{"id":8772,"date":"2018-12-09T09:05:20","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T17:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=8772"},"modified":"2018-12-08T21:01:30","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T05:01:30","slug":"gaps-between-battleships-by-palmer-mebane-bonus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/gaps-between-battleships-by-palmer-mebane-bonus\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaps Between Battleships by Palmer Mebane [bonus]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Our master+ subscribers receive access to two bonus puzzles each week in addition to other rewards. We make these posts so those supporters have a space to comment on these puzzles, mark as FAVES, or log their solving. If you are interested in subscribing and seeing these bonus puzzles, <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/how-to-subscribe\/>click here for more info<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/181209-GapsBetweenBattleships-blur.png\" alt=\"Gaps Between Battleships by Palmer Mebane\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> Logical<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 39th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Palmer Mebane.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rules:<\/b> Variation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/battleships-rules-and-info\/\">Battleships<\/a>. Place the given set of \u201cships\u201d into the grid, rotations and reflections allowed, so that no ship touches another, not even diagonally. Every row and column will have exactly two ships in it, and the clues outside the grid indicate the count of empty cells between the ships.<\/p>\n<p>Also see this example:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/GapsBetweenBattleships-Ex.png\" alt=\"Gaps Between Battleships Example by Thomas Snyder\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Answer String:<\/b> For each row from top to bottom, enter the number of the first column from the left where a ship segment appears (enter just the last digit for any two-digit number). If the row is empty, enter 0. Enter these numbers as a single string with no separators.<\/p>\n<p><b>Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> <span style=\"color:white;background-color:white;\">Grandmaster = 4:45, Master = 8:30, Expert = 17:00<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> Follow this link for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/battleships-2+classic\/\">classic Battleships<\/a> puzzles. More Battleships puzzles can be found in <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/store\/classic-and-variations-series><i>Battleships and Variations<\/i><\/a>, in <a href=https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/store\/the-art-of-puzzles><i>The Art of Puzzles<\/i><\/a>, and in our beginner-friendly collection <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/store\/intro-to-gmpuzzles><i>Intro to GMPuzzles<\/i><\/a> by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our master+ subscribers receive access to two bonus puzzles each week in addition to other rewards. We make these posts so those supporters have a space to comment on these puzzles, mark as FAVES, or log their solving. If you are interested in subscribing and seeing these bonus puzzles, click here for more info. 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