Star Battle by JinHoo Ahn
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Theme: Square Dance
Author/Opus: This is the 34th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster JinHoo Ahn.
Rules: Standard Star Battle rules. Three stars per row, column, and region.
Difficulty: 4.5 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 9:45, Master = 13:30, Expert = 27:00
Solution: PDF; a solution video is also available here.
Note: Follow this link for other classic Star Battles and this link for Star Battle variations. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Star Battles to get started on. More Star Battle puzzles can be found in The Art of Puzzles, in the books Star Battle by JinHoo Ahn and Star Battle 2 by JinHoo Ahn and Murat Can Tonta, and in our beginner-friendly collection Intro to GMPuzzles by Serkan Yürekli.
29:57. That was a ton of fun! I had only done a handful of star battles before this week, learned a ton of techniques over the previous puzzles, and now could really apply them all. 🙂
Super fun puzzle, solved 100% logically, really nice one for a saturday
24:00. Beautiful puzzle.
Good one but i don’t think this is 4.5 stars difficult, in my opinion this is about 3 stars difficult