For picross addicts

DancemasterGlenn · Post by **DancemasterGlenn** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:51 am

Picross is one of my favorite puzzle games, and I'm always looking for more of them to do (besides the two game boy games, the snes game and the ds game). Unfortunately, my initial search a while ago revealed that there are at least 10 different names for this type of puzzle (wikipedia has many of those, if you care to look there). It seems one of the most common is nonograms.

Anyhoo, the thread will serve a dual purpose. If anyone would very much like to get their picross on, I stumbled across this site a while ago, and it entertains me almost daily. Try them out if you haven't played these games yet, they're quite enjoyable (although these puzzles unfortunately don't actually make pictures when you're done, unlike picross).

The second reason for the thread is that I was wondering if anyone knows where I can get asmall (pocket sized) booklet of these puzzles that I could take with me when I'm traveling about. So far searching Amazon has only gotten me larger books than I'd like to carry, with grids larger than I'd care to pick up and do on a whim. Ideally, I'm looking for something literally pocket sized (as previously stated), with grids really no bigger than 20x20 (usually I do 10x10 because they're easy to pick up quickly, and that's how big most picross puzzles are). If anyone knows where I could find a book like this, please do let me know.

Enjoy the puzzles!

Rashidi · Post by **Rashidi** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:51 pm

i think there were plenty people who programs automatic nonograms solver ...

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:30 pm

the only books i've seen are about the same size as a typical crossword or word search book you'd get in the magazine aisle.

Post by **grinvader** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 6:18 pm

Rashidi wrote:i think there were plenty people who programs automatic nonograms solver ...

Well, it's fairly easy and probably an excellent algo design exercise. Like those sudoku thingies.

DancemasterGlenn · Post by **DancemasterGlenn** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:00 pm

sweener2001 wrote:the only books i've seen are about the same size as a typical crossword or word search book you'd get in the magazine aisle.

Yeah, that's pretty much what I've found. Which I think it too bad, When we're just talking grids with nothing extra to write, I don't really feel like they need to be so big. It almost inspires me to take some sort of action to get one made, but that probably won't happen.

Still, I think it would be pretty neat to have a booklet the size of a pocket notebook, with a 10x10/15x15 grid on each page. I'd use that thing anywhere.

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 3:36 am

i still rely on my ds telling me when i make a mistake. especially for the 20x20 and larger ones.

DancemasterGlenn · Post by **DancemasterGlenn** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:24 am

Same here... it is nice to have that safety net, since on paper you can go through a whole puzzle only to realize you messed something up 20 squares back. It's a fun kind of challenge with slightly smaller grids, though.

Bent · Post by **Bent** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:14 pm

I used to think that free mode was impossible as well, until I learned some new tricks for figuring the puzzles out. Yeah I still make a mistake once in a while on them, but for the most part I love the free mode puzzles.