Chocolate Coin Battle (Doppel-Doppel-Schokoladenmünze)
(Published on 22. December 2022, 20:09 by Al Fresco)
However there are no stars in the grid only chocolate coins.
Chocolate coin puzzle
In the grid there are currently 2 lines of five coins. Move just four coins so there are 5 lines containing exactly four coins each. Coins must be placed in the centre of a cell and each line of coins is perfectly straight. No coin stacking or other trickery is involved. It is up to the solver to work out the orientation of the coin pattern.
Chocolate coin battle
After placing the 10 coins from the coin puzzle, fill the rest of the grid with coins so there are 4 coins in each row, column and region of the grid. Coins cannot touch one another, not even diagonally.
Happy Christmas
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Penpa+ You can use the Shape tab to add grey circles to the grid to represent silver coins or just shade cells containing coins. Unfortunately there is no golden coin option in Penpa.
Hints.
Try rotating the 10 coin puzzle 45 degrees or draw some straight lines on paper and see if there are any useful intersections.
Solution code: For each row, find the column (A-U) in which the second coin is placed. Rows top to bottom. Second coin from the left. 21 letters.
Comments
on 24. December 2022, 14:35 by Al Fresco
Added a couple of solving strategies for the 10 coin puzzle that may be useful. Scroll over the white text to read
on 24. December 2022, 00:05 by JayForty
Very nice little riddle and star battle puzzle, thank you!
>Thanks Jay
