Tapa by Grant Fikes
or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools; use tab to shift between shading mode and the composite Yajilin mode where left click marks cells, right click marks dots in cells or X’s on edges, left click+drag draws lines.)
Theme: Ones and Twos
Author/Opus: This is the 84th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Grant Fikes.
Answer String: Enter the length in cells of each of the shaded segments from left to right for the marked rows, starting at the top. Separate each row’s entry from the next with a comma.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 0:50, Master = 1:15, Expert = 2:30
Solution: PDF
Note: Follow this link for other classic Tapa. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Tapa to get started on.
00:48. Okay, clearly Paint users have an advantage in easy shading puzzles.
Nice puzzle. A bit higher than what a total beginner in Tapa should do, but then again it’s not meant to be that way huh? Also, the theme is amazing, with the antisymmetry of 1’s and 2’s in rotationally opposite givens. (Sadly the number of 1’s and 2’s aren’t equal, but this theme is already impressive.)
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