Eric Fox's Puzzles

      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 my 300th post, I've put together a collection of example puzzles for all of my original puzzle genres. As I create more in the future, this post will get updated. I hope you enjoy!     1.  Ovotovata  (oh-VOH-toh-VAH-tuh)      Draw a non-intersecting loop through the centers of some cells which visits each shaded region at least once. When the loop exits a clued region in any direction, it must travel in a straight line for exactly the indicated number of cells (turning on the Nth cell, where N is the value of the clue). Solve online                                                    Solve online View solutions     2.  Aqre  (AY-kurr)      Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Regions with numbers must contain the indicated am...