{"id":3087,"date":"2014-01-18T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2014-01-18T17:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=3087"},"modified":"2022-05-03T14:48:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T21:48:58","slug":"tapa-triomino-prasanna-seshadri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/tapa-triomino-prasanna-seshadri\/","title":{"rendered":"Tapa (Triomino) by Prasanna Seshadri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/140118-Tapa-TriominoMiddle.png\" alt=\"Tapa (Trimino) by Prasanna Seshadri\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/140118-Tapa-TriominoMiddle.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href=https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/s\/140118Open>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&#8217;s on edges, left click+drag draws lines.)<\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> Open Middle<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 7th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Prasanna Seshadri.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rules:<\/b> Standard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tapa-rules-and-info\/\">Tapa<\/a> rules. Also, the entire Tapa must be made out of L triominoes, without overlapping. The L triominoes can be rotated.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/L-Triomino.png\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Answer String:<\/b> Enter the length in cells of each of the shaded segments from left to right for the marked rows, starting at the top. Separate each row\u2019s entry with a comma.<\/p>\n<p><b>Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> <span style=\"color:white;background-color:white;\">Grandmaster = 4:30, Master = 6:30, Expert = 13:00<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Solution:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/140118-Tapa-TriominoMiddle-soln.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> Follow this link for other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/tapa-2+variation-2\/\">Tapa variations<\/a> and this link for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/tapa-2+classic\/\">classic Tapa<\/a>. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/tapa-2+classic+mondaytuesday\/>easiest Tapa puzzles<\/a> to get started on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PDF or solve online (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&#8217;s on edges, left click+drag draws lines.) 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