{"id":3477,"date":"2014-04-01T06:00:38","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=3477"},"modified":"2021-09-11T16:39:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-11T23:39:37","slug":"best-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/best-worlds\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best of Both Worlds?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While we tend to focus on &#8220;paper puzzles&#8221; here at Grandmaster Puzzles, this coming year we will make a dedicated push into the puzzle game app space. <\/p>\n<p>Today we wanted to show you a promo image for our first game. It combines one of our strengths (TomTom) with the best of 2014&#8217;s puzzle apps (namely, <a href=http:\/\/asherv.com\/threes\/>Threes!<\/a> and <a href=http:\/\/gabrielecirulli.github.io\/2048\/>2048<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Can you find the one solution?<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"TomTom by Thomas Snyder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/140401-TomTom-2048andThrees.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/140401-TomTom-2048andThrees.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href=https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/s\/1404012048>solve online<\/a> (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools)<\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> 2048 and Threes!<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 172nd puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rules:<\/b> Standard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tomtom-rules-and-info\/\">TomTom<\/a> rules, using the integers 1-4.<\/p>\n<p><b>Answer String:<\/b> As this is just a promo image, no answer entry is required.<\/p>\n<p><b>Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> <span style=\"color: white;background-color: white\">Grandmaster = 0:30, Master = 0:50, Expert = 1:40<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Solution:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/140401-TomTom-2048andThrees-soln.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> Follow this link for other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/tomtom-2+classic\/\">classic TomTom<\/a>. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/tomtom-2+classic+mondaytuesday\/>easiest TomTom<\/a> to get started on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While we tend to focus on &#8220;paper puzzles&#8221; here at Grandmaster Puzzles, this coming year we will make a dedicated push into the puzzle game app space. Today we wanted to show you a promo image for our first game. 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