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Featured Puzzle: Heyawake #2 – A Grave Plot

ByJacob Valdez
  • Heyawake Puzzle

As a beginning necromancer, you’ve been working to influence the planning board for the local graveyard. If you can get the grave layout just right, you’ll be ready to take over the world!

Shade grave cells in each region equal to the number given. If a region has no number, it may have any number of graves, including zero. The remaining unshaded cells must form a single orthogonally contiguous area.

  • A straight line of unshaded cells may not cross more than 2 regions. (i.e., it may cross at most one boundary)
  • Grave cells may not be orthogonally adjacent to each other. Diagonal adjacency is permitted.

Learn to solve Heyawake puzzles with our Solving Guide.

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  • Solved Heyawake Puzzle

At the next full moon, you’ll show them. You’ll SHOW THEM ALL!! MWUAHAHAHAHAHAH!

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