This is a collection of small one-player puzzle games.
-\copyright This manual is copyright 2004-2009 Simon Tatham. All rights
+\copyright This manual is copyright 2004-2010 Simon Tatham. All rights
reserved. You may distribute this documentation under the MIT licence.
See \k{licence} for the licence text in full.
}
-This puzzle appears in the Times under the name \q{KenKen}.
+This puzzle appears in the Times under the name \q{\i{KenKen}}.
\H{keen-controls} \i{Keen controls}
missing.
This puzzle appears on the web under various names, particularly
-\q{Skyscrapers}, but I don't know who first invented it.
+\q{\i{Skyscrapers}}, but I don't know who first invented it.
\H{towers-controls} \i{Towers controls}
still be unique. The remaining levels require increasingly complex
reasoning to avoid having to backtrack.
+
+\C{singles} \i{Singles}
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{games.singles}
+
+You have a grid of white squares, all of which contain numbers. Your task
+is to colour some of the squares black (removing the number) so as to satisfy
+all of the following conditions:
+
+\b No number occurs more than once in any row or column.
+
+\b No black square is horizontally or vertically adjacent to any other black
+square.
+
+\b The remaining white squares must all form one contiguous region
+(connected by edges, not just touching at corners).
+
+Credit for this puzzle goes to \i{Nikoli} \k{nikoli-hitori} who call it
+\i{Hitori}.
+
+Singles was contributed to this collection by James Harvey.
+
+\B{nikoli-hitori}
+\W{http://www.nikoli.com/en/puzzles/hitori/index.html}\cw{http://www.nikoli.com/en/puzzles/hitori/index.html}
+(beware of Flash)
+
+\H{singles-controls} \i{Singles controls}
+
+\IM{Singles controls} controls, for Singles
+
+Left-clicking on an empty square will colour it black; left-clicking again
+will replace the number. Right-clicking will add a circle (useful for
+indicating that a cell is definitely not black).
+
+You can also use the cursor keys to move around the grid. Pressing the
+return or space keys will turn a square black or add a circle respectively,
+and pressing the key again will replace the number or remove the circle.
+
+(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
+
+\H{singles-parameters} \I{parameters, for Singles}Singles parameters
+
+These parameters are available from the \q{Custom...} option on the
+\q{Type} menu.
+
+\dt \e{Width}, \e{Height}
+
+\dd Size of grid in squares.
+
+\dt \e{Difficulty}
+
+\dd Controls the difficulty of the generated puzzle.
+
+
+\C{magnets} \i{Magnets}
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{games.magnets}
+
+A rectangular grid has been filled with a mixture of magnets (that is,
+dominoes with one positive end and one negative end) and blank dominoes
+(that is, dominoes with two neutral poles).
+These dominoes are initially only seen in silhouette. Around the grid
+are placed a number of clues indicating the number of positive and
+negative poles contained in certain columns and rows.
+
+Your aim is to correctly place the magnets and blank dominoes such that
+all the clues are satisfied, with the additional constraint that no two
+similar magnetic poles may be orthogonally adjacent (since they repel).
+Neutral poles do not repel, and can be adjacent to any other pole.
+
+Credit for this puzzle goes to \i{Janko} \k{janko-magnets}.
+
+Magnets was contributed to this collection by James Harvey.
+
+\B{janko-magnets}
+\W{http://www.janko.at/Raetsel/Magnete/index.htm}\cw{http://www.janko.at/Raetsel/Magnete/index.htm}
+
+\H{magnets-controls} \i{Magnets controls}
+
+\IM{Magnets controls} controls, for Magnets
+
+Left-clicking on an empty square places a magnet at that position with
+the positive pole on the square and the negative pole on the other half
+of the magnet; left-clicking again reverses the polarity, and a third
+click removes the magnet.
+
+Right-clicking on an empty square places a blank domino there.
+Right-clicking again places two question marks on the domino, signifying
+\q{this cannot be blank} (which can be useful to note deductions while
+solving), and right-clicking again empties the domino.
+
+You can also use the cursor keys to move a cursor around the grid.
+Pressing the return key will lay a domino with a positive pole at that
+position; pressing again reverses the polarity and then removes the
+domino, as with left-clicking. Using the space bar allows placement
+of blank dominoes and cannot-be-blank hints, as for right-clicking.
+
+(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
+
+\H{magnets-parameters} \I{parameters, for Magnets}Magnets parameters
+
+These parameters are available from the \q{Custom...} option on the
+\q{Type} menu.
+
+\dt \e{Width}, \e{Height}
+
+\dd Size of grid in squares. There will be half \e{Width} \by \e{Height}
+dominoes in the grid: if this number is odd then one square will be blank.
+
+(Grids with at least one odd dimension tend to be easier to solve.)
+
+\dt \e{Difficulty}
+
+\dd Controls the difficulty of the generated puzzle. At Tricky level,
+you are required to make more deductions about empty dominoes and
+row/column counts.
+
+\dt \e{Strip clues}
+
+\dd If true, some of the clues around the grid are removed at generation
+time, making the puzzle more difficult.
+
+
+
\A{licence} \I{MIT licence}\ii{Licence}
-This software is \i{copyright} 2004-2009 Simon Tatham.
+This software is \i{copyright} 2004-2010 Simon Tatham.
Portions copyright Richard Boulton, James Harvey, Mike Pinna, Jonas
K\u00F6{oe}lker, Dariusz Olszewski, Michael Schierl, Lambros
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