Eric Fox's Puzzles

     Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Additionally, divide the unshaded cells into regions of five orthogonally connected cells so that no two regions of the same shape share an edge, 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. 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

      Here's a set of three 9x9 Tapa puzzles I made. Enjoy!      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 Solve online Solve online

      Here's another Tapa puzzle, one of my favorite genres! I'm quite pleased with one particular logical step here, as well as the circular layout.      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

       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

       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.      In this puzzle, a question mark can represent any positive integer. 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. There may not exist a run of more than three consecutive shaded or unshaded cells horizontally or vertically anywhere in the grid.      To be clear, the rule from Tapa which states that a 2x2 area cannot be entirely shaded does not apply. 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

       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

     Here's a couple of Tapa puzzles I made as a small exercise in antisymmetry.      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 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

      Beginning on June 3rd 2021,  Jeffrey Bardon / IHNN  and I hosted a puzzle context titled Hexagony which lasted one week, consisting of 30 puzzles across 15 genres, each with one puzzle on a square grid and one on a hexagonal grid. Although the contest is now over, the puzzles can still be accessed and solved for fun! Instruction Booklet Puzzle Booklet Contest Results

       Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Clues may or may not be shaded, and represent the sizes of the groups of orthogonally connected shaded cells in the (up to) 3x3 area surrounding the clue. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded. Solve online

     Here's the puzzle I entered into Logic Showcase #25 (Ubniqu Tilings). The theme for this showcase was to use a non-square grid tiling.      Shade some groups of three edge-connected cells such that the remaining unshaded cells form one edge-connected area, and the following rules from each genre are satisfied in their respective sextants:      Norinori (Top left):      Each region must contain exactly three shaded cells. The grey cells are not part of a region and may contain any number of shaded cells.      Hitori (Top center):      No two cells containing the same letter which see each other in a straight line along any of the three axes may both be unshaded.      Heyawake (Top right):      Numbered regions must contain the indicated amount of shaded cells. A straight line of consecutive unshaded cells along any of the three axes may not cross more than one bold...

     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