The final Post – one for the future!

[myrebelcat.livejournal.com]

I know these as Hanjie, but I’ve also heard them called Paint by Numbers and Paint by Sudoku. They’re a Japanese logic puzzle, in which you use number clues to shade in squares on a grid, until you end up with a picture in the end.

I am absolutely addicted to them, so in the spirit of sharing, I’ve created some new ones with a Professionals theme. If you haven’t tried these before, read on for a tutorial…





Right. Here you have a blank grid. Notice the numbers on the side and the top? Each represents a solid row of shaded squares. The rows cannot touch each other.

Two of the rows have no numbers at all. That tells you that none of the squares are shaded, so put a dot or a line in each one. This way you’ll remember not to shade them in.



Some of the rows have numbers that equal the length of the row. You can shade those in right away.



And finally, the rest can be filled in using simple logic. For instance, if the top row across is 3, 2, 3, then you know there’s only one way those three sets of shaded squares can fit together and still not touch. The second row from the top is a little trickier, but since you already know the first number is 2, then you know the third square can’t be shaded. The final three squares in the second row can be filled in two ways, so you’d leave them blank for the moment, until you’ve solved the rest.



Now if you’re ready to try some Hanjie on your own, or if you are already familiar with how the game is played, I have a variety of puzzles in PDF form for you to print out.



Bang! (easy)

In Moderation (easy)

Hardly a Creampuff (hard)

LOL! (hard)

If you’re having difficulty solving them, or if you’d just rather see what the finished puzzles look like without all the bother, you can find the answers here: http://rebelcat4.tripod.com/id161.html

While if you’d prefer to do them online, you can search for the puzzle titles on the website I used to create them here: http://webpbn.com

Merry Christmas, All!

ETA: The numbers are always read in order from left to right. So a row with 2, 1, 3, will always have two shaded squares, followed by one shaded square, followed by three shaded squares. And an unknown number of white squares between them, depending on the length of the row.
Thanks to msmoat for pointing this out! :-)

Comments

[madmogs.livejournal.com]

Not often, but since I spend way too much of my free time on sudoku and other related puzzles I could pick up the thought processes comparatively easily.

And I'm definitely enjoying them.

[myrebelcat.livejournal.com]

Oh, do you play Kakuro, too? I started with Sudoku, but have been exploring other kinds of puzzles lately.

[madmogs.livejournal.com]

I enjoy kakuro but tend to make way too many careless mistakes. My weakness tend to be Hashiwokakero, Hitori and Slitherlink, but I seemt o stick chiefly to sudoku from sheer force of habit.

[myrebelcat.livejournal.com]

I've played Slitherlink, but not the other two. I'll have to check them out!