Nanro (Signpost) by Grant Fikes
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Theme: Tetrominoes
Author/Opus: This is the 359th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Grant Fikes.
Rules: Variation of Nanro rules. Label some cells with numbers to form a single connected group of labeled cells. No 2×2 group of cells may be fully labeled. Each label number must be equal to the total count of labeled cells in that bold region, and all bold regions contain at least one labeled cell. The given numbers indicate how many cells are labeled in that region (but not necessarily which cells are labeled). When two label numbers are orthogonally adjacent across a region boundary, the numbers must be different.
Difficulty: 3 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 3:00, Master = 4:00, Expert = 8:00
Solution: PDF; a solution video is also available here.
Note: Follow this link for Nanro puzzles on this website and this link for variations on Nanro puzzles. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Nanro Puzzles to get started on. More Nanro puzzles can be found in A Number o’ Nanro by Prasanna Seshadri.
Loved this one! Very fun solve path from start to finish. 🙂
Solved! It took a while, loved it!!! thought I was stuck a few times, but everything flowed by pure logic
Updated on the post (this was a remnant from John Bulten’s last Nanro Signpost that had both kinds of clues) and will update for the Penpa rules soon too.