Comments | motris: Friday Puzzle #109 - Better Know your Battleships

motris

Friday Puzzle #109 - Better Know your Battleships

Jul 08, 2011 00:02

This is part 3 of a "Better Know the USPC" preview series. The United States Puzzle Championship is scheduled for August 27th, 1PM EDT.

Type: Battleships
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betterknowtheuspc, competition, battleship, fridaypuzzle, uspc

Comments 5

lardarsegreg July 8 2011, 07:46:54 UTC

ROT13'd for possible spoiler: V unir gb nqzvg gung V cebonoyl jbhyq abg unir orra noyr gb fbyir gung, unq vg abg orra sbe ernqvat lbhe abgrf svefg.

anonymous July 8 2011, 08:41:42 UTC

This one fills in (and very quick) in the same order as the sizes are,making it a perfect battleship puzzle,atleast from solving perspective and certainly for a timed competition.
Anuraag

anonymous July 8 2011, 08:45:19 UTC

And,the seemingly intentional pattern of clues for the columns looks elegant.

ext_697867 July 10 2011, 03:03:47 UTC

"I violate what seem to be the standard design rules for these puzzles all the time."

I wish the design principle of numbering every single row and column would be violated more often. I feel like it's easier to force a wider variety of logic that way. Not that this puzzle was easy or inelegant, mind.

motris July 10 2011, 03:05:32 UTC

Very good point, and I do do that a lot of the time. But the USPC doesn't. So I didn't here.