Our past week of Minesweeper puzzles is collected in this PDF and the solutions are in this PDF. There are more Minesweeper puzzles in a section from the Art of Puzzles 2 e-book in our store.
The daily solution videos are on the posts and linked below:
This next week will feature a “SUM-mer” mix of arithmetic with Smashed Sums and Japanese Sums puzzles.
or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools).
Theme: Tightly Packed
Author/Opus: This is the 387th puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.
Rules: Place the twelve pentominoes into the grid, rotations and reflections allowed. Pentominoes cannot cover the numbered cells, and different pentomino shapes cannot be placed in adjacent cells that share an edge or corner. Numbered cells indicate how many of the surrounding cells (including diagonally adjacent cells) contain parts of the pentominoes.
Difficulty: 3.5 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 4:45, Master = 9:00, Expert = 18:00
Solution: PDF; a solution video is also available here.
Note: Follow this link for classic Minesweeper puzzles on this website and this link for variations on Minesweeper puzzles. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Minesweeper Puzzles to get started on. More Minesweeper puzzles can be found in The Art of Puzzles 2.
or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools; use tab to alternate between Surface = shading mode and a line drawing mode)
Theme: Mirror Cave
Author/Opus: This is the 386th puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.
Rules: Standard Cave rules.
Difficulty: 3 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 2:45, Master = 4:15, Expert = 8:30
Solution: PDF; a solution video is also available here.
Note: Follow this link for classic Caves and this link for Cave variations. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Cave Puzzles to get started on. More Cave puzzles can be found in Roger Barkan’s Colossal Cave Collection, in The Art of Puzzles, and in our beginner-friendly collection Intro to GMPuzzles by Serkan Yürekli.
For those that missed it, we released a new e-book TomTom last Sunday. It is a great collection from four of our puzzlemasters for this number placement style. We are working to complete two 25-puzzle Sudoku variation packs this month and will then release our first edition of a quarterly puzzle mix magazine late in August. As we’re finding we are on track to release 12 books this year (about one a month), we’re considering restarting a subscription option for people to get some/all of our book content at a discount. Please watch this space for more info in the coming months and, as always, share any feedback you have with us on our puzzle collections.
Our past week of Slitherlink puzzles is collected in this PDF and the solutions are in this PDF. There are more Slitherlink puzzles in these e-books in our store.
The daily solution videos are on the posts and linked below:
This next week will feature Sudoku puzzles including two variations, and our next Sunday Stumper will be released next on July 18th.
or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools)
Theme: Diagonals
Author/Opus: This is the 385th puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.
Rules: Standard Slitherlink rules.
Difficulty: 2 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 1:15, Master = 2:00, Expert = 4:00
Solution: PDF; a solution video is also available here.
Note: Follow this link for classic Slitherlink and this link for Slitherlink variations. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Slitherlink puzzles to get started on. More Slitherlink puzzles can be found in The Art of Puzzles, Slitherlink and Variations, and our beginner-friendly book Logic Puzzles 101.