How to Play Hashi Bridges

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How to play Hashi Bridges

Open Hashi Bridges, check the instructions and begin a round. Connect all islands into one network with exactly the indicated number of attached bridges. Use the example below to understand a decision. Make your first input carefully and watch the result. Look at what changes after your first action.

Choose from ten nine-island layouts. Join adjacent islands along the straight connections shown.

Review a difficult moment

When a decision goes wrong, compare it with the common mistake described below. Start again only when you intend to leave the current round. Refer to the controls when needed.

Your goal

Connect all islands into one network with exactly the indicated number of attached bridges. Keep that objective in view throughout the round. Follow this game’s rules rather than another version’s.

Step by step

1. Select two neighbouring islands or click an edge.
2. Cycle zero, one or two bridges.
3. Match every numbered island.
4. Check puzzle also verifies the islands form one network.

Controls

Click or tap squares or graph edges. Number boards include a digit pad. Undo reverses the previous change; Check puzzle validates the solution. Use the control method described here for this activity. Read the example below alongside these instructions.

A useful example

An island marked 3 may use a double bridge and a single bridge. Use the example as a guide rather than a substitute for reading your board. Notice the change in the playing area.

Watch out for this

Correct totals in separate disconnected groups do not win. Compare the situation with the worked example. Read one step at a time and try it on the playing area. Match the instruction to the control you use.

Common questions