Quick note that we’re migrating our webpages to use https instead of http and cleaning up other minor things as we enter 2017. The only major issue we’ve identified in going to https is with the solving applet hosted by thegriddle (to clarify: the way you input solutions and add favorites) which will not load unless http connections are allowed. We expect a fix to this issue in 2017 so that all content can be loaded securely.

If you encounter other site issues over the next week, please comment here or send a private message so we can address them as quickly as possible.

Our most recent week of Patron-requested puzzles can be found in this PDF.

For our last week of 2016, we are adding Carl Worth to our roster of contributing puzzlemasters. Carl has made some great guest contributions over the last two years, including to The Art of Puzzles 2, and was an author on the 2016 US Puzzle Championship. It is our pleasure to bring you Carl’s debut week, a rather challenging week featuring a new variation that combines Fillomino and Snake puzzles. Will you be able to solve all the puzzles?

Our supporters will also be receiving a bonus Star Battle by Carl Worth, access to puzzle solutions, and a PDF walkthrough of the Saturday puzzle. If you’d like to receive some of these special rewards, please click here for more info.

In the past week some of our patrons have also received the new e-books Logic Puzzles 101 by Grant Fikes, and Snake and Variations by Serkan Yürekli. We’ll be adding these books later this week so come back before the new year if you aren’t a grandmaster supporter but want to get these titles.

The last week of WPC practice puzzles can be found in this PDF. If you haven’t checked out our recently expanded e-book store, now is a great time to do so.

The next week is another “Patrons week”, with puzzles requested by our top patrons.

Monday: Numberlink by Thomas Snyder
Tuesday: Yajisan Kazusan by Murat Can Tonta
Wednesday: Tapa (Borders) by Murat Can Tonta
Thursday: Crosslink by Serkan Yürekli
Friday: Kakuro (Irregular) by Grant Fikes
Saturday: Letter Pairs by Serkan Yürekli

Our supporters will also be receiving a bonus Cave by Prasanna Seshadri, access to puzzle solutions, and a PDF walkthrough of the Saturday puzzle. Our top patrons recently received a Giant Variant Samurai Sudoku by Serkan Yürekli. If you’d like to receive some of these special rewards, please click here for more info.

Special Note: For the last week of the year, we will be introducing a new contributing puzzlemaster. Who will it be?

We’re back with new puzzles after taking some time to expand our online e-book store which now has three full books and five puzzle packets. We’ll be adding two more titles in the next month.

The next week is made up of “WPC practice” problems Prasanna prepared prior to last month’s championship.

Monday: Nurikabe (Full)
Tuesday: Battleships (Myopia)
Wednesday: Kropki Loop
Thursday: Pentomino (2 in 1)
Friday: Skyscrapers (2 in 1)
Saturday: Fillomino (Kropki)

Our supporters will also be receiving a bonus Bosnian Snake (Full) by Prasanna Seshadri, 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.

We’ve recently completed an expansion of our eBook store, adding in several titles that up to now were only available to our Grandmaster-level supporters.

Joining our existing titles available in PDF form, The Art of Sudoku and The Art of Puzzles, are these fun collections:

Colossal Cave Collection by Roger Barkan – 100 hand-crafted Cave puzzles with hints to solve all of the puzzles.

Tapa and Variations by Serkan Yürekli – 65 puzzles includes 17 new classic Tapa (including 1 giant), 36 new puzzles spread across 9 variations, and 12 favorites from past puzzle competitions.

Kakuro and Variations by Serkan Yürekli – 77 puzzles includes 13 new classic Kakuro (including 1 giant), 56 new puzzles spread across 7 variations, and 8 favorites from past puzzle competitions.

LOTS O’ LITS by Grant Fikes and Prasanna Seshadri – 41 LITS puzzles including 2 giant puzzles. Also includes hints to help solve all the puzzles.

Fill o’ Fillomino by Grant Fikes – 40 Fillomino puzzles including 5 giant puzzles.

Tapa-Like Loop Collection by Prasanna Seshadri – 34 Tapa-Like Loop puzzles, including one giant puzzle.

We’ll be highlighting some of these titles more in the coming weeks, as well as releasing two more collections before the start of 2017.

Come back on 12/5 for our next week of web puzzles.

The most recent variety mix from our puzzlemasters can be found in this PDF.

This week is not a full or “official” week of puzzles, but we will have four sudoku by Thomas Snyder from Tuesday-Friday that were featured at the 2016 Arlington Puzzle Festival earlier in November.

We will then likely take a couple weeks off to update our e-book store and finish some new puzzle titles before the holiday season.

The most recent week of puzzles featuring the “even rows/columns” constraint can be found in this PDF.

This week features a variety mix of mostly classical puzzle styles from six of our puzzlemasters.

Monday: Numberlink by Serkan Yürekli
Tuesday: TomTom by Grant Fikes
Wednesday: LITS by John Bulten
Thursday: Tapa by Prasanna Seshadri
Friday: Consecutive Pairs Sudoku by Thomas Snyder
Saturday: Statue Park by Murat Can Tonta

Our supporters will also be receiving a bonus Fillomino 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.

This next week contains a set of puzzles based on a simple variation suggested by Grant Fikes, author of the Monday puzzle, where each puzzle must have an even number of features like shaded cells in each row and in each column. We think you’ll enjoy this variation and the variety of ways our authors took advantage of the new logical possibilities.

Monday: Cross the Streams by Grant Fikes
Tuesday: Slitherlink by Serkan Yürekli
Wednesday: Cave by Murat Can Tonta
Thursday: Yajilin by Murat Can Tonta
Friday: Nanro by Prasanna Seshadri
Saturday: Minesweeper by Serkan Yürekli

Our supporters will also be receiving a bonus Pentominous 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.

Our most recent week of Tight Fit Sudoku variations can be found in this PDF.

Our next full week will begin on October 31st; however, this week we will have two bonus puzzles constructed by Thomas Snyder for the 2016 Puzzle Grand Prix playoffs. Come back on Wednesday and Thursday to see these challenges.

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

This next week contains a bunch of Tight Fit Sudoku variations from Serkan Yürekli:

Monday: Tight Fit Sudoku (Anti-Knight)
Tuesday: Tight Fit Sudoku (No Touch)
Wednesday: Tight Fit Sudoku (Irregular)
Thursday: Tight Fit Sudoku (Even/Odd)
Friday: Tight Fit Sudoku (Killer)
Saturday: Tight Fit Sudoku (Samurai)

Our supporters will also be receiving a bonus Tight Fit Sudoku from Thomas Snyder, access to puzzle solutions, and a video walkthrough of the Friday and bonus puzzles. If you’d like to receive some of these special rewards, please click here for more info.