Eric Fox's Puzzles

       Connect some pairs of orthogonally adjacent dots to form a single non-intersecting loop. Clues represent the number of edges drawn surrounding the clue (up to four). Solve online

       Place letters from the range given outside the grid into some cells so that each row and column contains each letter once. A clue outside the grid represents the first letter seen in the corresponding row or column from that direction. Solve online

       Draw a non-intersecting loop through the centers of some cells that passes through every circle. The loop must turn on black circles and travel straight through the cells on either side. The loop must go straight through white circles, and turn in at least one of the cells on either side. Solve online

    I find odd numbers easier to work with when using this variant, which led me to a pretty obvious idea for a theme: Odd clues only!        Divide the grid into regions of orthogonally connected cells. All regions must have 180° rotational symmetry. Two regions of the same size may not share an edge. Clued cells must belong to a region containing the indicated number of cells. Solve online

      I decided to make a Slitherlink with two blocks of identical clues, and here it is!      Connect some pairs of orthogonally adjacent dots to form a single non-intersecting loop. Clues represent the number of edges drawn surrounding the clue (up to four). Solve online

      Here's the second puzzle of this new genre. This one is better than the previous one, in my opinion.      Locate some blocks in the grid, each of which are either 1x3 or 2x2, which may not overlap each other. All of the blocks must form one orthogonally connected area, but two blocks of the same shape and orientation may not share an edge. Clued cells cannot be used by blocks and indicate the number of blocks located at least partially in the (up to) eight cells surrounding the clue. Solve online

    Another original genre!        Locate some blocks in the grid, each of which are either 1x3 or 2x2, which may not overlap each other. All of the blocks must form one orthogonally connected area, but two blocks of the same shape and orientation may not share an edge. Clued cells cannot be used by blocks and indicate the number of blocks located at least partially in the (up to) eight cells surrounding the clue. Solve online

      For post #333, here' s the 33rd classic Tapa on my blog!      Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Clues cannot be shaded, and represent the lengths of the blocks of consecutive shaded cells in the (up to) eight cells surrounding the clue. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded. Solve online

       Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Clues cannot be shaded, and represent the lengths of the blocks of consecutive shaded cells in the (up to) eight cells surrounding the clue. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded. Solve online

       Divide the grid into regions of at most three orthogonally connected cells. Two regions of the same size may not share an edge. Clued cells must belong to a region containing the indicated number of cells. Solve online

       Shade some cells so that no two shaded cells are orthogonally adjacent and draw a non-intersecting loop through the centers of all the remaining empty cells. Clues cannot be shaded, and represent the number of shaded cells in a straight line in the indicated direction. Shaded cells may not be a knight’s move apart. Solve online

       Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Clues cannot be shaded, and represent the lengths of the blocks of consecutive shaded cells in the (up to) eight cells surrounding the clue. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded. Solve online

       Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. All pairs of regions which share an edge and contain numbers of shaded cells with a 1:2 ratio are marked with a black dot. All pairs of regions which share an edge and contain consecutive numbers of shaded cells are marked with a white dot. A region with one shaded cell next to a region with two shaded cells may be marked with either dot . There may not exist a run of more than three consecutive shaded or unshaded cells horizontally or vertically anywhere in the grid. Solve online

       Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Clues cannot be shaded, and every orthogonally connected area of unshaded cells contains exactly one clue. The value of a clue represents the size of its area, except every clue is off by 1. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded. Solve online

       Shade some dominoes of cells so that no two shaded dominoes are orthogonally adjacent and the remaining unshaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Clues cannot be shaded, and mean that there must exist exactly one shaded cell with the indicated distance in a straight line vertically or horizontally from the clue. Solve online

       Place each shape from the bank given outside the grid into the grid so that no two shapes share an edge and all unused cells form one orthogonally connected area. Rotating and reflecting shapes is allowed. Clues cannot be used by a shape, and represent how many of the (up to) eight surrounding cells are occupied by shapes. Solve online

       Draw a loop through the centers of all empty cells. Two perpendicular line segments may intersect each other, but not turn at their intersection or otherwise overlap. Solve online

       Place a number from 1 to N into each cell so that each row and column contains every number from that range with no repeats, where N is the side length of the grid. A number in a region represents the value obtained by applying an operation iteratively on the numbers in the region the clue is in. If no operation is given, it may be any of +, -, ×, or ÷. Subtraction and division in regions with more than two numbers are handled by taking the largest number and subtracting/dividing all the others.  A number outside the grid represents how many cells in the corresponding row or column contain a larger number than all cells before it in that row or column from the direction of the clue. Solve online

       Divide the grid into regions of orthogonally connected cells. Each region must contain exactly one circle and have 180° rotational symmetry around it. Solve online