Secondly, many of these variants already have a few examples available. I've collected the places I have been able to find examples of the puzzles in this test.
Palmer Mebane's Practise Set:
http://mellowmelon.wordpress.com/2012/03/25/tvc-xii-practice-pack/ Visionary Tapa:
TVC XI: http://logicmastersindia.com/lmitests/?test=TVC11TVC XI practise: http://puzzleparasite.blogspot.com/2012/03/tvc-xi-practise-part-1.html
Make Room for Tapa:
Thomas Snyder's Blog:http://motris.livejournal.com/137423.html
http://motris.livejournal.com/138177.html
http://motris.livejournal.com/163574.html
TVC VII: http://logicmastersindia.com/TVC/VII/
Twilight Tapa:
Logic Master's Deutschland: http://logicmasters.de/Raetselportal/Raetsel/zeigen.php?id=0000F0Palmer Mebane's Blog: http://mellowmelon.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/puzzle-351/
Compass Tapa:
Takeya Saikachi's Blog: http://buyaketa.blogspot.com/2012/02/compass-tapa.htmlBroken Tapa:
Logic Masters India, Broken Pieces: http://logicmastersindia.com/lmitests/?test=M201008PLogic Master India, Best of LMI Puzzle Tests: http://logicmastersindia.com/lmitests/?test=M201112P
Roman Tapa:
TVC VIII: http://logicmastersindia.com/lmitests/?test=TVC8Tapa Like Loop:
Takeya Saikachi's Blog: http://buyaketa.blogspot.com/2012/02/tapa-like-loop.htmlTapa Borders:
Palmer Mebane's Blog:http://mellowmelon.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/puzzle-382/
http://mellowmelon.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/puzzle-388/
Great idea to list it all. I agree about Tapa-like loop. Coincidentally, a month or so ago I had no idea it was already existing and was actually about to make it for my blog and then chucked it because I too felt it wasn't really a Tapa and I was feeling like a Tapa that day. Still seems a fun puzzle though, so not too many complaints from my side.
ReplyDeleteSome of the other types are really wonderful. Roman, Compass, Borders etc will be a lot of fun. Overall, looking forward to this test.
"Wired Tapa and Tapa Like Loop don't really seem to be actually Tapas to me"
ReplyDeleteZoltan sent the Wired Tapa idea last year. When i first saw this, honestly i wasn't impressed at all. Then this year, another puzzle maker sent same idea. So i thought i must use this idea as Zoltan's. So this is the reason.
About Tapa - Like Loop. Yes i agree with you, this is not totally Tapa. So i changed some rules, and i made an example, but i wasn't satisfied. Original one seemed to me better, so i kept original version of the type even if it is not totally Tapa.