about 2 months ago - No comments
Jigsaw 6×6 puzzle 2Jigsaw 6×6 puzzle 1I just made some Jigsaw Sudoku puzzles for a book and had a couple spare which I thought I’d post here. Just place A to F once each into every row, column and bold-lined jigsaw shape.
about 10 months ago - No comments
I’ve just added Skyscraper puzzle support to Puzzlemix. Hop on over if you’d like to try playing Skyscraper puzzles online!
This means that there are now 16 different types of puzzle on the site, plus a variety of sizes for each of those puzzle types.
about 1 year ago - No comments
Sudoku 6×6 puzzleJigsaw 6×6 puzzle
I had a couple of 6×6 Sudoku puzzles left over when making issue 58 of Sudoku Pro magazine, so I thought I’d post them here.
Just place 1-6 into each row, column and bold-lined area.
about 1 year ago - No comments
Sudoku 16×16 puzzle
And to complement the Killer Sudoku I posted a moment ago, here’s a 16×16 puzzle for those who like these. Just place 1 to 9 and A to G in each row, column and 4×4 box. Only “scan and place” logic is needed for this, I promise!
about 1 year ago - No comments
Samurai 8X puzzle
When I was making Sudoku Xtra 10 I wanted to put in a really big Samurai Sudoku puzzle. In the end because I had a square page area available beneath the instructions I went with a 13-grid one (just as a one-off to see what sort of reaction it got!) but I had More >
about 1 year ago - No comments
Killer Plus Minus Samurai puzzle
If you’re a Sudoku Xtra reader you’ll have seen these in their regular 9×9 form in both issues 5 and 6, but this is the first time I’ve made a Samurai one, and the first time I’ve posted one here I think.
This is essentially a regular Killer Sudoku puzzle, except that More >
about 1 year ago - No comments
Killer Sudoku Pro 6×6 Samurai puzzle
It’s been quiet here recently – much of my effort has been going on my UK General Election site, How To Vote, although Sudoku Xtra 6 was out on Saturday too. Anyway, there are still 10 days to go to the election but after that I’ll get some time back!
However I thought I should More >
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
Samurai 3-grid Calcudoku 6×6 puzzle
I’ve been posting a few new varieties of Sudoku puzzle in the daily puzzle section of PuzzleMix (i.e. the subscription section, which costs less than £1 a month for well over 1,000 puzzles a year). These aren’t especially unusual variations, but I’ve done a few different mixes (e.g. Sudoku-X 12×12 and More >
about 1 year ago - 3 comments
Toroidal Killer Jigsaw Toroidal puzzle
A while back someone asked for some variant toroidal patterns on PuzzleMix, so I was just adding a couple of them to the daily puzzles section when it occurred to me that I could put up a few toroidal killer sudoku too, for a change. However I then realised that the More >
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
Samurai Star XXXXX puzzle
I haven’t posted a puzzle for a week (it’s been a busy week, mind!) so it’s time to make up for that, just in time for the weekend.
In this puzzle the aim is pretty simple: place 1 to 9 in each set of 9 squares starting and ending with a bold line, More >
about 2 years ago
With the samurai sky scraper do the numbers around the edge apply to a row of twelve(where applicable) or only the first nine in a given direction?
about 2 years ago
Hi Ricky, I am almost certain you treat the puzzle as two overlapping 9 x 9 grids and therefore the skycraper numbers would only go up to 9 (even in a row of 12 because the last 3 boxes are not part of that particular 9 x 9 grid, if that makes sense!) I hope that’s correct. I am new to skycraper puzzles and am working on this one too!
about 2 years ago
It doesn’t actually matter whether the skyscraper clues refer to the entire width/height of the puzzle or just the first grid encountered, which is why I didn’t mention this.
Because the first 9 squares are guaranteed to contain a ‘9′ at some point, and nothing past that square can possibly be higher than a ‘9′, then the skyscraper clues will be the same whether you count 12 squares (where possible) or just 9 squares every time.
Hope this helps!
about 2 years ago
I still haven’t managed to solve this one yet! I’ve got near to completion twice, but then realised I’ve gone wrong! Is it significanlty harder because of the overlapping grids which means you don’t get clues at either side of the 9×9 grids (if that makes sense) or is it just me?
about 2 years ago
I completed this one a while back. Something that might help is where you have the 12 length rows and columns, the first 3 digits will match the last 3 digits (they might not be in the same order).
As an example: If you are lucky enough to deduce a 9 in one of these areas, then you know another 9 must exist in the set of 3 at the opposite end.
about 2 years ago
I was aware of that strategy, but am still getting a bit stuck with this one. I find it relatively easy to place the 9s, 8s and even the 7s, it is the lower numbers which cause the problem! Anyway, nice to hear that someone has managed it Spittledung! I’m not prepared to give in yet so will give it one last try!
about 2 years ago
If you’d like a copy of the solution, just let me know!
You’re right that there are far less Skyscraper clues than in other puzzles I’ve published. Interestingly, a common thing to do in general (which I haven’t done yet) is to remove lots of the Skyscraper clues from a puzzle, just like removing givens from the Sudoku part – maybe I won’t try making puzzles like that as a top priority then.
about 2 years ago
I’m making a habit of this, but yes please! I always enjoy getting to grips with a new type of puzzle but am needing more practise with these! Thanks. I hate it when a puzzle gets the better of me!
about 2 years ago
Great post! Just wanted to let you know you have a new subscriber- me!