Hiroimono

[Otis]

Hiroimono is a traditional Japanese puzzle. The name means “picking something up.” Beginning with the black stone marked 1, you must pick up all of the white stones. The conditions:

You may move horizontally or vertically only.
When you reach a stone, you must pick it up.
You may change direction only when picking up a stone.
You may not reverse direction.

#1


To report your path, you may number the stones as you pick them up and post using code tags, as shown in this random example:

Spoiler

        10  11
01  02  09  08
    03  06  07
    
13          12    
    04  05

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[Otis]

#2

 

[Otis]

#3

 

[Cubist]

To report your path...


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People could try with this javascript version of the puzzle #1
Click on the stones (buttons with letters) to collect them. There's no error checking so please be honest!
Press the "Run" button at the top left to reset the puzzle.

 

[Cubist]

Here's javascript versions of puzzle#2 and puzzle#3

Spoiler: My solution to puzzle #1

. A B . 1
C . D . .
E F . . G
. . . H .
. K L M N

Order:- 1, B, A, F, K, L, D, C, E, G, N, M, H

 

[Otis]

Cubist got the first one. I think they're fun; there are strategies to learn.

Spoiler: Solution #1

.. 03 02 .. 01
08 .. 07 .. ..
09 04 .. .. 10
.. .. .. 13 ..
.. 05 06 12 11

Spoiler: Solution #2

Spoiler: Solution #3

Here are some more, with the added challenge of choosing the black stone.



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