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 2 years ago - 2 comments
Consecutive Skyscraper puzzle
It’s been a while since I posted a new puzzle here, what with all the excitement about Sudoku Xtra magazine, so I thought I had better do something about that right now! So to that end, here’s something a little bit unusual – a Consecutive Skyscraper puzzle.
Now Consecutive Skyscraper may sound like a More >
about 2 years ago - 3 comments
Wrap-around Consecutive Samurai Star puzzle
I seem to be posting more infrequently than I intend, so I thought I’d compensate with a puzzle that would take somewhat longer to complete! Here, then, is a wrap-around consecutive samurai star. All squares with consecutive values (a difference of 1) are marked with white bars, including those at opposite More >
about 2 years ago - 1 comment
Consecutive 12×12 Sudoku puzzle
After a bit of a break to meet a major book deadline – the non-consecutive part of the title of this posting – I’m back with what seems to be one of the most popular types of puzzle, a Consecutive Sudoku. I wanted something a little bit different, though, so this is More >
about 2 years ago - 1 comment
Skyscraper Sudoku 8×8 puzzle
Continuing my series of 8×8 Skyscrapers and variants, here’s an 8×8 Sudoku with Skyscraper clues around the edge.
The rules are simple:
Place 1 to 8 in each row, column and 4×2 box
Obey the Skyscraper constraints: each number outside the grid reveals the number of ‘visible’ digits looking along that row/column, where higher digits More >
about 2 years ago - 2 comments
Skyscraper Shuriken Samurai Sudoku puzzle
I’m glad yesterday’s Shuriken Samurai went down well, so today I’ve upgraded it to a Skyscraper puzzle (following Christine’s request for more Skyscrapers!). This is, I think it’s fair to say, quite a bit harder than the basic Samurai yesterday was – but then any puzzle with a title this hard More >
about 2 years ago - 4 comments
Wrap-around Consecutive 3-grid 6×6 Samurai Skyscraper puzzle
Another mouthful of a puzzle name, but in essence simply a development of the previous puzzle I posted. This time we still have the wrap-around consecutive-ness, but I’ve extended it to a samurai puzzle and added in skyscraper clues. To keep it reasonable, I’ve reduced the underylying Sudoku size More >
about 2 years ago - 2 comments
Consecutive Wrap-around Fiendish Sudoku puzzle
Here’s a slight twist on Consecutive Sudoku – I’ve included ‘wrap-around’ consecutive indication, where rows that start and end in consecutive digits have a white bar at the start and end of the row to show this, and similarly for columns. If they’re non-consecutive then there is no white bar. Similarly More >
about 2 years ago - 5 comments
Skyscraper Sudoku puzzle
It occurs to me that I didn’t get round to posting any ’straightforward’ Skyscraper Sudoku puzzles previously, so I thought I’d rectify that today. Attached is a regular 9×9 Sudoku with the addition of Skyscraper clues around the edge, and no other twists!
For the Skyscraper clues the numbers around the edge represent the More >
about 2 years ago - 5 comments
Skyscraper 7×7 puzzleSkyscraper 5×5 puzzle
It occurs to me that I haven’t yet posted a regular, vanilla Skyscraper puzzle, so I decided that today was the day to rectify that! The 5×5 puzzle attached is pretty easy – it can be solved in under a minute if you’re on your toes! The 7×7 is nowhere near More >
about 2 years ago
This was a lovely puzzle, although as with some of the other combinations, the addition of the consecutive markers meant you didn’t need too many of the skyscraper clues.
about 2 years ago
Yum!
I had fun doing this one.
I am working on a notation where I check the skyscraper clues (after sharking for 8s and 7s) and if I notice a row/column where all of the buildings have to be in ascending order, I’ll write in the greater than signs between the lines like futoshiki. This also helps when I know there has to be a gap in the order when only 2 boxes are left in the view.
This helped with the pinwheel in the upper left, and I completed the puzzle in such a quick time that I went back to make sure I didn’t make any mistakes with consecutiveness.
I really do like these because it is a change from the usual ones you see in magazines.
about 1 year ago
Thanks for this puzzle. It combine both of my favorite type.