How to play
The winning condition for Meandering Numbers is precise: every cell, edge, region, and fixed clue satisfies the ordered room path latin completion test. No hidden solution values are printed to justify the result; the rules engine validates the submitted position.
- Before the first move in Meandering Numbers, identify which marks are givens and which controls are decisions. Each room contains one through its size with consecutive values touching orthogonally, while equal values in different rooms cannot touch. The browser stores that distinction with the seeded opening so a restart never changes the puzzle or deal.
- Use the live board controls to change one legal decision at a time. Each room contains one through its size with consecutive values touching orthogonally, while equal values in different rooms cannot touch. The runtime validates the resulting state before it records a move or opens a new undo branch.
- The winning condition for Meandering Numbers is precise: every cell, edge, region, and fixed clue satisfies the ordered room path latin completion test. No hidden solution values are printed to justify the result; the rules engine validates the submitted position.
Strategy tips
- Trace a potential orthogonal path from one through the room size before fixing values, and compare boundary cells so equal numbers in different rooms never touch.
- A room can contain the right values yet fail because consecutive numbers are diagonal, or because a boundary places equal values edge to edge.
- Use undo to compare the last branch if two completions look plausible, then recheck the exact requirement: every cell, edge, region, and fixed clue satisfies the ordered room path latin completion test. A locally attractive move can still break a distant constraint.