Post by Anansi on Mar 30, 2020 20:05:26 GMT
Baba Yaga is one of the most famous and interesting characters in Slavic folklore. She is a witch who lives in the vast forests of Russia waiting for travelers and heroes to drop by her chicken hut (pictured above). Sometimes she helps them, sometimes she tries to kill them and sometimes she helps them after she tries to kill them. One of the other interesting facts is that Baba Yaga is not actually one person, but a title that refers to a variety of witches who also live in the woods, however that is not relevant to the task you will be doing today. What is relevant is often before she does help the whoever is by her doorstep she gives them a task to complete to earn her help, but often in true fairy tale fashion that task is either impossible or meant to kill the person, but they complete it anyway. And that brings us to today's challenge.
Today's challenge is simple. You will be given a series of 7 puzzles in this google form. However, only two of those puzzles are actually solvable. The player who completes those two puzzles in the fastest amount of time and submits them in the form will win immunity. You will have 2 hours to do this. If no one solves the 2 puzzles in under hours, the first person to solve one puzzle will win. If no one finishes 1 puzzle in the 2 hours allotted, the person who states the most puzzles that are impossible (without stating any that are actually possible) in the shortest amount of time will win. You are allowed to resubmit the finishing form as much as you want before 2 hours has elapsed. The types of puzzles you will have to deal with are as follows:
Puzzle A is a puzzle with letters and digits. The goal is to fill in the grid with symbols according to the following rules:
1. Each cell contains one letter and one digit.
2. Every row and every column contains each letter and each digit exactly once.
3. No two cells contain the same pair of symbols.
Puzzle B consists of a grid divided on regions. The aim is to blacken some regions according to the following rules:
1. Cells with letters, circles or triangles are always white.
2. White cells form a path from a cell with S ("start") to a cell with G ("goal"); a path must be exactly one cell wide.
3. A path from S to G includes all cells with circles and no cells with triangles.
4. No 2 x 2 cell area within the grid can have the same color.
5. All white cells must form an orthogonally continuous area.
6. White cells must not form a loop.
Puzzle C is played on a grid filled with Latin letters. The goal is to divide the grid into regions. Each region has all the letters of the given range. The region contains each letter exactly once. Each letter must be part of exactly one region.
Puzzle D consists of a rectangular or square grid. The task is to draw a single continuous loop that passes through all cells. The loop must use all given sections and may cross itself in any cell.
Puzzle E is played on a rectangular or square grid with black and white cells. All black cells contain numbers. The aim is to draw a horizontal or a vertical line in each white cell. Each number represents the total number of white cells occupied by the lines from that number. Lines cannot enter other numbered black cells or intersect with other lines.
Puzzle F is a logic puzzle published by Nikoli. A rectangular or square grid is divided into regions. Each region contains circles in some cells. The aim is to blacken some circles according to the following rules:
1. Each region contains one black circle.
2. Three consecutive circles of the same color never appear in any row, column or diagonal.
3. There must be a circle of other color or an empty cell between them.
Puzzle G is played on a square grid. The aim is to blacken some cells of a grid according to the following rules:
1. Each row and each column contains two black cells.
2. No black cells touch each other, not even diagonally.
3. Numbers outside the grid show the number of white cells between black cells in corresponding row or column.
You are free to research the puzzles prior to starting the challenge, but you may not use any outside resources while you are attempting to solve them. Also, every unsolvable puzzle will have a clear reason or contradiction that means they can't be solved which will be revealed along with the solutions at the end of the challenge. You have 24 hours to start this task. Good luck to you all!
Time Expectations: We would not expect this challenge to take much longer than one hour, but you have 2 hours to finish.
Communication: You may not discuss this challenge with anyone.
