Battleships by Murat Can Tonta
or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools; use tab to alternate between ship placement and shading modes. In ship placement mode, right click gives sea, left click gives circle/square, left click and drag for rounded ships.)
Theme: 1234
Author/Opus: This is the 227th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Murat Can Tonta.
Rules: Standard Battleships rules. Use the indicated fleet.
Difficulty: 2 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 1:20, Master = 2:00, Expert = 4:00
Solution: PDF and solving video.
Note: Follow this link for classic Battleships and this link for Battleships variations. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Battleships to get started on. More Battleships puzzles can be found in Battleships and Variations, in The Art of Puzzles, and in our beginner-friendly collection Intro to GMPuzzles by Serkan Yürekli.
I’ll be curious to see the break-in for this one. I was completely stumped. Eventually made a 50-50 guess that turned out to be correct and it was smooth sailing from there, but I still have no idea how I was supposed to start.
4:32.
Nice Logical start in this puzzle. 2.21 mins to solve this one.