ZIG-ZAG #1 - BEGINNER LEVEL

RULES FOR ZIG-ZAG

ZIG-ZAG #1 - BEGINNER LEVEL

SOLUTION

ZIG-ZAG RULES

ZIG-ZAG RULES ~
Starting with the "1" at the top left corner of the grid, find the path that goes through every number on the grid to the bottom right number.  The path does not cross itself and only goes in numerical order (1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1 etc.).  The path can move horizontally, vertically, and diagonally.

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TAKEGAKI #2 - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Takegaki rules can be found here - PENCIL PUZZLE RULES
and helpful hints can be found here - PENCIL PUZZLE HELP

TAKEGAKI #2 - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

SOLUTION

HANJIE #2 - BEGINNER LEVEL

Hanjie otherwise known as nonograms show a very simplistic idea of a pencil puzzle.  The rules are very simple and easy, but the execution of these rules can get to be very complicated in more complex puzzles.

Rules: You have a grid of squares, which must be filled in with a specific pattern as given to you by the numbers on the sides of the grid. These numbers are listing the lengths of the runs of filled in squares on that row or column in the order that it shows on the grid.  (Example: the numbers beside a row are listed as 1 4 2; the 1 filled square will be to the left of the run of 4 filled in squares, and the run of 4 filled squares is to the left of the 2 filled squares) All runs of filled in squares must be seperated by atleast 1 blank square.  The end result is usually a picture.

Sample of finished puzzle:

Nonograms can look confusing and be frustrating if you aren't sure where to begin.  I always look at all the rows one by one and then move to the columns.  I have provided some basic help on the "Pencil Puzzle Help" page to start you off.  The "Pencil Puzzle Help" page is located in the left column of the blog.  Use dots to indicate a square that will not be filled in.
For hanjie #2 you might want to use the color GREEN to fill in the squares...

HANJIE #2 - BEGINNER LEVEL 

SOLUTION

AKARI #1 - EXPERT LEVEL

Akari is a type of Japanese logic puzzle that follows many of the same rules as most other Japanese logic puzzles do.  Like most logic puzzles the grid contains numbers in it to tell you how to fill out the rest of the grid.  Akari is also known as "Light Up" because of its light bulb analogy.  This puzzle is considered to be expert level because of the size of the grid, but intermediate puzzlers can also do this puzzle with ease.

Rules can be found on the "Rules" page and there is a little bit of helpful information on the "Pencil Puzzle Help" page found on the left column of the blog.  The easiest way to solve this puzzle is to load the image to your "paint" program and put your circles (light bulbs) and color all the spaces that are lit up by a light bulb with yellow.

AKARI #1 - EXPERT LEVEL

SOLUTION