Queens — One Cat Per Row, And No Two May Touch

Time

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Seated

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Fights

Streak

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Carving the board…

Mark what cannot be first. The rest gets easier.

You will have to notice a colour trapped in one line.

The cats

One cat, twelve colours. The house default.

Exclusion mark

Their names

Colours

Amber family. Matches the rest of the site.

Letter on every squarePrint each region's letter on its squares. The board becomes fully playable in greyscale.

Settings

Crossing out the eight neighbours by hand is tedium, not deduction — so that is the default. Marking the whole row, column and colour as well removes the scanning that is half the game.

SpotlightDim everything that shares a row, column or colour with the cursor.Explain hintsName the technique a hint used, so the next one is yours to find.Cat firstTap once for a cat instead of once for a cross.StrictFlag a legal cat that is not in the answer. Off by default — Queens has no wrong square until two cats actually clash, and flagging early takes the deduction away.ZenNo clock, no fight counter, nothing recorded.Sudden deathOne rule break ends the board.