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## Puzzle Palace Series

### [rook-end-mazes] on the square grid

W=8x8&L=x1x6x10x1f4x3s4x7x17x1&T=example&G=rook-end-mazes
W=8x8&L=x3x3x3x22x2x3f1x5s9&G=rook-end-mazes
W=8x8&L=x14x5x6f1s3x5x6x5x17x1&G=rook-end-mazes
W=8x8&L=s0x12x5x6x2x9x9x2f1x5&G=rook-end-mazes
W=8x8&L=x0x4x13x6f2x4x8s6x2x13&G=rook-end-mazes
W=8x8&L=x13f5x1x3x12s7x6x4x4x1&G=rook-end-mazes
W=8x8&L=s2x7x10f2x6x14x3x14x4x1&G=rook-end-mazes

W=11&H=11&L=x16x1x13x18x16x3s4x8f4x11x8x1x25x12&G=rook-end-mazes
W=11&H=11&L=x0x23s3x9x17x3f1x26x8x28x1x2x10x8&G=rook-end-mazes
W=11&H=11&L=x19x11s16x3x9x34x4x6x5x7x2x6f6x8&G=rook-end-mazes
W=11&H=11&L=x11x6x9x5x17x4x24x14x2s14x7f2x3x22&G=rook-end-mazes
W=11&H=11&L=x1s29x20x4x12x10x16f1x3x11x4x5x5x14&G=rook-end-mazes
W=11&H=11&L=x6x33x10s9x8x6x1x8x3x14x8f10x3x17&G=rook-end-mazes
W=11&H=11&L=x2x18x27x19x3x16x3x9x18x6f7s1x7x1&G=rook-end-mazes
W=11&H=11&L=x14x18x13x8x5x2x20x26x6s5x3f4x3x13&G=rook-end-mazes
((A=ErichFriedman))


### Hex End Mazes

V=hex

This set was [shared|https://erich-friedman.github.io/puzzle/deadend] at the [puzzle palace|https://erich-friedman.github.io/puzzle].

Example:
W=3x3x3&L=x3x4f4x3s3&SS=17DWWLUUUERRWWD&T=Example&V=hex&G=rook-end-mazes

Set:
W=3x3x3&L=x5s1f5x1x4&V=hex&G=rook-end-mazes
W=3x3x3&L=x1x1x2f5s7&V=hex&G=rook-end-mazes
W=3x3x3&L=x2x3f3s3x7&V=hex&G=rook-end-mazes
W=3x3x3&L=s2x4f5x1x3&V=hex&G=rook-end-mazes
W=3x3x3&L=x0s2x9x4f3&V=hex&G=rook-end-mazes
W=4x4x4&L=x1s8x12x2x4f9&V=hex&G=rook-end-mazes
W=4x4x4&L=x4s1x5f12x2x11&V=hex&G=rook-end-mazes
W=4x4x4&L=x9x3f13s2x2x5&V=hex&G=rook-end-mazes
W=4x4x4&L=x2x1x5s8f4x3&V=hex&G=rook-end-mazes
W=4x4x4&L=x2s3x2x3f1x10&V=hex&G=rook-end-mazes
W=4x4x4&L=x3x7x4s2x13f2&V=hex&G=rook-end-mazes
W=4x4x4&L=s2x14f2x2x4x6&V=hex&G=rook-end-mazes
W=4x4x4&L=x6x2s5f10x6x3&V=hex&G=rook-end-mazes
W=5x5x5&L=x3s11f13x2x26x1x4&V=hex&G=rook-end-mazes
W=5x5x5&L=x2x5x17x4f11s2x10&V=hex&G=rook-end-mazes
W=5x5x5&L=s7x2f20x8x8x6x3&V=hex&G=rook-end-mazes
W=5x5x5&L=s0x4x4x5x6f26x2&V=hex&G=rook-end-mazes
W=5x5x5&L=s3x3x3f16x12x2x17&V=hex&G=rook-end-mazes
W=5x5x5&L=x6x8x23f6x2s10x4&V=hex&G=rook-end-mazes
((A=ErichFriedman))


## Variant Puzzles

### Walls
&V=walls

@PinkHoodie sent two puzzles using the ´´walls´´ variant: 
W=9x9&L=x0x1x1x1x6x1x1x7x1x8x6s4x8f5x4x1x3x5x1x1x7x1x1x1&SIW=24RU2UU7U11U11RU2R&SS=50URDRUULLLDDDDRRRURUUUULLLLLLLLDDDRRRDDDDR&V=walls&G=rook-end-mazes&A=PinkHoodie&D=2024-03-12&F=2&O=Enigmarch_2024&T=Shield_the_Finish
W=9x9&L=f30s10&SIW=17RUU20RRRRDDDDDLLLLLUUU&SS=30RRUULLLLDDDDRRRRRRUUUUUULLLLLURRRRRRDDDDDDDDLLLLLLLLUUUUUURRRRRRDDDDLLLLUURR&V=walls&G=rook-end-mazes&A=PinkHoodie&D=2024-03-12&F=2&O=Walls&T=Twecs



## Acknowledgements and Changes
Thanks to @Karoo for recording a rather nasty bug, now fixed! 

**2023-07-10** Thanks to @dohz for finding transcription and encoding errors, now fixed.
**2023-11-28** Thanks to @SpectriaLimina for finding a transcription error in the seventh puzzle (now truly fixed) and to @Noneuclidery for suggesting rule clarification.
**2023-12-01** Hex end mazes page merged into Rook End mazes, now using the standard &V=hex variant
**2023-12-20** Start and Finish tiles are required now, a missing constraint found by @PinkHoodie
**2023-12-24** The ´´dead-end´´ rule was extracted to a variant, for path genres, and its styling improved. The ´´walls´´ variant now works as expected.
**2024-03-12** A bug whereby the ´´walls´´ variant conflicted with loop checking was corrected for most genres, thanks to a great test case sent by @PinkHoodie - thank you!
**2024-03-13** @PinkHoodie made great use of the ´´walls´´ variant in two puzzles, one for the Enigmarch "shield" prompt.