Star Battle by Sam Cappleman-Lynes
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Theme: Meteor
Author/Opus: This is the 2nd puzzle from guest contributor Sam Cappleman-Lynes.
Rules: Standard Star Battle rules. Two stars per row, column, and region.
Difficulty: 2.5 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 2:30, Master = 4:00, Expert = 8:00
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.
Tough one … stuck for a long time and then bifurcated …will watch video for logical solve.
That took much longer than I expected.
Didn’t have to bifurcate, but it took me over 20 minutes. Though mostly because I kept overlooking some fairly simple deductions, or forgot to cross out a cell somewhere.
Tricky start, it took me a long time to notice the svir obkrf va svir pbyhzaf ba gur yrsg.
6:22.Nice puzzle
3.21 mins to solve this one. Learning from the previous solution videos helped to solve this puzzle logically and quickly.