Am Holzweg
(Published on 1. October 2026, 12:14 by gdc)
Shading: Shade some cells such that no two shaded cells share an edge and all unshaded cells form a single orthogonally connected area.
Circles: A digit in an unshaded circle counts the number of shaded cells in the indicated direction. (Shaded circles may or may not be lying.)
Fortress: A digit in a shaded cell is strictly larger than all its orthogonal neighbors.
Solution code: The shaded digits in row 4, left to right (up to 5 digits)
Comments
on 9. October 2026, 02:38 by emoney1374
Cool puzzle! Excellent flow after wrapping my head around the initial logic
on 5. October 2026, 19:04 by pmays123
What a fun puzzle! Excellent construction. Thanks for sharing
on 3. October 2026, 17:54 by QuiltyAsCharged
Great puzzle! It was fun to discover how these rules work together. Thanks for providing the extended check support too
on 3. October 2026, 00:04 by Gnubeutel
Love it. Puzzle is much more restricted than it seems and every step is clear once you see it.
on 1. October 2026, 22:14 by Innocuous
This is a fun ruleset and excellent setting! A steady flow of interesting deductions through most of the solve.
on 1. October 2026, 20:06 by Franjo
Thank you very much for creating and sharing this wonderful and unusual hybrid. Some really nice and fresh deductions here!
on 1. October 2026, 20:05 by Franjo
Thank you very much for creating and sharing this wonderful and unusual hybrid. Some really nice and fresh deductions here!
