For the next two weeks we’ll be posting some of our favorite puzzles from the Competitive Section (PDF) of the US Puzzle Grand Prix. If you missed it, we also highly recommend the Casual section (PDF) with a special “Escape the Grand Prix” theme. We’ll be back with original puzzles on June 6.
This week we’ll present two variation sections: Pentominous (Borders) from Grant Fikes (Mon-Wed) and Nanro (Signpost) by Thomas Snyder (Thu-Sat).
This weekend is the US round for the WPF Puzzle Grand Prix. It features a lot of puzzles from me and other GMPuzzles contributors including a special “Escape the Grand Prix” casual section. Please check it out.
The last week of puzzles from Grant Fikes can be found in this PDF.
This week, Prasanna Seshadri brings us some clever “transparent” puzzle variations from the 2016 Polish Puzzle Championship. Will you be able to see through the clues and get to the solutions?
Monday: Battleships (Minesweeper)
Tuesday: Pentopia
Wednesday: Easy as ABC
Thursday: Linesweeper
Friday: Yajilin
Saturday: Tapa
Our supporters will also be receiving a bonus “Slot Machine” Sudoku from Prasanna, 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.
PS: Next weekend is the US round for the WPF Puzzle Grand Prix. It features a lot of puzzles from me and other GMPuzzles contributors. Please check it out. (Note: we will not have an official week of puzzles next week, but will post some highlights from the GP competition.)
Grant Fikes is back with a full week of puzzles (classics and variants) that we think you will enjoy. Specifically:
Monday: Yajilin
Tuesday: Fillomino
Wednesday: Sashikabe
Thursday: Cross the Streams (Windows)
Friday: Masyu
Saturday: Pentominous
Our supporters will also be receiving a bonus Cross the Streams from Grant, 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.
PS: Due to work finishing the US round for the WPF Puzzle Grand Prix, the next week of new puzzles will start on 5/9.
Last week’s set of Range puzzles from Serkan Yürekli can be found in this PDF.
There will be no new puzzles posted this week.
Last week’s “Patron’s Week” of puzzles can be found in this PDF.
This week comes from Serkan Yürekli with a collection of Range puzzles.
Our supporters will also be receiving a bonus Nanro from 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 week is our first “Patron’s Week”, with five puzzles made for our Super Grandmasters, and one puzzle written by one of our Super Grandmasters. As our authors pulled out all the stops for our patrons, the difficulty for this week is higher than usual.
Monday: Star Battle by Thomas Snyder
Tuesday: Tapa (Borders) by Serkan Yürekli
Wednesday: Slitherlink (Liar) by Prasanna Seshadri
Thursday: Nurikabe by Prasanna Seshadri
Friday: Easy as Signpost LITS by Chris Green
Saturday: Killer Sudoku by Serkan Yürekli
Our supporters will also be receiving a bonus Nurikabe from 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.
Last week’s collection of puzzles from Grant Fikes can be found in this PDF.
We’ll be back with a special “patrons week” of puzzles on 4/4.
Last week’s guest week of puzzles (as well as Prasanna’s earlier birthday puzzle) can be found in this PDF.
Next week we will have a trio of puzzle styles from Grant Fikes:
Monday: TomTom
Tuesday: TomTom
Wednesday: Ripple Effect
Thursday: Ripple Effect
Friday: Pentominous
Saturday: Pentominous
Our supporters will also be receiving a bonus Fillomino from Grant Fikes, 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.
[Note: there will be no puzzles in the week after this one.]
We get lots of great submissions to GMPuzzles, most often on the hard end of the spectrum. This week will feature 6 different guest contributors with some unique and challenging puzzles (about 3 “Wednesdays” and about 3 “Saturdays” in difficulty):
Monday: Nurikabe by Swaroop Guggilam
Tuesday: Cave by Bryce Herdt
Wednesday: Tapa (Windows) by Jack Lance
Thursday: Thermo-Sudoku (Missing Bulbs) by Hans van Stippent
Friday: Fillomino by Carl Worth
Saturday: Slitherlink by Walker Anderson
Our supporters will also be receiving a bonus Pentominous from 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.