Minesweeper (Pentomino) by John Bulten
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Theme: Test Your Wits
Author/Opus: This is the 90th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster John Bulten.
Rules: Place the given pentominoes into the grid, rotations and reflections allowed, but without repeats of any shape. Pentominoes cannot cover the numbered cells, and different pentomino shapes cannot be placed in adjacent cells that share an edge or corner. Numbered cells indicate how many of the surrounding cells (including diagonally adjacent cells) contain parts of the pentominoes.
Difficulty: 3 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 4:15, Master = 6:15, Expert = 12:30
Solution: PDF and solving video.
Note: Follow this link for classic Minesweeper puzzles on this website and this link for variations on Minesweeper puzzles. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Minesweeper Puzzles to get started on. More Minesweeper puzzles can be found in The Art of Puzzles 2.
Wasted 22+ mins trying to solve it assuming the rule of Green surface has to make 1 connected piece because I was too lazy to read 4 lines of rules…
After reading the rules, solved under 6 mins
12:09.Excellent solve.