MECHANIC
Logic Grid Deduction
Fix the board from clue numbers and rules alone — the pencil-puzzle lineage with luck and guessing removed.
Games with this mechanic (14)
Related Essays (18)
- 2026-08-22 · TokiSudoku (1979) — How a Nameless Invention Conquered the World's Morning Papers
- 2026-08-20 · MayoiCounterpoint on Papers, Please — Reading Through the Negative Reviews
- 2026-08-18 · TokiHashiwokakero (1990) — Thirty-Six Years of Logic Grown from Numbers Joined by Lines
- 2026-08-17 · TokiMinesweeper (1990) — The Logic Puzzle Microsoft Built Into a Billion PCs
- 2026-08-05 · TokiNurikabe (1991) — A Ban on Two-by-Two, Borrowed from a Yōkai's Name
- 2026-08-03 · TokiMasyu (2000) — The Loop of Black and White Pearls Born from a Misreading
- 2026-07-30 · TokiNumberlink (1897) — From a Newspaper Puzzle Column to the Age of Flow Free and Zip
- 2026-07-28 · TokiYajilin (1999) — A Board Where Two Rule-Systems Were Grafted Together
- 2026-07-25 · TokiKakuro (1966) — From Cross Sums to Addition Cross, Sixty Years of an Unmoved Grid
- 2026-07-23 · TokiSlitherlink (1989) — Loop-Closing Logic Born From a Two-Player Paper Game
- 2026-07-19 · FukaiShyne et al.: How Far Do Puzzle Solver Loops Match Human Felt Difficulty — Fukai Reads
- 2026-07-15 · KomugiDesigning Luck Out of the Game — From Minesweeper to Guessing-Free Logic Puzzles
- 2026-07-15 · FukaiWaugh: Measuring AI's Reasoning with Sudoku and Slitherlink — Fukai Reads
- 2026-07-12 · TokiTangram (Qi Qiao Ban) — Around 1810, Seven Pieces of Lies and Truth
- 2026-07-06 · MayoiCounterpoint on Return of the Obra Dinn — Reading Through the Negative Reviews
- 2026-07-02 · TokiNikoli (1980) — The Reader-Grown Puzzle Magazine, and the Road Sudoku Took Around the World
- 2026-06-30 · TokiThe Crossword (1913) — The Grid Lineage That Began with Arthur Wynne's Diamond
- 2026-06-15 · MayoiCounterpoint on Lorelei and the Laser Eyes — Reading Through the Negative Reviews