{"id":10977,"date":"2020-07-12T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=10977"},"modified":"2020-07-12T07:47:09","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T14:47:09","slug":"sunday-update-and-highlight-on-tapa-and-variations-2-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/sunday-update-and-highlight-on-tapa-and-variations-2-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday update and highlight on Tapa and Variations 2 book!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our most recent week of TomTom puzzles can be found in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/2020W6-TomTom-Puzzles.pdf\">PDF<\/a> and the solutions are all grouped in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/2020W6-TomTom-Solutions.pdf\">PDF<\/a> and have also been linked to the individual posts. We also have two solution videos for this week for the Thursday and Saturday TomTom puzzles.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GMPuzzles - 2020\/07\/09 - TomTom by Murat Can Tonta\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vQdWS-AhAPA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GMPuzzles - 2020\/07\/11 - TomTom by Freddie Hand\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jYqj__6l2Vo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Later today we&#8217;ll also be sharing our Best of 2019 Number Placement puzzles.<\/p>\n<p>Next week will feature one of our favorite shading genres, Tapa, as well as some variations. And alongside that week of puzzles we wanted to put the spotlight on a book we (silently) released a couple months ago while updating our e-store. <b>Tapa and Variations 2<\/b> is the second Tapa book (and sixth overall book) in the <a href=https:\/\/shop.gmpuzzles.com\/collections\/classic-puzzles-and-variations>Classic Puzzles and Variations<\/a> series by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli. It contains a total of 61 puzzles, 21 classic Tapa including one giant, and 40 variations split across 9 different genres.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a sample Tapa from the book with a hidden logical theme, and we hope you check out the full collection.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/TapaAndVariations2-Sample.png\" alt=\"Tapa by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/TapaAndVariations2-Sample.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/TapaAndVariations2-Sample-Solution.pdf\">Solution<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our most recent week of TomTom puzzles can be found in this PDF and the solutions are all grouped in this PDF and have also been linked to the individual posts. We also have two solution videos for this week for the Thursday and Saturday TomTom puzzles. 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