Hashi Puzzle

The Game Room
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I tried to search for this prior to making this thread, but “the search function has been disabled.”

Just this morning, I was introduced to a new kind of puzzle: Hashi. That’s the short form of Hashiwokakero

Here are the rules:

[ol][li]The puzzle is composed of islands, each with a number on it.[/li][li]Your task is to connect the islands via straight lines (bridges).[/li][li]They must be vertical or horizontal (no diagonals or wiggly lines).[/li][li]They can’t cross other bridges.[/li][li]You can’t have more than two bridges along any one route [/li][li]You must be able to trace a route from any island to any other island when you are finished.[/li][li]There is only one solution.[/ol][/li]
I already like it and haven’t even solved one yet!

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That’s okay, you would have searched in the wrong forum, anyway. :wink:

Off to The Game Room.

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Drat. Thought I was in The Game Room.

Thanks!

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Interesting puzzles. I may have to take a closer look later.

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A critical element missing from the OP’s list is that the number on an island indicates how many bridges are connected to it.

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I finished the first Sample puzzle in about 5 minutes. Neat concept, not nearly as frustrating to me as Sudoku

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Yeah, these are fun! GAMES magazine has been publishing them for a while. They can get big and complicated, but great fun.

Joe

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I can’t find a link to the sample puzzle(s?).

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This puzzle (he calls it “Bridges”) and many other Japanese-style puzzles are available in Simon Tatham’s Puzzle collection (Windows/Mac/*nix). My favourite is probably “Loopy”.

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You have to click on Daily Puzzles then on samples. Or you can go to this link.

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Thanks! Another name for Loopy is Slitherlink. I love that one and the Light Up puzzles.

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Interesting, I’m actually sort of stumped after ten minutes. Sudoku comes very naturally and easy to me though. I’ll just try to keep hacking away at it.

This may help.

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Thanks!

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It seems to be similiar to minesweeper to be honest.

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Well, there are numbers if that’s what you mean.

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And the Hashi puzzle doesn’t give you a chance to lose on the first selection.

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And in Hashi, you are never forced to guess between two or more possibilities, one of which makes you lose and have to start a new game.