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Zone Watch

One sentry in every row, column and coloured region — and none of them touching.

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Rule 01

One sentry in every row and every column.

Tap a square once to rule it out, again to post a sentry, once more to clear it. Every row holds exactly one sentry when you are done, and so does every column.

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Rule 01One sentry in every row and every column.

Tap a square once to rule it out, again to post a sentry, once more to clear it. Every row holds exactly one sentry when you are done, and so does every column.

Rule 02One sentry in every region.

The heavier lines divide the board into coloured regions, one for each row. Every region holds exactly one sentry too — the constraint that makes the board solvable, and the one a row-and-column check alone will never give you.

Rule 03No two sentries may touch.

Sentries cannot sit side by side, one above the other, or corner to corner. Place two that touch and both turn red until one of them moves.

Tap cycles · keyboard: arrows move, space cycles, backspace clears

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