Wednesday 31 March 2010

British Summer Time - That's B*S*T!



Well here in England we have entered British Summer Time, which naturally means it's cold, wet and windy (I prefer winter, it's warmer!) Anyways, while we're freezing over here you guys can settle down and look at these, lovely little gems!

Here's to a good Summer!

Tuesday 30 March 2010

Extra Regions, it's on a whole different level!




Well I've got another new(ish) genre for you today with not one but two puzzles for you to feast your eyes on. To help you the rules for this challenging genre located here... http://puzzlevalves.blogspot.com/2010/01/rules-for-sudoku-variants.html

Monday 29 March 2010

A couple for the road



Well, back again. I'm sorry I haven't updated the site in a week, I've had puzzler's block (or whatever it's called). However, I'm back again with some new puzzles for you guys. Take some time and enjoy them, all being well I'll have some more up tomorrow!

Friday 19 March 2010

Get the ball rolling again





Triple trial for you here as you can see, a Masyu, a Hitori and an Akari, all 10x10, all quite advanced and all of them ready for a challenge... go on you can do it!

Thursday 18 March 2010

Easy as ACEDB

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What gets me is that these puzzles are titled Easy as ABC or similar, but do you ever see them in word order down every line, if at all, of course you don't, hence the title, anyways this one is an ABCDE, or whatever so watch out for those two blanks!

Two new puzzles - Kuromasu and Akari



Well here goes nothing, two new puzzles, one a Kuromasu also known by the English "where is black cells" and one Akari or "Light Up" both of them come with there own challenge, what else to say but stay tuned for more!

Rules for Akari

Rules for Akari are as follows,

Place light bulbs in the grid so that all squares are lit up.
Light bulbs occupy one square and light up all squares in a horizontal and vertical direction, as well as themselves.
No light bulbs are in another light bulb's "line of sight"
The numbers dictate how many light bulbs there are touching horizontally or vertically the black square the number is on.

Rules for Kuromasu

Rules for Kuromasu are as follows,

Divide the grid into black and white squares
Each number Shows how many white squares are seen from that point, including itself
No numbered cell can be black
All white squares are connected
No black squares touch

Saturday 13 March 2010

The grand finale- Masyu Madness


Well congratulations if you've got this far, the end is in sight, but first a Masyu to finish the series. This is one that wont go down so easily either, the core challenge here is to keep moving, get stuck and its got you.

Here's to the winners!

Friday 12 March 2010

Fillomino - Friday's Fiendish Fiesta


No let up here I'm afraid, still only one more after this one, then you can have a well earned break! Not today though, today's puzzle is this nasty fillomino, full of traps, hiddens and logic enough to make ya head hurt, I would say enjoy but how can you, this puzzle is evil!

Thursday 11 March 2010

Nurikabe - Now in bite size!


Day four, still struggling? Well you will be with this one let me tell you. It's a nurikabe, a nurikabe with a nasty trail. S'all I'm gonna say about it 'cept the usual good luck solving it!

Wednesday 10 March 2010

Master of the third trail - Heyawake



How you folks keeping up, I've got a heyawake with your names on it. This puzzle is so intricatte, just a fancy word I use for fiddly and nasty, good luck solving it cause it ain't nice!

Tuesday 9 March 2010

Round Two - LITS


Right, there's no let up with these, and to prove it here's a little LITS puzzle for you. Well, I say little but of course I don't mean it . Round two in the series is this LITS, good luck...

Monday 8 March 2010

25x25 Series - Sudoku



Betcha thought I'd gone. Well I haven't, actually I've been working on these, the giant series, each one 25 by 25, that's 625 squares!
The first one's Sudoku A through to Y in each row, column and box. You enjoy while I catch some zzz's!