Nurikabe 4

It's been a long time (almost two years), but I've started creating puzzles again.  Maybe this time I'll be able to stick with it.

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Nurikabe 3

I was experimenting with different grid sizes and came up with this.  I suppose it would've worked just as well if it was stretched vertically rather than horizontally, but it just felt more stable like this.

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Nurikabe 2

I'm keeping with the golden ratio motif, but I've increased the size of the board to 15 by 24.  And I've included a hefty 27-cell "island" in the puzzle. 

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Nurikabe 1

Here is a Nurikabe for you to enjoy.  Not too hard, not too easy.

Nurikabe Rules

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Nurikabe Rules

A Nurikabe is a Japanese spirit that manifests itself as a wall to impede travelers walking at night. The puzzle Nurikabe is so named because the object is to figure out where the black cells are placed based on the clues.  I guess the black cells are the Nurikabe spirits.  Here are the rules and a sample puzzle:

1. Each number in the grid indicates a region of edge-connected cells of exactly that number.  No two numbered areas can touch except at corners.  Each number will be a part of exactly one region

2. Each numbered region is surrounded by either the walls of the puzzle, or black cells.  All black cells must be edge-connected together to form one contiguous region.

3. No numbered cells can be painted black.

4. No black cells can be connected together to form a 2x2 area of black cells in any part of the grid.