The Twelve Days of Sudoku #2 by Thomas Snyder

Sudoku by Thomas Snyder

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Theme: Forty-five

Author/Opus: This is the 536th puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.

Rules: In this puzzle, your job is to place a number into every empty box so that each row across, each column down, and each small 9-box square within the large square (there are 9 of these) will contain each number from 1 through 9. Remember that no number may appear more than once in any row across, any column down, or within any small 9-box square; this will help you solve the puzzle.

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 1:00, Master = 1:45, Expert = 3:30

Solution: PDF and solving animation.

Note: Follow this link for other classic Sudoku. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Sudoku to get started on. More Sudoku including variations can be found in these books in our e-store. Also, visit this page to purchase all of the puzzles from the 16th World Sudoku Championship including classic Sudoku.

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The Twelve Days of Sudoku #1 by Thomas Snyder

Sudoku by Thomas Snyder

PDF

or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools)

Theme: Hand-wrapped Gift

Author/Opus: This is the 535th puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.

Rules: Standard Sudoku rules.

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 2:00, Master = 4:00, Expert = 8:00

Solution: PDF and solving animation.

Note: Follow this link for other classic Sudoku. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Sudoku to get started on. More Sudoku including variations can be found in these books in our e-store. Also, visit this page to purchase all of the puzzles from the 16th World Sudoku Championship including classic Sudoku.

Note 2: Comments on the blog are great! For a more interactive discussion, please also consider using our The Twelve Days of Sudoku Discussion post on the GMPuzzles Discord.

Note 3: Please check lesson notes from Dr. Sudoku.

Naughty or Nice by Santa Claus

You look at things in one way or the other. To understand the magic of Santa first you must know 1 2 3 4 5. That's the starting line.

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Protected: 4 the kids, [draft]

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Party report after first quests through Layer One (beta-test feedback/story)

(Soundtrack: Still Alive, expecting to receive a team response of … THEREFORE or ?)

Those actions already mentioned in prior communications are not necessarily reported here for overall efficiency.

Some party members gained skills and others made sacrifices at great cost to themselves for the team. I’m so impressed with how the whole team leveled up to conquer an inevitable problem with the 13th day of Christmas. We just need to solve for exactly what that is. I think it is that Christmas is so popular the AI will eventually start giving us those triangular numbers of things and infinite paperclips a clipping is bad. Very bad. It could be something else about the 13th though, I just know it is absolutely an important number. Continue talking with your neighbors near and far as it is our balance that is our strength and weakness is sometimes that strength so seek the purple middle in all things, be both wicked and bad as MJ would say, and bad and jood.

After the failure of Operation Secret Santa, a new rule was proposed that the most dangerous physical weapons should not be allowed in the middle of the party. We still don’t know the right position on this, but the founders of the party were worried about threats from outside so we are going to try to focus on the southern border and move the weapon to 9X while keeping the party’s cash around the center if possible.

The pair of party members in 41 agreed that the danger next turn is more likely from lack of wisdom at the top than the lack of strength on the left, and after the change position 16 is setting new records for wisdom as we prepare for the next anti-hero.

The hidden group found an object of recognition, a +1 constitution medal, and used it to improve the health of 23 who was in danger of being left amortal which is amoral if the party can do better healing and science because of the hidden group. Thankfully it was only a matter of time for this particular change and we have lots of time and space.

11 and 17 used the powers of “Do you believe in Miracles?” and “Outrageous Proposal” to cast a summoning spell for two elements in 19. The casting failed, but we are still working to break the current limit for this summon to get it under 5 minutes. Reminding the party, this summon both walks the walk and talks the talk. We’ll need to punch out some foes and know how others have resurrected the dead in the future levels of this journey so that’s someone you want in your corner. Thanks 19 for holding the spot down so 11 and 17 could watch for the right replacement.

The mathemagician group was able to find a way to remove the cursed towel of adams and we are overjoyed! Their party members can now grow (and when needed shrink) again when solving a problem which is very exciting as plans start coming together for a 3-dimensional view of the party based off the historical artifact found last turn.

The party did take some losses, mostly positive additions with subtraction by exchanging with others we met along the way. We’ll keep in touch.

Updated party status will display once Scientist-Archivist is agreed on changes. Alignment on AI to find an Archivist to delegate AI to improve party’s AI’S AI’s AI-handling of AI. 11 has meeting at AI with AI, very strong big brain people. AI to still schedule the tea t for meeting.