Vol. 1 · 9 articles

Field notes

Essays on puzzles, attention, history, and the craft behind Nonogram Zen. Updated when there is something worth saying; read slowly.

Latest · Solving 01

The line-by-line method, slowly explained

The patient grammar that picross was built around — reading rows and columns one quiet line at a time, until a hidden picture surfaces from the deduction alone.

Mei Tanaka · 8 min read →

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02 Are nonograms good for your brain? What the evidence says Wellbeing · Mei Tanaka 5 MIN 03 Nonograms vs sudoku: which logic puzzle fits you Solving · Mei Tanaka 5 MIN 04 Do you ever have to guess in a nonogram? Almost never Solving · Mei Tanaka 6 MIN 05 Nonogram, picross, griddlers, hanjie: one puzzle, many names Basics · Mei Tanaka 5 MIN 06 The overlap technique, the first tool Solving · Mei Tanaka 7 MIN 07 The rules of nonograms, on one page Basics · Mei Tanaka 8 MIN 08 How to solve nonograms, from the first clue Solving · Mei Tanaka 6 MIN 09 What is a nonogram, exactly Basics · Mei Tanaka 6 MIN