Spiral Galaxies (Line) by John Bulten
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Author/Opus: This is the 84th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster John Bulten.
Rules: Standard Spiral Galaxies rules. Also, there may not be four consecutive cells that are part of a galaxy in any row or column.
Difficulty: 3.5 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 4:00, Master = 6:30, Expert = 13:00
Solution: PDF; a solution video is also available here.
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Great puzzle!
I missed the “there may not be four consecutive cells that are part of a galaxy in any row or column” part of the rules and was able to complete the entire puzzle except for the very final step. Although that extra rule would have helped a lot in the early stage of the puzzle, it doesn’t seem to be required. I wonder if the puzzle could be made harder by removing that requirement and tweaking the end a little.
21 : 34. The middle galaxy was just incredulous.Good construction !
Great puzzle, I really enjoyed how well the no four in a row worked with the spiral galaxy rules.