{"id":26501,"date":"2023-11-15T09:00:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T17:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=26501"},"modified":"2024-02-17T07:59:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T15:59:49","slug":"wpc-shading-mini-playoff-1-3-aqre-by-jamie-hargrove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/wpc-shading-mini-playoff-1-3-aqre-by-jamie-hargrove\/","title":{"rendered":"WPC Shading Mini-Playoff 1\/3: Aqre by Jamie Hargrove"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 30th World Puzzle Championship<\/a> had five “mini-playoffs” to determine the top solvers in five different genres. Today we’ll be releasing the Shading puzzles starting with this Aqre puzzle by Jamie Hargrove with a “Trophy” theme in the region shapes.<\/i><\/p>\n

\"Aqre<\/p>\n

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

or solve online<\/a> (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools; use tab to shift between shading mode and the composite Yajilin mode where left click marks cells, right click marks dots in cells or X’s on edges, left click+drag draws lines.)<\/p>\n

Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 8th puzzle from guest contributor Jamie Hargrove.<\/p>\n

Rules:<\/b> Standard Aqre<\/a> rules: Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one connected group. Regions with numbers must contain the indicated count of shaded cells, and it is allowed to shade over the numbered cells. There may not exist a run of four or more consecutive shaded or unshaded cells horizontally or vertically anywhere in the grid.<\/p>\n

\"Aqre<\/p>\n

Estimated Difficulty:<\/b> 2 stars<\/p>\n

Solution:<\/b> PDF<\/a> for all Shading playoff puzzles.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/b> Follow this link for more Aqre puzzles<\/a>. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Aqre<\/a> to get started on. More Aqre puzzles can be found in these books<\/a> in our e-store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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