Divide and Conquer by Erich Friedman





There is also an [unrelated homonymous genre|https://2020.galacticpuzzlehunt.com/static/puzzle_resources/divide-and-conquer/puzzle.2a2a0696deee.html].

## page.author's [divide-and-conquer]

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### December 2014, Games (1--3)

W=5x5&L=b0b2b3b2b3b3b1b4b1b2b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b1b1b3b1b2b1b3b1b1b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b1b1b4b1b1b1b1b4b5b1b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b3b2b1b1b2b1b1b1b2b3b5b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b3b2b4b2b1b2b3b1b1b1b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b1b2b1b4b1b1b3b1b1b2b2b3&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b3b3b2b4b1b3b1b2b1b2b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b1b2b3b4b1b1b1b1b3b3b4&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b2b5b4b1b3b1b3b1b1b2b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b2b2b2b1b2b2b2b2b1b2b2b3b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b3b3b5b1b1b1b2b3b1b3b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b2b2b1b1b1b6b2b1b1b1b2b1b3&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b5b1b1b4b1b2b1b2b1b2b2b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b2b3b2b1b1b1b4b2b1b3b3b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b2b1b2b2b1b2b1b4b3b3b1b2&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b3b1b2b1b1b1b4b2b1b1b1b4&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b1b2b3b1b4b1b1b1b1b5b2b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b3b1b2b1b2b1b1b1b1b5b3b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b1b1b3b4b1b2b2b1b1b3b1b3b1&G=divide-and-conquer
((P-AREAMIN=1&P-AREAMAX=3))
((D=2014&U=https://erich-friedman.github.io/published/conquer2/index.html))
((A=ErichFriedman))


### November 2011, Games (1--3)

W=5x5&L=b0b3b2b3b1b2b2b1b1b1b3b2b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b1b1b3b2b2b3b1b1b3b1b1b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b2b2b3b1b1b1b5b1b4b2b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b2b1b1b1b2b2b1b3b2b1b2b3b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b1b3b1b1b2b1b1b1b2b1b1b8b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b1b1b2b1b4b1b1b1b1b2b3b5b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b1b2b2b3b1b3b1b1b3b6b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b1b1b1b5b1b2b1b2b3b2b3b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b5b1b4b1b1b1b1b1b1b3b1b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b2b1b2b1b1b6b2b3b1b1b3b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b3b2b1b1b2b3b1b1b2b2b2b4&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b3b1b2b1b1b8b1b1b2b2b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b1b1b1b2b1b8b1b1b1b1b1b3b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b4b2b1b2b1b5b1b2b3b1b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b3b1b1b1b3b4b1b2b1b1b3b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b2b2b3b1b1b1b2b4b2b1b4&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b3b1b1b8b1b2b1b2b1b1b1b2&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b4b2b1b3b3b1b1b4b1b3b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b2b3b2b2b1b2b1b2b3b3b1b2&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b6b1b1b1b2b1b3b5b1b1b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
((P-AREAMIN=1&P-AREAMAX=3))
((D=2011&U=https://erich-friedman.github.io/published/conquer1/index.html))
((A=ErichFriedman))

### March 2011, World of Puzzles (3--4)

W=5x5&L=b1b1b4b3b1b1b1b2b1b1b5b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b1b5b5b2b2b1b1b3b1b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b6b1b1b1b1b2b4b2b4b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b5b5b2b1b2b3b1b1b1b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b1b2b3b5b1b1b2b4b1b1b3&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b3b2b1b1b1b6b2b1b3b1b2b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b1b6b1b1b3b3b1b1b2b1b1b3&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b1b1b3b1b1b2b1b3b2b1b2b2b3&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b1b3b2b3b2b1b1b1b1b1b6b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b1b1b2b1b1b1b1b2b6b1b3b1b3&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b1b3b3b1b2b2b4b1b4b1b2&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b1b1b1b1b3b2b5b1b1b1b1b5&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b3b1b1b1b1b2b1b4b2b2b3b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b3b3b2b1b3b1b1b3b3b1b2b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b5b1b1b2b1b1b3b2b2b1b3b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b3b2b4b1b1b1b1b1b1b1b1b5b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b1b3b1b6b1b2b1b2b1b1b2b3&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b1b1b2b2b2b1b1b1b6b2b4&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b1b1b3b2b1b1b1b1b6b1b1b4b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b1b1b6b2b1b1b1b2b2b1b4b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
((P-AREAMIN=1&P-AREAMAX=3))
((D=2011&U=https://erich-friedman.github.io/published/divide2/index.html))
((A=ErichFriedman))


### Puzzle Palace Series (1--3)

W=5x5&L=b0b2b4b1b1b1b2b3b1b2b2b4&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b1b1b1b3b3b2b1b2b2b1b2b5&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b3b2b1b1b6b1b1b1b3b1b1b3&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b1b2b2b1b1b1b3b2b2b3b4b2&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b2b1b1b3b2b5b1b4b1b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b3b1b1b1b1b1b1b2b10b1b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b2b1b1b1b2b4b5b2b2b1b3&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b3b1b2b1b1b7b1b3b3b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b4b3b1b2b2b1b1b4b1b1b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b3b5b1b1b1b2b1b2b1b2b3b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b2b1b3b1b1b2b1b1b2b5b3b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b3b1b3b1b1b3b1b1b1b1b6b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b5b1b2b1b1b3b1b4b1b1b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b4b3b4b1b2b1b2b1b1b2b2&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b1b1b3b2b1b2b1b1b1b5b1b1b2&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b1b1b2b2b1b3b2b6b1b2b1b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b1b1b1b1b2b1b2b2b3b3b1b1b5&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b1b1b1b1b2b1b1b3b6b2b4b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b1b3b1b1b2b2b1b4b1b2b3b1b2&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b1b1b1b1b2b4b1b4b3b4b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b3b1b2b1b1b2b3b1b1b4b1b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b2b2b2b2b1b3b2b1b2b4b1b2&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b2b2b2b2b3b1b4b1b2b1b2b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b2b3b2b5b1b1b2b2b1b2b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
W=5x5&L=b0b1b2b1b1b2b1b3b1b4b1b1&G=divide-and-conquer
((P-AREAMIN=1&P-AREAMAX=3))
((U=https://erich-friedman.github.io/puzzle/conquer/))
((A=ErichFriedman))


##Community Puzzles

### @Stingby12
W=4&L=b0b3b3b5b1b1b1b2b3b1b3b1&A=Stingby12&D=13%2F12%2F2021&G=divide-and-conquer
((P-AREAMIN=1&P-AREAMAX=3))

### site.author
W=7x3&L=x0b1x1b3b2x1b3b1b1x1b3x2x1&SSE=5RRU1R7RU3U4UU4U&P-AREAMIN=1&P-AREAMAX=3&A=Pedro&D=2023-07-30&T=Stripes&N=173&G=divide-and-conquer

### @EliDoris
This puzzle was the first version of the modernised rule panels:
W=7x4&L=b0b2b2b1b2b1x1x1b3b1x3x1b1b2b1b3&SSE=1RR5UUU7U2UR3R8RUUU2U2U2R&P-AREAMIN=2&P-AREAMAX=3&G=divide-and-conquer&A=EliDoris&D=2024-02-24

## Acknowledgmements

**2023-07-30** Thanks to @EricFox for suggesting the rules be clarified (changed) and the addition of given lines!
**2023-09-01** Thanks to @KuchiwoTsugumi for noticing the November puzzle series had the wrong parameters listed here and at the source, and for suggesting rule clarifications
**2023-12-18** Corrected displayed parameters for the second puzzle set (noticed by @JustKirb) and applied style changes.
**2024-02-25** The [rule panels|../panels] have been modernised by @EliDoris in collaboration with site.author- thank you!