{"id":10039,"date":"2020-05-17T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T16:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=10039"},"modified":"2021-09-11T07:45:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-11T14:45:38","slug":"countdown-tomtom-15-days-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/countdown-tomtom-15-days-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Countdown TomTom: 15 Days to Go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>June 1st will be the reopening of GMPuzzles. In recent years we have had on weeks and off weeks, but with this relaunch we are planning to have content <b>every week<\/b>. Monday through Saturdays will be new puzzles, with increasing difficulty throughout the week. There will be a mix of variety weeks and single puzzle genre weeks. On Sundays we will be releasing solution images for all of the puzzles, as well as a solution video walkthrough for one of our puzzles. While these solutions have historically been &#8220;rewards&#8221; for our subscribers, we hope that sharing them more broadly will help expand our community and help people learn how to solve our hardest puzzles.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>We&#8217;ll have info on some other changes soon; for now, enjoy this Countdown TomTom.<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/200517-TomTom-Countdown.png\" alt=\"TomTom by Thomas Snyder\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/200517-TomTom-Countdown.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href=https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/s\/200517Count>solve online<\/a> (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools)<\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> Countdown + 15 Spirals<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 357th puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku. <\/p>\n<p><b>Rules:<\/b> Standard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tomtom-rules-and-info\/\">TomTom<\/a> rules, using the integers 1-8.<\/p>\n<p><b>Solution:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/200517-TomTom-Countdown-Soln.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> Follow this link for other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/tomtom-2+classic\/\">TomTom<\/a>. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/tomtom-2+classic+mondaytuesday\/>easiest TomTom<\/a> to get started on. More TomTom puzzles can be found in <a href=https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/store\/the-art-of-puzzles><i>The Art of Puzzles<\/i><\/a>, and in our beginner-friendly collection <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/store\/intro-to-gmpuzzles><i>Intro to GMPuzzles<\/i><\/a> by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 1st will be the reopening of GMPuzzles. In recent years we have had on weeks and off weeks, but with this relaunch we are planning to have content every week. Monday through Saturdays will be new puzzles, with increasing difficulty throughout the week. 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