{"id":4494,"date":"2015-01-01T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=4494"},"modified":"2017-01-06T08:44:56","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T16:44:56","slug":"best-2014-loop-puzzles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/best-2014-loop-puzzles\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of 2014: Loop Puzzles"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had 59 loop puzzles in 2014 in several distinct genres.<\/p>\n

One of the best Masyu puzzles was this classic “Dominoes” theme<\/a> from guest contributor Murat Can Tonta:<\/p>\n

\"Masyu<\/p>\n

(View image directly for larger form)<\/p>\n

Another highly rated Masyu was this Deformable Masyu from Serkan Y\u00fcrekli<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Masyu<\/p>\n

Three puzzles tied for the most FAVE votes and were separated based on the number of solvers to determine the order of the top 3. With 11 FAVE votes but the most solvers was a Slitherlink (Sheep and Wolves) by Thomas Snyder<\/a> called “Surrounded!”:<\/p>\n

\"Slitherlink<\/p>\n

In second, also with 11 FAVE votes, was one of the few puzzles we got from Palmer Mebane this year (almost all of which earned lots of praise). This Yajilin<\/a> was actually a 2013 submission that we held onto until this year’s April Fool’s week for obvious reasons:<\/p>\n

\"Yajilin<\/p>\n

(View image directly for larger form)<\/p>\n

And the best Loop puzzle of 2014, with 11 FAVE votes but many fewer solvers for a 30+% Fave\/Solve ratio is this Castle Wall<\/a>, also by Palmer Mebane:<\/p>\n

\"Castle<\/p>\n

(View image directly for larger form)<\/p>\n

These best puzzles have been gathered in this PDF<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We had 59 loop puzzles in 2014 in several distinct genres. One of the best Masyu puzzles was this classic “Dominoes” theme from guest contributor Murat Can Tonta: (View image directly for larger form) Another highly rated Masyu was this Deformable Masyu from Serkan Y\u00fcrekli: Three puzzles tied for the most FAVE votes and were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[134],"tags":[151,47,71,81,112],"class_list":["post-4494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bestof","tag-masyu","tag-slitherlink-2","tag-yajilin-2","tag-bestof","tag-castlewall"],"yoast_head":"\nBest of 2014: Loop Puzzles - The Art of Puzzles<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here are the Best Loop Puzzles of 2014 from Grandmaster Puzzles, as rated by our many devoted solvers. 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