Eric Fox's Puzzles

       Shade one tetromino of cells in each region so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Two tetrominoes of the same shape may not share a bold border, counting rotations and reflections as the same. 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 one tetromino of cells in each region so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Two tetrominoes of the same shape may not share a bold border, counting rotations and reflections as the same. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded. Solve online

       Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area.  No 2x2 area may be entirely shaded.     Canal View (Left and right):     Clues inside the grid cannot be shaded, and represent the number of shaded cells connected in a straight line horizontally or vertically to the clue.     LITS (Middle):    Each of the six regions in the middle part of the grid must contain one tetromino of shaded cells.  Two of these tetrominoes of the same shape may not share a bold border, counting rotations and reflections as the same.     Cross the Streams (Whole grid):      Clues outside the grid represent the lengths of the blocks of consecutive shaded cells in the corresponding row or column, in order. A question mark represents one block of an unknown number of cells. An asterisk represents any number of blocks of shaded cells, including none at all. Solve online

       Shade one tetromino of cells in each region so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded. Two tetrominoes of the same shape may not share a bold border, counting rotations and reflections as the same. Clues outside the grid represent the lengths of the blocks of consecutive shaded cells in the corresponding row or column, in order. A question mark represents one block of an unknown number of cells. An asterisk represents any number of blocks of shaded cells, including none at all. Solve online

     Star Battle (Left):      Place stars into some cells such that each row, column, and outlined region contains exactly N stars. The value of N is given outside the grid. Stars may not touch one another, not even diagonally.      LITS (Right):      Shade one tetromino of cells in each region so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Two tetrominoes of the same shape may not share a bold border, counting rotations and reflections as the same. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded. Solve online                                                                  Solve online

     Shade two tetrominoes of cells in each region so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. The two tetrominoes within a region may not touch orthogonally. Two tetrominoes of the same shape may not share a bold border, counting rotations and reflections as the same. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded. Solve online

     Shade one tetromino of cells in each region so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Two tetrominoes of the same shape may not share a bold border, counting rotations and reflections as the same. There may not exist two tetrominoes of the same shape and orientation anywhere in the grid. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded.       Solve online

       Shade one tetromino of cells in each region so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Two tetrominoes of the same shape may not share a bold border, counting rotations and reflections as the same. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded. Solve online

       Shade one tetromino of cells in each region so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Two tetrominoes of the same shape may not share a bold border, counting rotations and reflections as the same. 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 one tetromino of cells in each region so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Two tetrominoes of the same shape may not share a bold border, counting rotations and reflections as the same. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded. Solve online

       Shade one tetromino of cells in each region so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Two tetrominoes of the same shape may not share a bold border, counting rotations and reflections as the same. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded. Solve online

       Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area, no 2x2 region is entirely shaded, and the other rules of each genre are met:     LITS (Top left):     Each region must contain exactly four orthogonally connected cells, forming tetrominoes. Two tetrominoes of the same shape may not share a bold border, counting rotations and reflections as the same.     Tapa (Top right):      Clues cannot be shaded, and represent the lengths of the blocks of consecutive shaded cells in the (up to) eight cells surrounding the clue.     Canal View (Bottom left):      Clues cannot be shaded, and represent the number of shaded cells connected in a straight line horizontally or vertically to the clue.     Irunuri (Bottom right):      Numbered regions must contain the indicated amount of shaded cells. The shaded cells within a region m...

       Shade two tetrominoes of cells in each region so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. The two tetrominoes within a region may not touch orthogonally. Two tetrominoes of the same shape may not share a bold border, counting rotations and reflections as the same. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded. Solve online

    It took a very long time to get this puzzle to work exactly as intended, but I'm thrilled with how it turned out. Enjoy!      Shade one tetromino of cells in each region so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Two tetrominoes of the same shape may not share a bold border, counting rotations and reflections as the same. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded. Additionally, place stars into some unshaded cells such that each row, column, and outlined region contains exactly two stars. Stars may not touch one another, not even diagonally. Solve online

       Shade one tetromino of cells in each region so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Two tetrominoes of the same shape may not share a bold border, counting rotations and reflections as the same. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded. Solve online

       Shade one tetromino of cells in each region so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Two tetrominoes of the same shape may not share a bold border, counting rotations and reflections as the same. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded. Solve online

       Shade one tetromino of cells in each region so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Two tetrominoes of the same shape may not share a bold border, counting rotations and reflections as the same. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded. Solve online

       Shade one tetromino of cells in each region so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Two tetrominoes of the same shape may not share a bold border, counting rotations and reflections as the same. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded. Solve online