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Deckardv 2025 Puzzle Night 6 Recap + Experience

 PUZZLE NIGHT SIX! PUZZLE NIGHT SIX!

This event was hosted on Deckardv's puzzle server! Once again, I participated and placed... 8th out of 16 participants, which was in the blue zone. (you can see my post on Puzzle Night 3 to see the zone colors and placements). I wanted to get in the purple zone this time. I didn't get in the purple zone, but to be fair, I found this night to be the hardest so far.

This night was themed on hybrids.

Puzzle 1: Word Snakes + Star Battle \ Time: 15:16 \ Placement: 8th

The first puzzle was a word snakes + star battle fusion. I was in the car for the first half of the solve (so I had to do the word snakes part on my phone). Then, I quickly transcribed the regions formed by the word snakes words into Penpa for the star battle portion when I arrived home.

Puzzle 2: Masyu + Yajilin \ Time: 18:03 \ Placement: 8th

The second puzzle was a Masyu and Yajilin hybrid. I got very stuck at first, but after a hint was given, I had a relatively smooth progression to the end.

Puzzle 3: Doppelblock + Cave \ Time: 14:07 \ Placement: 3rd

Next up was a fusion between Cave and Doppelblock (a genre I wasn't too familiar with). Similarly to the previous puzzle, I got very stuck at first, but then sailed smoothly to the end after a hint. I still bifurcated and got quite lucky with them.

Fun fact at this point in the night I was in 4th lol

Puzzle 4: Strands + Connections \ Time: DNF \ Placement: 14th

This puzzle surprised me the most, and was the hardest so far. It was like a word snakes in a way except that you didn't know where words started and diagonal connections were allowed. I liked the mechanics, but I unfortunately could not solve this puzzle, even with a hint.

Puzzle 5: Statue Park + Nonogram \ Time: 16:17 \ Placement: 11th

Wow, these hints actually helped! Again, I was stuck at a certain point before the hint was given, and then I completed the puzzle quite easily.

Practice Puzzles

None :( 

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