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Compass Puzzle: Bonus Solve
🕑 Added 2020-08-08 17:47:19 +0000 UTCAs mentioned on the channel, we've recorded a short video explaining how to find the solution to Scott Strosahl's beautiful playing-card-themed Compass puzzle! You can play the puzzle here:
Rules:
- - Divide the grid into regions based on the given clues.
- - There will be one orthogonally connected 13-cell region for each suit, plus 2 Joker cells that are not in a region.
- - For each given clue, the numbers indicate how many cells are north, south, east, or west of the clue cell.
- - Joker cells may not be on the edges of the grid and must be rotationally symmetric around the center.
Video walkthrough here:
Simon & Mark
Comments
First puzzle of this kind for me, I struggled with the 4 spades up (especially to keep a case for the joker), but I guess it's approchable with more experience...
Very approachable! Only took about 3-4 minutes to solve and
