into some empty cells such that each orthogonally connected group forms a sequence of consecutive numbers from 1 to 5. Each number in the sequence must be orthogonally adjacent to the next. These groups may not share an edge with one another. The 1 in a sequence must not be able to see any numbers in a straight line in the direction it’s pointing (away from its adjacent 2) unless a clued cell blocks its view. A clue represents the first number seen in the indicated direction, up until the next clued cell in that direction. A zero clue means that no numbers are seen in the indicated direction.

Previous Features:
- Archive: Saturday, 20 July 2024 bakpao (Supersized)
- Archive: Friday, 15 July 2022 Freddie

Solve in 3:30 or less to earn yourself one Speedy Sloth 🦥!
Solve in 7:00 or less to earn yourself one Quick Crab 🦀!
Solve in any amount of time to earn one Friendly Fantail 🐦!

Example ( pzprxs ) by Freddie: https://tinyurl.com/4bkv83z9
Main ( pzprxs ): https://tinyurl.com/2n4xkje