{"id":541,"date":"2013-02-04T07:00:30","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T15:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?page_id=541"},"modified":"2022-04-23T18:45:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T01:45:05","slug":"skyscrapers-rules-and-info","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/skyscrapers-rules-and-info\/","title":{"rendered":"Skyscrapers Rules and Info"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/blog\/GM-SkyscrapersEx.png\" alt=\"Example Skyscrapers and solution\" width=\"500\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Rules:<\/b> Insert a number from 1 to N into each cell in the N by N grid so that no number repeats in any row or column. Also, each number in the grid represents the height of a building and the clues on the outside of the grid indicate how many buildings can be &#8220;seen&#8221; when looking from that direction. Taller buildings block the view of smaller buildings. For example, if a row contained the numbers 15342, then two buildings are seen from the left &#8211; 1 and 5 &#8211; and three buildings from the right &#8211; 2, 4, and 5 &#8211; with the other buildings blocked by taller buildings in front of them.<\/p>\n<p><b>Answer String:<\/b> Enter the row\/column marked &#8220;A&#8221;, followed by a comma, followed by the row\/column marked &#8220;B&#8221;. Rows are entered left to right and columns from top to bottom. This example has the key &#8220;253614,645132&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><b>(Brief) History of Skyscrapers:<\/b> Descended from other Latin Square puzzle types, Skyscrapers is a Japanese creation. It received its first broad exposure at the 1st World Puzzle Championship in NYC in 1992 when publisher Sekai Bunka-sha presented a 20 page English edition of their Puzzler magazine to the competitors. (If you know more about the original author\/publication of this style, please tell us).<\/p>\n<p><b>History of this example:<\/b> This puzzle was written by Thomas Snyder for the 2010 Turkish Puzzle Championship.<\/p>\n<p><b>Sources for Skyscrapers Puzzles:<\/b> Follow this link for classic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/skyscrapers-2+classic\/\">Skyscrapers puzzles<\/a> on this website and this link for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/skyscrapers-2+variation-2\/\">variations on Skyscrapers puzzles<\/a>. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/skyscrapers-2+classic+mondaytuesday\/>easiest Skyscrapers Puzzles<\/a> to get started on. More Skyscrapers puzzles can be found in <a href=https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/store\/the-art-of-puzzles><i>The Art of Puzzles<\/i><\/a>, in our beginner-friendly collection <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/store\/intro-to-gmpuzzles><i>Intro to GMPuzzles<\/i><\/a> by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli, and in the e-book <i><a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/store\/puzzle-collections>Skyscrapers<\/a><\/i> by Ashish Kumar.<\/p>\n<p><b>Design rules for contributors:<\/b> A Grandmaster Skyscrapers will have a unique solution that can be reached by logic alone. Typically, only outside clues are permitted but on rare occasions given numbers inside the grid are allowed if the theme\/solution is interesting enough. Sizes from 5 by 5 to 9 by 9 are recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rules: Insert a number from 1 to N into each cell in the N by N grid so that no number repeats in any row or column. 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