17.02.2010, 04:25
Re: the 3 recent queries by berni.
Note: the links in berni's posts do not work. They are accidentally including a final ")".
http://puz.hp.infoseek.co.jp/honkaku/hole.html
http://puz.hp.infoseek.co.jp/honkaku/ring.html
mono: Yes, there is a rule missing from the currently listed translation. Adjacent signs of different types would attract each other, so they would touch.
ring: The applicable condition is probably that each group of identical cells forms a straight line. Specifically this means that "3"s do not form an "L" shape.
(Auto-translation of the query into English is confusing, so this may not be an appropriate answer.)
hole: The wormholes are alternately entered and exited (without re-entering). After the second of each pair, cells are encountered normally.
Some example lines, showing what is counted:
O--- => 1---
--O- => 123-
O-O- => 1-23 (this illustrates the point above)
-O-O => 12-3
Possible reinterpretations of the rules:
mono - (Mono poles) - Place one North pole (N) and one South pole (S) in each region. In a line, when two successive poles are the same, they do not touch. In a line, when two successive poles are different, they are not separated by any empty spaces. [They touch.]
ring - Number Ring - Place single numbers, 1 to 3, in cells to form an edge-connected loop. The loop does not touch itself along edges. (Touching at corners is allowed.) The loop can be thought of as being divided into groups of cells. Each group has cells of only a single value, and has a quantity of cells equal to this value. Each group of cells is in a straight line. Groups with identical values do not touch along edges.
hole - Wormhole - Place wormholes [represented by circles] in some of the cells. The clue numbers represent the quantity of cells an imagined thing encounters as it enters the board at the position of the number and moves along the associated line until it has exited beyond the end of that line. When the thing encounters a wormhole and there is no subsequent wormhole, the thing jumps beyond the line [and does not count any remaining empty cells]. When the thing encounters a wormhole and there is a subsequent wormhole, the thing jumps to that next wormhole [and does not count any intervening empty cells] and then moves either to the next cell, if there are remaining cells, or off of the board, if there are no remaining cells.
Note: the links in berni's posts do not work. They are accidentally including a final ")".
http://puz.hp.infoseek.co.jp/honkaku/hole.html
http://puz.hp.infoseek.co.jp/honkaku/ring.html
mono: Yes, there is a rule missing from the currently listed translation. Adjacent signs of different types would attract each other, so they would touch.
ring: The applicable condition is probably that each group of identical cells forms a straight line. Specifically this means that "3"s do not form an "L" shape.
(Auto-translation of the query into English is confusing, so this may not be an appropriate answer.)
hole: The wormholes are alternately entered and exited (without re-entering). After the second of each pair, cells are encountered normally.
Some example lines, showing what is counted:
O--- => 1---
--O- => 123-
O-O- => 1-23 (this illustrates the point above)
-O-O => 12-3
Possible reinterpretations of the rules:
mono - (Mono poles) - Place one North pole (N) and one South pole (S) in each region. In a line, when two successive poles are the same, they do not touch. In a line, when two successive poles are different, they are not separated by any empty spaces. [They touch.]
ring - Number Ring - Place single numbers, 1 to 3, in cells to form an edge-connected loop. The loop does not touch itself along edges. (Touching at corners is allowed.) The loop can be thought of as being divided into groups of cells. Each group has cells of only a single value, and has a quantity of cells equal to this value. Each group of cells is in a straight line. Groups with identical values do not touch along edges.
hole - Wormhole - Place wormholes [represented by circles] in some of the cells. The clue numbers represent the quantity of cells an imagined thing encounters as it enters the board at the position of the number and moves along the associated line until it has exited beyond the end of that line. When the thing encounters a wormhole and there is no subsequent wormhole, the thing jumps beyond the line [and does not count any remaining empty cells]. When the thing encounters a wormhole and there is a subsequent wormhole, the thing jumps to that next wormhole [and does not count any intervening empty cells] and then moves either to the next cell, if there are remaining cells, or off of the board, if there are no remaining cells.