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New e-book series: Grandmaster Puzzles Quarterly

After many years of publishing elegant, hand-crafted puzzles across multiple genres in focused e-books and one-off collections, we have decided to start a more regular quarterly publication where every 3 months we will feature selections from six different categories of puzzles. Today marks the release of Grandmaster Puzzles Quarterly: Volume 1, which has 60 total puzzles split across these genres:

– 7 Sudoku and 3 Killer Sudoku
– 7 TomTom and 3 TomTom (Different Set)
– 7 Star Battle and 3 Star Battle (Isometric)
– 7 Tapa and 3 Tapa (Line)
– 7 Fillomino and 3 Fillomino (Non-consecutive)
– 7 Yajilin and 3 Yajilin (Regional)

We are already pretty far along in preparing volume 2, which will be even larger than the first volume, and we are continuing to consider additional features to put into this recurring series over time. So please try out this first volume, and then share any feedback you have so we can continue to make a great quarterly publication.

At the end of the year (at the release of volume 2), we expect to offer some options to subscribe to this series of books to receive them at a discount.

Sunday Update and Solutions

The recent mix of “Last Days of SUM-mer” arithmetic puzzles is collected in this PDF and the solutions are in this PDF.

The daily solution videos are on the posts and linked below:

This next week of puzzles will be themed around Spiral Galaxies puzzles.

We have recently added several more Penpa versions of puzzles to the site, completing the main entries for TomTom and LITS styles, to bring us to over 775 puzzles digitized so far this year. The six completed sudoku genres and six completed puzzle genres are listed on our Penpa Notes page.

Later today we’ll be posting the first issue of a new book series, Grandmaster Puzzles Quarterly 1. This book has 60 total puzzles, with six sections containing 7 “regular” puzzles and one variation with 3 more puzzles. The first issue focuses on Sudoku, TomTom, Star Battle, Tapa, Fillomino, and Yajilin. Each section is meant to resemble a full week of GMPuzzles on the web, but packed with extra content. While this first issue took more time than expected to prepare, our managing editor Serkan Yürekli and contributing authors are pretty far along with Grandmaster Puzzles Quarterly 2 which will be out by the end of the year with an even larger size.

Sunday Update and Solutions

Our past variety week of Tapa puzzles is collected in this PDF and the solutions are in this PDF. An extra Sunday Stumper Tapa puzzle will be posting this morning. If you are interested in more Tapa puzzles, please look here in our estore.

The daily solution videos are on the posts and linked below:

This next week of puzzles will be themed around the “Last Days of SUM-mer” with six different arithmetic puzzle types. Next Sunday we’ll also be posting the first issue of a new book series, Grandmaster Puzzles Quarterly 1, with a mix of puzzles from six different genres. More details to come next week.

Sunday Update and Solutions

Our past variety week of Statue Park puzzles is collected in this PDF and the solutions are in this PDF. More Statue Park puzzles can be found in the ebook Statue Park by Murat Can Tonta.

The daily solution videos are on the posts and linked below:

This next week will feature Tapa puzzles, including a special Sunday Stumper in a week.

Sunday Update and Solutions

If you enjoyed this week of Sudoku puzzles, please check out the first books in our recently released Sudoku variation series: Masterpiece Sudoku Mix. The first two mixes feature Even/Odd Sudoku and Thermo-Sudoku, and are available for purchase now on our store. If you purchase both books, you’ll receive a 10% discount at checkout.

Our past variety week of Sudoku puzzles is collected in this PDF and the solutions are in this PDF.

The daily solution videos are on the posts and linked below:

This next week will feature Statue Park puzzles.

Sunday Update and Solutions

In case you missed it, please check out our new Sudoku variation series: Masterpiece Sudoku Mix. The first two mixes feature Even/Odd Sudoku and Thermo-Sudoku, and are available for purchase now on our store. If you purchase both books, you’ll receive a 10% discount at checkout.

Our past variety week of Castle Wall puzzles is collected in this PDF and the solutions are in this PDF. More Castle Wall puzzles can be found in our beginner-friendly collection Intro to GMPuzzles as well as the larger collection Castle Wall, both by Serkan Yürekli.

The daily solution videos are on the posts and linked below:

This next week will feature Sudoku puzzles including four variations.

New e-book series: Masterpiece Sudoku Mix

In The Art of Sudoku by Thomas Snyder and The Art of Sudoku 2, GMPuzzles has featured masterful collections of classic sudoku and their variations.

We’re kicking off a new series Masterpiece Sudoku Mix where every few months we will release two new collections of ~25 sudoku in a given style. These puzzles will be masterpieces of visual and logical style, written by some of the best puzzle designers in the world. Our first two books feature Even/Odd Sudoku and Thermo-Sudoku, and are available for purchase now on our store. If you purchase both books, you’ll receive a 10% discount at checkout.

Sunday Update and Solutions

Our past variety week of Cipher puzzles is collected in this PDF and the solutions are in this PDF.

The daily solution videos are on the posts and linked below:

We’ll be back later today with a Sunday Stumper to close out the Cipher week. We’ll also be posting our next e-books, two Masterpiece Sudoku Mixes focused on Even/Odd Sudoku and Thermo-Sudoku, in the next day.

This next week will feature Castle Wall puzzles.

Sunday Update and Solutions

Our past week of SUM-mer puzzles (Smashed Sums and Japanese Sums) is collected in this PDF and the solutions are in this PDF.

The daily solution videos are on the posts and linked below:

This next week will feature a set of Cipher variations across six different styles.

Sunday Update and Solutions

Our past week of Minesweeper puzzles is collected in this PDF and the solutions are in this PDF. There are more Minesweeper puzzles in a section from the Art of Puzzles 2 e-book in our store.

The daily solution videos are on the posts and linked below:

This next week will feature a “SUM-mer” mix of arithmetic with Smashed Sums and Japanese Sums puzzles.