{"id":20908,"date":"2022-05-22T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=20908"},"modified":"2022-05-22T09:13:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T16:13:04","slug":"sunday-update-and-solutions-with-new-tapa-e-book-and-bonus-puzzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/sunday-update-and-solutions-with-new-tapa-e-book-and-bonus-puzzle\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Update and Solutions with new Tapa e-book and bonus puzzle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we&#8217;re excited to announce the release of the new book <a href=https:\/\/shop.gmpuzzles.com\/products\/tapa-and-variations-3>Tapa and Variations 3<\/a>, co-authored by Zolt\u00e1n Horv\u00e1th and Serkan Y\u00fcrekli. It features 20 classic Tapa puzzles (including one giant grid) as well as 4 puzzles in each of 9 variations for 56 Tapa in total. This book follows our release about a month ago of <a href=https:\/\/shop.gmpuzzles.com\/products\/starter-pack-2-tapa>Starter Pack 2: Tapa<\/a> which is a good way for a beginner to get into Tapa where Tapa and Variations 3 has some very challenging puzzles.<\/p>\n<p>To mark the release of the new book, Serkan wrote a bonus &#8220;Tapa Sudoku&#8221; puzzle for the Cracking the Cryptic channel which you solve find <a href=https:\/\/app.crackingthecryptic.com\/sudoku\/L64LJ4LQ4t>here<\/a>, as well as watching a solving explanation from Simon Anthony from his own experience with the puzzle as well as seeing me go through it.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Watch A World Sudoku\/Puzzle Champion Solving!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Lq56X0NsGg?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>Our previous week of Tapa puzzles is gathered together in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2022\/2022W19-TapaWeek-Puzzles.pdf\">PDF<\/a> and the solutions are in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2022\/2022W19-TapaWeek-Solutions.pdf\">PDF<\/a>. More Tapa puzzles can be found in these books in <a href=https:\/\/shop.gmpuzzles.com\/search?q=tapa>our store<\/a>. All of our books including the ones mentioned above feature original puzzles (not from the website), and buying these books is a great way to support the site while getting more fun logical challenges to solve.<\/p>\n<p>The daily solution videos are on the posts and linked below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GMPuzzles - 2022\/05\/16 - Tapa by Grant Fikes\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cufGieMPaGM?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 - 2022\/05\/17 - Tapa by Zolt\u00e1n Horv\u00e1th\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nWDuUlLHOyY?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 - 2022\/05\/18 - Tapa by Murat Can Tonta\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V6o7lkpm0pQ?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 - 2022\/05\/19 - Tapa by Prasanna Seshadri\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PXoD8dCu140?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 - 2022\/05\/20 - Pata by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8kuh-ZSMMHg?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 - 2022\/05\/21 - Tapa (Black Hole) by Zolt\u00e1n Horv\u00e1th\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/spY6l_JKHKs?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>Our next week of puzzles features hexagonal grids, with six different styles taken to a new logical shape by changing the grid behavior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we&#8217;re excited to announce the release of the new book Tapa and Variations 3, co-authored by Zolt\u00e1n Horv\u00e1th and Serkan Y\u00fcrekli. 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