Puzzle 93: JaTaHoKu

Here’s a first (Ja)TaHoKu, which I made to prepare for the Logic Masters. Mostly an exercise in the interaction between the Tapa rules and the equal number of cells per row/column/region; that part seems to have potential as a Tapa variation. Would you have thought that even without rooms, the one Tapa clue implies that the mirrored cell has to be shaded?

jatahoku1-4

Rules Place numbers from 1 to 4 into some cells, such that each row, column and region contains each number exactly once. Clues within the grid are Tapa clues; the numbered cells form a valid Tapa solution with respect to these. Clues along the bottom and right edges are skyscraper clues.

5 thoughts on “Puzzle 93: JaTaHoKu

  1. muhorha

    I´m not sure, but have that (Ja)Ta(Ho)Ku just one solution? If yes, then I’m surprised! If no, still incredible puzzle :-).

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  2. Christoph

    I found this out some years ago when playing around with Hungarian Tapa. A valid Tapa wall with the same number of cells in every row and colums is already very restricted and there are only a few grid sizes and number of tapa cells that work well together. You can try my Hungarian Tapa in the puzzle portal. If I remember correctly the Tapa part is already unique if you use ? instead of the clue numbers and its surprising how you get uniqueness in parts of the grid far away from every clue just by connectivity. And thats wirhout regions.

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  3. rob Post author

    Actually, it seems that the Tapa is already unique with just the one clue and the “4 shaded cells per row/column” restriction. No rooms required.

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