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This was always one of my favourite puzzle games growing up. I had a plastic copy of it that I would spend hours rearranging. For those who aren't familiar wit
by Marcus316 11y ago
This was always one of my favourite puzzle games growing up. I had a plastic copy of it that I would spend hours rearranging.
For those who aren't familiar with this puzzle, the goal is to take the 12 pieces and make a 10x6 rectangle. The 12 pieces are known as Pentominos, and each one is a unique arrangement of 5 squares connected on the edges. There are more than 2000 different ways to arrange the pieces into a 10x60 rectangle.
It's a lot of fun!
- kelukelugames 11y agoYes! Some Donald Knuth person even published an algorithm for it. :)
- ideaoverload 11y agoSame here. I kept notebook full of solutions I have found. My favourite trick was to use sets of 2 pieces placed next to each other that could be flipped without need to rearange other pieces. This way I could get 2 slightly different solutions in one shot.
- zem 11y agosame here! there are also lots of solutions for the 12x5 rectangle, and two for the 20x3