Easy PZ Pentodigitous
(Published on 7. June 2021, 12:27 by ymhsbmbesitwf)
Inspired by Pentominominous by emmettcito. I had a lot of fun solving that and decided to set my first puzzle in this variant. I think it has challenging moments, hopefully it's enjoyable.
Rules:
- Standard pentominous rules apply (divide the grid into 5 cell regions covering the whole grid, cells in each region must be connected by edges, regions of congruent shape cannot share an edge, cells with letters have to be in a region congruent to the corresponding shape).
- Each cell contains a digit from 1 to 5. Digits do not repeat within a region. Each cell must share an edge with at least one other cell containing the same digit.
- Digits in cells with arrows dictate how many cells (including the arrow cell) in that direction are part of the same region. Not all possible arrows are given.
- Additionally all P and Z pentominoes must form a single region connected by edges.
A little ruleset illustration and pentomino legend:
Solution code: Letters of pentominoes appearing in column 2 top to bottom and digits in row 6 left to right, e.g. ZPUN1122334455
Comments
on 10. August 2021, 04:39 by ymhsbmbesitwf
I apologize for the misleading title - the PZ rule was the base for this puzzle and the pun was irresistible. It's my first puzzle and i was also betting on disambiguation arrows reducing the difficulty by a lot, and they did, but getting used to the format and whittling down the digits takes a long time and i should've considered that.
on 12. June 2021, 19:18 by Joe Average
Maybe it's because this was my first puzzle of this type, but I definitely wouldn't call it "easy". Had a lot of fun to work out the steps to get to the solution.
