Last week’s collection of Battleships puzzles is gathered together in this PDF and the solutions are in this PDF. You can find more Battleships puzzles in these books in our e-store.
The daily solution videos are on the posts and linked below:
In a few minutes we will have a Sunday Stumper: a Battleship Sudoku by Serkan Yürekli. Our next week of puzzles features Snake Pit puzzles.
or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools; use tab to alternate between ship placement and shading modes. In ship placement mode, right click gives sea, left click gives circle/square, left click and drag for rounded ships.)
Theme: The Right Ones
Author/Opus: This is the 17th puzzle from guest contributor Takeya Saikachi.
Rules: Standard Battleships rules. Use the indicated fleet.
Difficulty: 4 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 6:00, Master = 10:00, Expert = 20:00
Solution: PDF and solving video.
Note: Follow this link for classic Battleships and this link for Battleships variations. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Battleships to get started on. More Battleships puzzles can be found in Battleships and Variations, in The Art of Puzzles, and in our beginner-friendly collection Intro to GMPuzzles by Serkan Yürekli.
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or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools; use tab to alternate between a composite mode for line/edge drawing, a shading mode for ships, and a letter entry mode.)
Author/Opus: This is the 377th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Grant Fikes.
Rules: Combination of Pentominous and Battleships. Locate the indicated fleet in the grid. Each segment of a ship occupies a single cell. Ships can be rotated. Different ships cannot be placed in adjacent cells that share an edge or corner. Then divide the rest of the grid into 16 regions each containing 5 cells. Regions with the same shape (including rotations/reflections) cannot share an edge. A cell with a letter in it must be part of the pentomino shape normally associated with that letter; an inventory of pentominoes is given below the puzzle.
Difficulty: 3 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 4:00, Master = 5:15, Expert = 10:30
Solution: PDF and solving video.
Note: Follow this link for classic Battleships and this link for Battleships variations. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Battleships to get started on. More Battleships puzzles can be found in Battleships and Variations, in The Art of Puzzles, and in our beginner-friendly collection Intro to GMPuzzles by Serkan Yürekli.
or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools; use tab to alternate between ship placement and shading modes. In ship placement mode, right click gives sea, left click gives circle/square, left click and drag for rounded ships.)
Theme: Solved?
Author/Opus: This is the 15th puzzle from guest contributor Salih Alan.
Rules: Standard Battleships rules. Use the indicated fleet.
Difficulty: 3 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 1:45, Master = 4:15, Expert = 8:30
Solution: PDF and solving video.
Note: Follow this link for classic Battleships and this link for Battleships variations. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Battleships to get started on. More Battleships puzzles can be found in Battleships and Variations, in The Art of Puzzles, and in our beginner-friendly collection Intro to GMPuzzles by Serkan Yürekli.
or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools; use tab to alternate between ship placement and shading modes. In ship placement mode, right click gives sea, left click gives circle/square, left click and drag for rounded ships.)
Theme: Question Mark
Author/Opus: This is the 3rd puzzle from guest contributor Hatice Esra Aydemir.
Rules: Variation of standard Battleships rules. Instead of exterior clues, clues inside the grid indicate the number of adjacent squares, including diagonally adjacent squares, containing ship segments. Ships do not sit on cells with numbers. Use the indicated fleet.
Difficulty: 2.5 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 2:30, Master = 4:00, Expert = 8:00
Solution: PDF and solving video.
Note: Follow this link for classic Battleships and this link for Battleships variations. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Battleships to get started on. More Battleships puzzles can be found in Battleships and Variations, in The Art of Puzzles, and in our beginner-friendly collection Intro to GMPuzzles by Serkan Yürekli.
or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools; use tab to alternate between ship placement and shading modes. In ship placement mode, right click gives sea, left click gives circle/square, left click and drag for rounded ships.)
Theme: 1234
Author/Opus: This is the 227th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Murat Can Tonta.
Rules: Standard Battleships rules. Use the indicated fleet.
Difficulty: 2 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 1:20, Master = 2:00, Expert = 4:00
Solution: PDF and solving video.
Note: Follow this link for classic Battleships and this link for Battleships variations. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Battleships to get started on. More Battleships puzzles can be found in Battleships and Variations, in The Art of Puzzles, and in our beginner-friendly collection Intro to GMPuzzles by Serkan Yürekli.
or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools; use tab to alternate between ship placement and shading modes. In ship placement mode, right click gives sea, left click gives circle/square, left click and drag for rounded ships.)
Theme: Sequence
Author/Opus: This is the 93rd puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Ashish Kumar.
Rules: Standard Battleships rules. Use the indicated fleet.
Difficulty: 1.5 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 0:45, Master = 1:30, Expert = 3:00
Solution: PDF and solving video.
Note: Follow this link for classic Battleships and this link for Battleships variations. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Battleships to get started on. More Battleships puzzles can be found in Battleships and Variations, in The Art of Puzzles, and in our beginner-friendly collection Intro to GMPuzzles by Serkan Yürekli.
Our previous variety mix week of hexagonal grid puzzles is gathered together in this PDF and the solutions are in this PDF.
The daily solution videos are on the posts and linked below:
Our next week of puzzles features Battleships puzzles and variations. We will also have a Sunday Stumper from Serkan Yürekli in 7 days.
or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools in edgex mode where left click+drag draws lines and right click marks X’s)
Theme: Snowflake
Author/Opus: This is the 414th puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.
Rules: Standard Slitherlink rules (with a hexagonal grid).
Difficulty: 4.5 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 11:00, Master = 16:00, Expert = 32:00
Solution: PDF and solving video.
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.
or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools)
Author/Opus: This is the 226th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Murat Can Tonta.
Rules: Standard Kakuro rules except on a hexagonal grid: Fill all empty hexes with digits from 1-9 so that all number clues (in white) indicate the sum of the digits in that direction. Digits cannot repeat in any entry (i.e., any group of hexes connected either horizontally or in one of the two diagonal directions, without any black cells separating them). This no repeat rule applies even for unclued entries.
Difficulty: 4 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 6:45, Master = 9:30, Expert = 19:00
Solution: PDF and solving video.
Note: Follow this link for classic Kakuro and this link for Kakuro variations. More Kakuro puzzles can be found in Kakuro and Variations by Serkan Yürekli and in The Art of Puzzles 2.