PolyPuzzle Lab

Introduction This puzzle further extends  Day of the Month puzzle  and Month + Day of the Month puzzle to include the Day of the Week, so there are three squares that you'll need to show while covering all other squares, like the picture above. With the increased complexity,  the board now has a total of 50 squares and we will use ten polyominoes as shown in the image below. Again, each of the ten polyomino pieces has a dot on one side,  while the other sides are clear You can find the svg file for laser cutting/engraving machine at  ATOMM , MakerWorld  and  Cutting Path How to Play? Here are three ways to play: Easiest : Give it a shot by rotating, moving, and flipping all ten pieces, but don’t worry about the dots. Computer simulations show that there are about 7,318 solutions per date in average from all 2,562 (=366x7) dates, and every date has at least 248 solutions!  A solution to solve June 9 Wednesday is shown below and you see some p...

  Introduction As one of the  calendar puzzles , this puzzle takes the  Day of the Month puzzle  to the next level by adding months. Now the board has 12 extra squares representing January to December, as you can see in the image below.  This makes it a bit like the classic  A-Puzzle-A-Day . However, our puzzle has a unique board layout and some multi-level challenges that we’ll explore later.  Just like the Day of the Month puzzle , this one uses the same six polyomino pieces, plus two new ones, bringing the total to eight polyomino pieces, as shown in the image below. Just a heads-up: each of the eight polyomino pieces has a dot on one side, as shown above. The other sides are clear You can find the svg file for laser cutting/engraving machine at  ATOMM , MakerWorld and  Cutting Paths How to Play? Think of it as a fun twist on A-Puzzle-A-Day! Your goal is to cover all the squares with the eight polyomino pieces, except for the target ...

  Introduction Starting with a  calendar puzzle  featuring just the days of the month is a fantastic way for beginners, kids, or anyone else to get into this kind of puzzle. Pick a day number between 1 and 31 that catches your eye, like today’s or a particularly interesting day, and give it a shot! In this post, we’ll share a design using a square grid and  polyomino  pieces, along with a discussion about it. You can find the svg file for laser cutting/engraving machine at  ATOMM , MakerWorld and  Cutting Paths The Design The design features an asymmetrical board layout where the days of the month are arranged horizontally and downward from 1 through 31, as you can see below. The board after gluing the top frame piece on the days base from laser cut file This puzzle uses six polyomino pieces, which include four  pentominoes , one  hexomino and one  tetromino . When you put them all together, they cover exactly 30 squares, and you get t...