How to play
You complete Makaro when each room contains its complete value range, arrows identify the unique local maximum, and equal adjacent values remain separated. The engine evaluates the full position rather than relying on a visual shortcut or an unsupported solvability claim.
- Makaro opens from a versioned seeded position built for rooms filled with consecutive values while arrow clues point toward the largest adjacent value and equal numbers may not touch. Its game ID, rules profile, and deal identity are stored together so restart recreates the same opening without a server request.
- Every Makaro action is checked against the current board, available material, and this defining restriction: orthogonally adjacent equal values are forbidden even when they belong to different rooms with independent number ranges. Invalid, stale, or post-terminal actions leave the position unchanged.
- You complete Makaro when each room contains its complete value range, arrows identify the unique local maximum, and equal adjacent values remain separated. The engine evaluates the full position rather than relying on a visual shortcut or an unsupported solvability claim.
Strategy tips
- A practical Makaro plan is to preserve several legal continuations around rooms filled with consecutive values while arrow clues point toward the largest adjacent value and equal numbers may not touch. Use the deterministic hint to inspect one legal action, then compare how it affects the documented objective before committing.
- A common Makaro error is to ignore the boundary rule that orthogonally adjacent equal values are forbidden even when they belong to different rooms with independent number ranges. Undo is useful for studying that decision, while restart deliberately preserves the original seeded position.
- Near the end of Makaro, recount the remaining obligations needed until each room contains its complete value range, arrows identify the unique local maximum, and equal adjacent values remain separated. Check the boundary rule after every final placement or transfer because terminal status is enforced immediately.