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Today we are quite excited to welcome Takeya Saikachi, one of the founding authors of the Toketa series of puzzle books amongst other contributions, to the Grandmaster Puzzles team as a contributing puzzlemaster. Takeya will be the author of our upcoming Starter Pack 4: Slitherlink book, coming out in about a week.<\/i> <\/p>\n

\"Tapa-Like<\/p>\n

PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

or solve online<\/a> (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools in linex mode where left click+drag draws lines and right click marks X’s on edges)<\/p>\n

Theme:<\/b> Two Sides<\/p>\n

Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 18th puzzle from our newest contributing puzzlemaster Takeya Saikachi.<\/p>\n

Rules:<\/b> Variation of Tapa: Form a single non-intersecting loop. Clues inside the grid represent the number of neighboring cells visited by the loop; if there is more than one number in a cell, each number should be represented with a separate loop segment. There is no 2\u00d72 rule of Tapa in this puzzle.<\/p>\n

See also this example:<\/p>\n

\"Tapa-Like<\/p>\n

Difficulty:<\/b> 1.5 stars<\/p>\n

Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> Grandmaster = 0:40, Master = 1:20, Expert = 2:40<\/span><\/p>\n

Solution:<\/b> PDF<\/a> and solving video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/b> Follow this link for other Tapa-Like Loop puzzles<\/a>. More Tapa-Like Loop puzzles can be found in the Tapa-Like Loop Collection<\/i><\/a> by Prasanna Seshadri.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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