Calendar Puzzle, Month + Day of the Month, Striped
Fig 1. A calendar puzzle with striped pieces, June 7th solution shown Introduction In our previous calendar puzzle , its harder level challenges put in restriction on the sides of pieces, but allowing rotation (0°, 90°, 180°, or 270°). Now, in this post, we are presenting a different puzzle where its harder level challenges put in restriction on piece rotation, using stripes, while allowing both sides to be used. Let’s start by examining the board, as depicted in Fig 2. It features the months and days of the month, with a layout identical to the classic A-Puzzle-A-Day puzzle. Similar to other calendar puzzles , the goal is to cover all the squares by flipping and rotating the eight polyomino pieces, except for the target month and day. Fig 1 provides an example solution for June 7th. Fig 2. Board layout The eight polyomino pieces have diagonal stripes on both sides. You can flip and rotate the pieces when placing them on the board, and the stripes will...