Chapter 46: Bricks
In Bricks, you shade cells in a hexagonal grid while following four rules:
- Every shaded cell must have at least one shaded cell below it, unless it already lies on the bottom row.
- No horizontal line may contain three or more consecutive shaded cells.
- A clue number tells you how many shaded cells surround it.
- Cells containing numbers may not themselves be shaded.
This puzzle corresponds to Nikoli’s Tawamurenga and is documented here from x-sheep/puzzles-unreleased.
46.1 Bricks controls
Left-click a cell to shade it and right-click to clear it. You can also drag to affect multiple cells.
With the keyboard, use the arrow keys to move the cursor. Press Enter to shade a cell and Space to clear it.
On a numpad, the diagonal movement keys 1, 3, 7, and 9 can also be used to move around the hexagonal grid.
46.2 Bricks parameters
These parameters are available from the Custom... option on the Type menu.
Width, Height: Grid dimensions.
Difficulty: Higher levels require more involved deductions.
Status: playable in the unreleased collection. Tricky may occasionally generate a puzzle closer to Normal.