The Pencil Puzzles Circuit

Loops, pictures and seating plans, drawn out of nothing but the constraints. Five puzzles, back to back.

Start the run with Etch

5games

75points on offer

0/5played today

The run, in order

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1EtchNonogram (picross)A picture in the numbersFill the squares the row and column clues force, and a picture appears.Today's board1 2 3 Play 2JestersQueens placementSeat the courtSeat one jester per row, per column, and per colored court, with no two ever touching. The board grows from 8x8 on Monday to 11x11 on Sunday.Today's board1 2 3 Play 3HedgeSlitherlinkDraw one closed loopDraw one closed loop so every number has exactly that many sides on it.Today's board1 2 3 Play 4PathsNetwork puzzleLink every townOne depot, a scatter of towns, a river in the way. Lay track until they all connect, and pay as little as you can for it. The terrain gets meaner as the week goes on.Today's board1 2 3 Play 5FibInequality grid with a liarOne clue is lyingThe open end of each sign points at the larger number, but one of them is lying. Solve the grid, then name the liar.Today's board1 2 3 Play

Shortest first, longest last. Each game pays 15 points for a win down to 1 for finishing, and the circuit adds all 5 up. A game played on its own still counts toward it, but you need all 5 in the same day to take a rank on the circuit board.

What finishing it pays

SharpenedFinish every game in this circuit on the same day.silver

The same 5 games every day, with new puzzles in each of them at midnight Eastern.

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