Help Me Choose a Game
Not sure which logic puzzle to try? Answer two or three quick questions and get a suggestion from Hitori, Nurikabe, Norinori and Shikaku.
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Hitori, Nurikabe or Norinori: Which Should You Learn First?
Three shade-the-squares puzzles, three different ways of thinking. How they compare, and which one to start with depending on how you like to solve.
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Hitori, Nurikabe and Norinori: Three Puzzles from Japan
Where the names come from and when each puzzle first appeared in print. All three are shade-the-squares puzzles from the Japanese publisher Nikoli.
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How to Solve Nurikabe: Islands, Walls and the 2x2 Rule
Numbers are island sizes, everything else is one connected wall, and the wall can never form a 2x2 pool. Five deductions that crack most Nurikabe puzzles.
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