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Plane Division Puzzle #1819 by Bram
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mucha



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Number: Puzzle #1819
Genre: Plane Division
Author: Bram
Appeared at: August 3, 2011
Wow, that was unexpected. I know the genre from Nikoli's Penpa Mix books, but they always have the whole grid filled. This is a really nice deviation!

Marcin
Bram



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Thanks.

I had the same reaction when a puzzle like this popped up on a Dutch puzzle championship, when the prereleased instructions announced it as a normal puzzle.
Forseti



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I blinked at it too when I first saw it.

It's an interesting twist on the genre, though something tells me there might be uniqueness clue issues if there's a lot of white space in a puzzle. (I didn't spot any or look for them in this one, I should add!)
fl0rrat



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I found it a very very hard puzzle for 2 stars. I found it harder than some puzzles with 4 stars. But nice indeed, to see the variation with white space.
Bram



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I think it's not very hard. Especially considering the B/E division over the top and bottom half. It's just different than the normal puzzles and makes you change you normal approach to these puzzles. This usually makes it feel harder.
Danny



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Bram wrote:
I think it's not very hard. Especially considering the B/E division over the top and bottom half. It's just different than the normal puzzles and makes you change you normal approach to these puzzles. This usually makes it feel harder. 


I didn't notice this one when I was solving it earlier and it felt much harder than a 2 star puzzle. When I tried it now with this hint the whole flow was very smooth and it was fun to solve. Thanks.
 
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