Our most recent variety mix week can be found in this PDF.

This coming week features a set of Kakuro puzzles, several from guest authors.

This week, Master+ subscribers to the site are getting a bonus Kakuro by Murat Can Tonta and another bonus Kakuro by Serkan Yürekli, as well as images of the puzzle solutions. Grandmaster-level subscribers are also getting a giant Castle Wall puzzle from Serkan Yürekli. If you want to become a subscriber and get access to bonus puzzles, solutions, e-books, and other rewards, check out this page.

Bonus news: Many people have asked over the years, since it went out of print, how to get “Puzzlecraft: The Ultimate Guide on How to Construct Every Kind of Puzzle” which I co-authored with Mike Selinker for a reasonable price and not the ~$200 on Amazon. I’m excited to announce that Lone Shark Games is releasing an updated Puzzlecraft, which has been expanded with several new sections and puzzles.

A print copy of the updated Puzzlecraft can be pre-ordered at Lone Shark Games here.

If you want a PDF e-book now, I’m excited to say this title has been included in a Game Design and Puzzlecraft collection on Humble Bundle with proceeds going to Girls who Code and Girls Make Games. Going this way, you will also receive a 20% off coupon for the print copy on the Lone Shark Games site.

So go ahead and purchase via:
Lone Shark Games
or
Humble Bundle

Our most recent week of Statue Park puzzles can be found in this PDF. If you enjoyed this week of puzzles, you will really enjoy Murat’s new e-book Statue Park, with 53 challenges from easy to hard, from single and double tetromino sets to pentominoes and one large hexominoes puzzle.

This coming week is a variety mix from many of our grandmasters and one guest author.

This week, Master+ subscribers to the site are getting a bonus Cave by Grant Fikes and a bonus Thermo-Sudoku by Serkan Yürekli, as well as images of the puzzle solutions and a video walkthrough of the Friday LITS puzzle. If you want to become a subscriber and get access to bonus puzzles, solutions, e-books, and other rewards, check out this page.

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

Theme: Lighthouse (in memory of Marcia)

Author/Opus: This is the 317th puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.

Rules: Standard Statue Park rules. This puzzle uses a double tetromino set.

Answer String: Enter the length in cells of each of the shaded segments from left to right for the marked rows, starting at the top. Separate each row’s entry from the next with a comma.

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 1:15, Master = 1:45, Expert = 3:30

Solution: PDF

Note: Follow this link for other Statue Park Puzzles. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Statue Parks to get started on. More Statue Park puzzles can be found in the ebook Statue Park by Murat Can Tonta.

Our most recent week of Masyu puzzles including many guest contributions can be found in this PDF.

This coming week features a set of Statue Park puzzles. This week we have also released, Statue Park by Murat Can Tonta, with 53 challenges from easy to hard, from single and double tetromino sets to pentominoes and one large hexominoes puzzle.

This week, Master+ subscribers to the site are getting a bonus Statue Park (tetromino set) by Serkan Yürekli and a bonus Statue Park (pentomino set) by Murat Can Tonta, as well as images of the puzzle solutions. Our Grandmaster subscribers also received Murat’s new ebook last week. If you want to become a subscriber and get access to bonus puzzles, solutions, e-books, and other rewards, check out this page.

Our most recent week of variety puzzles including many guest contributions can be found in this PDF.

This coming week features a set of Masyu puzzles.

This week, Master+ subscribers to the site are getting a bonus Masyu and a bonus Masyu (Deformable), both by Serkan Yürekli, as well as images of the puzzle solutions. If you want to become a subscriber and get access to bonus puzzles, solutions, e-books, and other rewards, check out this page.

Our most recent week of puzzles featuring Even/Odd and Arrow Sudoku puzzles can be found in this PDF.

This coming week features a variety mix of puzzles with several guest contributions appearing.

This week, Master+ subscribers to the site are getting a bonus Slitherlink by Murat Can Tonta and a Star Battle by Serkan Yürekli, as well as images of the puzzle solutions and video walkthroughs of the Friday and Saturday puzzles. Recently, our Grandmaster subscribers also received Fill o’ Fillomino 2 by Grant Fikes, a 60-puzzle e-book, which will be released this quarter on the website. If you want to become a subscriber and get access to bonus puzzles, solutions, e-books, and other rewards, check out this page.

Our master+ subscribers receive access to two bonus puzzles each week in addition to other rewards. We make these posts so those supporters have a space to comment on these puzzles, mark as FAVES, or log their solving. If you are interested in subscribing and seeing these bonus puzzles, click here for more info.

Theme: Bull’s-eye

Author/Opus: This is the 316th puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.

Rules: Standard Arrow Sudoku rules.

Answer String: Enter the 1st row from left to right, followed by a comma, followed by the 5th row from left to right.

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 4:45, Master = 7:15, Expert = 14:30

Note: Follow this link for more Arrow Sudoku. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Arrow Sudoku to get started on. More Arrow Sudoku puzzles can be found in The Art of Sudoku 2.

PDF

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

Theme: A Series of Arrows

Author/Opus: This is the 315th puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.

Rules: Standard Arrow Sudoku rules.

Answer String: Enter the 1st row from left to right, followed by a comma, followed by the 6th row from left to right.

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 0:45, Master = 1:15, Expert = 2:30

Solution: PDF

Note: Follow this link for more Arrow Sudoku. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Arrow Sudoku to get started on. More Arrow Sudoku puzzles can be found in The Art of Sudoku 2.

Our master+ subscribers receive access to two bonus puzzles each week in addition to other rewards. We make these posts so those supporters have a space to comment on these puzzles, mark as FAVES, or log their solving. If you are interested in subscribing and seeing these bonus puzzles, click here for more info.

Theme: Broken Diagonal?

Author/Opus: This is the 314th puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.

Rules: Standard Even/Odd Sudoku rules (i.e., cells with a square contain an even digit; cells with a circle contain an odd digit).

Answer String: Enter the 3rd row from left to right, followed by a comma, followed by the 5th row from left to right.

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 0:35, Master = 0:45, Expert = 1:30

Note: Follow this link for more Even/Odd Sudoku puzzles. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Even/Odd Sudoku to get started on. More Even/Odd Sudoku puzzles can be found in The Art of Sudoku 2.

In case you’ve been trapped in a Cave, our most recent week of puzzles can be found in this PDF.

This coming week features two variations of Sudoku: Arrow and Even/Odd. These styles will be among the styles featured in our upcoming sequel to The Art of Sudoku arriving in the second half of this year. In addition to our puzzlemasters, you’ll see puzzles this week from some of the guest authors who are contributors to that book.

This week, Master+ subscribers to the site are getting a bonus easy Even/Odd Sudoku and a hard Arrow Sudoku by Thomas Snyder, as well as images of the puzzle solutions. If you want to become a subscriber and get access to bonus puzzles, solutions, e-books, and other rewards, check out this page.