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Schedule for Next Week

The last week of variety puzzles from guest contributors can be found in this PDF.

This next week will feature two new puzzle types. Serkan Yürekli has created a Nurikabe variation with snakes. It’s called Golem Grad, after a Macedonian island also known as “Snake Island”. Craig Kasper has created another interesting loop crossover variation called Round Trip. We’ll be alternating between the two styles this week with progressively harder puzzles. I hope you enjoy the new challenges.

The bonus puzzle for our high-level supporters will be a Round Trip by Craig Kasper.

Schedule for Next Week

All of Zoltán’s puzzles from last week can be found in this PDF.

This year we’ve gotten a lot of tremendous submissions from authors around the world. We wanted to feature this group of authors again with another “guest contributors” week. Puzzles will come from regular guests Murat Can Tonta, Tapio Saarinen, Hans van Stippent, and first-time contributors John Bulten, Ashish Kumar, and Wei-Hwa Huang.

The bonus puzzle for our high-level supporters will be a Nurikabe by Thomas Snyder.

Schedule for Next Week

All of Prasanna’s puzzles from last week can be found in this PDF.

This next week will continue with the competition theme with puzzles from Zoltán Horváth that appeared on the 2014 Hungarian Puzzle Championship. Zoltán is a great puzzle designer and we are glad to have the opportunity to share some of his unique challenges.

The bonus puzzle for our high-level supporters will be an Even/Odd Sudoku by Thomas Snyder.

Schedule for Next Week

All puzzles from last week’s Pentomino set can be found in this PDF.

This next week will feature challenges from puzzlemaster Prasanna Seshadri, specifically a set of competition-level puzzles. Some are from recent national championships but many that are original to our site. As competition puzzles, they all sit around Wednesday-Thursday difficulty and contain some interesting but unusual logic in spots. The specific styles will be region division/shading puzzles: Tapa, Cave, and Kurotto. Enjoy!

The bonus puzzle for our high-level supporters will be a Tapa by Prasanna Seshadri.

Schedule for Next Week

All puzzles from last week’s variety mix can be found in this PDF.

We’ve had this next week of puzzles pent-up for awhile, but finally a week of Pentominoes puzzles is here. Authors include Thomas Snyder, Grant Fikes, Murat Can Tonta, and Tapio Saarinen. Enjoy!

The bonus puzzle for our high-level supporters will be a Fillomino by Grant Fikes.

Schedule for Next Week

Last week’s collection of loop puzzles can be found in this PDF.

This next week is another variety week with these styles (highlight to view):

Monday: Yajilin by Grant Fikes
Tuesday: Cave by Grant Fikes
Wednesday: LITS by Thomas Snyder
Thursday: Skyscrapers by Grant Fikes
Friday: Sudoku by Thomas Snyder
Saturday: Star Battle by Thomas Snyder

The bonus puzzle for our high-level supporters will be a TomTom by Grant Fikes.

Schedule for Next Week

All of Grant’s puzzles from last week have been grouped in this PDF.

This next week we’ll be throwing you for a loop. Every puzzle will have a familiar goal, even if the styles will be quite varied.

Monday: Tapa-Like Loop by Prasanna Seshadri
Tuesday: Masyu by Murat Can Tonta
Wednesday: Slitherlink by Thomas Snyder
Thursday: Masyu (Deformable) by Murat Can Tonta
Friday: Slitherlink (Sheep and Wolves and No 2×2) by Hans van Stippent
Saturday: Tapa-Like Loop by Prasanna Seshadri

The bonus puzzle for our high-level supporters will be a Yajilin by Thomas Snyder.

Schedule for Next Week

All the puzzles from last week have been grouped in this PDF.

Grant’s New Year’s Resolution was to submit 365 puzzles this year and he is still pretty much on pace. This is a huge quantity of puzzles to test, so his submissions pile up most weeks. When I do get to them, I often wonder how I am ever going to use most of these puzzles.

This week is a collection just from Grant’s early August submissions (spanning a roughly 10 day period). Unusual sizes and themes, but 100% Foxger. I hope you enjoy them.

Monday: Slitherlink
Tuesday: Masyu
Wednesday: Battleships
Thursday: Pentominous
Friday: Cross the Streams
Saturday: Fillomino

The bonus puzzle for our high-level supporters will be a Fillomino by Grant Fikes.

Schedule for Next Week

All the puzzles from last week have been grouped in this PDF.

Next week is a variety week with the following mix of puzzles (highlight to view):
Monday: Star Battle by Thomas Snyder
Tuesday: Tapa by Grant Fikes
Wednesday: TomTom by Grant Fikes
Thursday: Masyu Variation by Swaroop Guggilam
Friday: Cave by Thomas Snyder
Saturday: Killer Sudoku by Serkan Yürekli

The bonus puzzle for our high-level supporters will be a Snail Sudoku by Serkan Yürekli.

Schedule for Next Week

All the puzzles from last week have been grouped in this PDF.

Next week will focus on Kuromasu puzzles with both regular puzzles and a “double” variation.

We’ve started gathering puzzles for The Art of Puzzles 2: Double Trouble, which like this coming week will feature some regular logic puzzles and “double” variations. If you are interested in contributing and haven’t already received details, please send us email at the link at the bottom of the page.