Links

Links to other polyomino-related things.

Books and Papers

• Polyominoes: Puzzles, Patterns, Problems, and Packings by Solomon Golomb. The canonical source on polyominoes.
• Tiling with Polyominoes by Samuel Golomb. Further information on the “hierarchy of tiling” for polyominoes.
• Polyominoes by Herman Tulleken. An invaluable resource on polyomino properties.

Websites and Webpages

• Polyform curiosities by George Sicherman. Of particular interest are the pages on polyform compatibility and Baiocchi figures.
• Math Magic Archive by Erich Friedman. A series of monthly recreational mathematics puzzles, many of which involve polyominoes.
• The Poly pages by Andrew L. Clarke. Contains many more packings of polyominoes.
• a naming scheme for polyominoes by Jan Misali.

Videos

• Pentomino Facts by Deckard. A rundown of various facts about pentominoes.
• The Snakey Hexomino by Numberphile feat. Sophie Maclean. An unsolved problem involving playing Tic-Tac-Toe with polyominoes.
• How to design a POLYOMINO board game by Adam In Wales. Tips for board game designers on creating polyomino-based games.
• Polyominoes and Polyominoes: Revisited by galactika. Two different naming schemas for polyominoes, the second referencing the Labyrinth’s directedness hiearchy!

Games and Puzzles

• Various pencil puzzle genres that involve polyominoes: Fillomino, LITS, Pentominous, Pentopia, Heteromino, Statue Park.
• Platformerly by Marcos Donnantuoni. A cute little game where you try to take snapshots of pentominoes.
• Polyominoes on Board Game Geek. Catalog of games with polyominoes as components.
• The Artisan of Glimmith, by Lunarch Studios. A region-division puzzle game with plenty of polyomino-based rules that I contributed a couple puzzles to.