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Schedule for Next Week

A PDF of our most recent Kakuro and Double Kakuro week of puzzles can be found here.

This upcoming week is a kind of Turkish Delight, with puzzles from Murat Can Tonta and Serkan Yürekli, specifically Tapa puzzles and Sudoku variants.

Our supporters will also be receiving a bonus Tapa (Even Rows & Columns) by Murat Can Tonta, access to puzzle solutions, and a video walkthrough of the Saturday puzzle. If you’d like to receive some of these special rewards, please click here for more info.

Schedule for Next Week

A PDF of our most recent week of patron-requested puzzles can be found here.

This upcoming week features puzzles in the style of the fourth section of The Art of Puzzles 2, specifically Kakuro and Double Kakuro, which will be added to our e-store later this summer.

Our supporters will also be receiving a bonus Touchy Kakuro by Grant Fikes, access to puzzle solutions, and a video walkthrough of the Saturday puzzle. If you’d like to receive some of these special rewards, please click here for more info.

Schedule for Next Week

This upcoming week features puzzles requested by our top patrons. This time there is a mini-theme, because of common requests, with three Tapa Variations amongst the puzzles.

Our supporters will also be receiving a bonus Pentominous by Murat Can Tonta, access to puzzle solutions, and a video walkthrough of the Saturday puzzles. These same patrons recently received a giant Double Kakuro puzzle by Serkan Yürekli. If you’d like to receive some of these special rewards, please click here for more info.

Schedule update

The PDF of our recent Spiral Galaxies week can be found here.

I’ve been busy with a lot of things recently (house hunting, a larger role at Verily as I recently became the head of computational biology, getting back in “competition shape” for the upcoming World Puzzle Championship, finishing some new e-books for the site, training for a marathon for the first time in over a decade, …). What this means is that for the rest of the summer we’ll be going to a biweekly schedule with our free web content. Coming on the 17th will be our next “patrons week” with puzzles requested by our top patrons. And then on July 31st will come our next week highlighting a style from The Art of Puzzles 2. Thanks for your patience, and enjoy the great puzzles.

Schedule for Next Week

A PDF of Jamie Hargrove’s Nurikabe + Yajisan Kazusan week can be found here.

This upcoming week features Spiral Galaxies and Double Spiral Galaxies, which should whet your appetite for the next The Art of Puzzles 2 section coming out in July.

Our supporters will also be receiving a bonus Spiral Galaxies by John Bulten, access to puzzle solutions, and a video walkthrough of the Wednesday + Thursday puzzles. If you’d like to receive some of these special rewards, please click here for more info.

Schedule for Next Week

A PDF of the recent guest contributors’ week can be found here.

This upcoming week features puzzles from Jamie Hargrove, one of our super grandmaster patrons who has recently gotten into puzzle construction. The week is themed around two puzzle genres, Nurikabe and Yajisan Kazusan, and begins harder than usual.

Our supporters will also be receiving a bonus Yajisan Kazusan by Prasanna Seshadri, access to puzzle solutions, and a video walkthrough of the Thursday puzzle. If you’d like to receive some of these special rewards, please click here for more info.

With the US Puzzle Championship and other summertime activities coming up, our next week of puzzles will be in two weeks with another style from The Art of Puzzles 2 being debuted.

Schedule for Next Week

A PDF of the recent “unofficial” week of selected puzzles from Thomas Snyder from the Puzzle Grand Prix (+ one birthday surprise from Grant) can be found here.

This upcoming week features puzzles from six different guest contributors, including some classics and some new variations. The full schedule is:

Monday: Nurikabe by Izak Bulten
Tuesday: LOTS by Bryce Herdt
Wednesday: Araf by Joseph Howard
Thursday: Pentosnake by Nikolai Beluhov
Friday: Snake Pit X by Takeya Saikachi
Saturday: Yajilin by David Olmsted

Our supporters will also be receiving a bonus Cave by Murat Can Tonta, access to puzzle solutions, and a video walkthrough of the Thursday puzzle. If you’d like to receive some of these special rewards, please click here for more info.

New Puzzle Books

We’ve just released a new print book and a new e-book from our Grandmaster Puzzles authors.

Logic Puzzles 101: Previously released as an ebook, this collection of 101 puzzles including Masyu, Slitherlink, Yajilin, Nurikabe, and Fillomino from Grant Fikes is now available in paperback form. Find it at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other fine retailers.

Slitherlink and Variations: New to our e-store is this fourth part to Serkan Yürekli’s Classics and Variations series featuring 13 new classic Slitherlink (including 1 giant puzzle) and 40 new puzzles spread across 10 variations that will truly test your loop drawing skills.

Upcoming Puzzle Events and Other News

The recent Patrons Week of puzzles can be found in this PDF.

This coming weekend is the US Round for the WPF Puzzle Grand Prix. There are 35 puzzles by Thomas Snyder split across three different rounds. The A and B rounds include the ten “The Art of Puzzles” styles while the C round has some less common styles like Numberlink and Letter Pairs. Given the range of difficulties, there should be something fun for everyone. We’ll post some of the highlights from the competition next week after the competition closes.

This coming Saturday is also the US Sudoku Qualifier.

We’re working to get another e-book and another print book released this soon. Come back next weekend for more details.

Schedule for Next Week

The recent LITS and Double LITS week can be found in this PDF. If you enjoyed this week, you’ll find 25 more LITS and 25 more Double LITS puzzles in The Art of Puzzles 2 section recently added to our estore.

This coming week is another Patrons’ Week with puzzle styles requested by our top patrons. The difficulty is higher than usual. Our patrons will also be receiving a bonus Fillomino by Grant Fikes, access to puzzle solutions, and a video walkthrough of the Friday puzzle. If you’d like to receive some of these special rewards, please click here for more info.