Comments on: Number Link http://www.garethmoore.co.uk/2009/07/number-link/ Puzzle and brain-training author Sun, 10 Mar 2013 11:39:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gareth Moore http://www.garethmoore.co.uk/2009/07/number-link/comment-page-1/#comment-306 Gareth Moore Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:50:22 +0000 http://www.garethmoore.co.uk/?p=554#comment-306 Oops - yes! Sorry for the typo - I was thinking 'but not diagonally' in my head but managed to type 'horizontally or diagonally' when of course as you say I meant 'horizontally or vertically'. I've edited the post and fixed it above. (So to be clear, the lines can only travel between squares horizontally or vertically, but not diagonally - although you could perhaps design a [much?] harder alternative version which <em>did </em>allow that!). And yes, you can connect the numbers no matter the length of line - the numbers are just tags for the squares, and the actual value has no meaning other than to distinguish one tag from another, as in Sudoku. Oops – yes! Sorry for the typo – I was thinking ‘but not diagonally’ in my head but managed to type ‘horizontally or diagonally’ when of course as you say I meant ‘horizontally or vertically’. I’ve edited the post and fixed it above. (So to be clear, the lines can only travel between squares horizontally or vertically, but not diagonally – although you could perhaps design a [much?] harder alternative version which did allow that!). And yes, you can connect the numbers no matter the length of line – the numbers are just tags for the squares, and the actual value has no meaning other than to distinguish one tag from another, as in Sudoku.

]]> By: Spittledung http://www.garethmoore.co.uk/2009/07/number-link/comment-page-1/#comment-304 Spittledung Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:08:49 +0000 http://www.garethmoore.co.uk/?p=554#comment-304 Did you mean that lines can only travel horizontally and vertically? I looked up the rules for Numberlink elsewhere and eventually figured them out. They confused me at first because I was used to seeing the numbers as PathPix or Fillomino values. Once I understood that you needed to connect the numbers no matter the line length, it fell into place. I admit that I am ho-hum on these types of puzzles, preferring Masyu, PathPix, or Slitherlink for line drawing puzzles. Did you mean that lines can only travel horizontally and vertically?

I looked up the rules for Numberlink elsewhere and eventually figured them out. They confused me at first because I was used to seeing the numbers as PathPix or Fillomino values. Once I understood that you needed to connect the numbers no matter the line length, it fell into place.

I admit that I am ho-hum on these types of puzzles, preferring Masyu, PathPix, or Slitherlink for line drawing puzzles.

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