Place the nine colored tokens (three yellow, three green, and three
blue ones) on the 3x3 game grid in a pattern that matches the clues
given in the respective GridWorks Logic Puzzle.
IMPORTANT: NO TWO identical tokens MUST appear on the board in the
final solution. Please, note the white triangle, the white circle, and
the white X-shape are in fact "shape wildcard", not the final tokens;
just like the yellow square, the green square, and the blue square are
"color wildcard"
Clues
The clues allow you to place the 9 tokens on the game grid. Each clue
is presented as a symbol, or several symbols, located on a grid
segment.
There are two types of clues: Positive Clues and Negative Clues.
1. Positive clues illustrate a pattern of symbols that WILL
appear somewhere in the solution. Positive clues are placed on a light
background color and are clearly titled on each challenge.
2. Negative clues illustrate a pattern of symbols that WILL NOT
appear anywhere in the solution. Negative clues are placed on a blue
background color and are clearly titled on each challenge.
Clue Symbology
Token Symbols: These symbols
indicate a specific token shape and color.
Shape Symbols: These symbols
indicate a specific token shape, but not a specific color.
Color Symbols: These symbols
(any grid cell filled with a color) indicate a specific color, but
not a specific shape.
Game Grid
GAME GRID
3x3 grid with 9 cells
CLUE
A clue illustrates relationships between tokens and
grid
The game grid is
fixed: nine cells, three rows by three columns.
The clues are presented as full or partial grid sections which
show where the tokens are placed. For each clue, imagine that
someone took a finished solution, cut away some of the squares,
removed some of the tokens, and replaced some of them with the
corresponding shape or color symbols. You’re left with an accurate
but incomplete picture of how the tokens relate to each other (and
in the case of negative clues, how they don’t relate to each
other).
The GridWorks challenge is to combine the partial information
found in each clue to solve the challenge completely.
The next two pages provide examples of clues and how to interpret
them.
Solving GridWorks - In a Nutshell
1. Each challenge has only one solution.
2. The solution must satisfy all the clues.
• Positive Clues - Each positive clue pattern can be discovered
somewhere on the grid at least once.
• Negative Clues - Each negative clue pattern cannot be
discovered anywhere on the grid even once..
