Featured Puzzle: Munraito (Sun & Moon) #2
Place exactly one star and one cloud in each row and column to light the moons as shown. Stars give light, while clouds block it.
Featured Puzzle: Nondango #1 – Rubber Ducky Hunt
Happy Rubber Ducky Day! I swear, there’s an internet holiday for just about everything. The first patent for a rubber duck was by Landon Smart Lawrence in 1928. But the version we know and love today was designed in the 1940s by sculptor Peter Ganine. He sold millions, but of course, popularity really soared thanks to Ernie on Sesame Street.
Today, we’re retheming a Japanese puzzle called Nondango. Dango is a popular street food, small balls made from rice flour skewered on bamboo sticks. But I thought instead of simply shading circles, we could hide some rubber ducks.
Featured Puzzle: Nondango #2 – Looking for Love
A relatively new trend is the world of speed-dating. A large group of eligible singles gather in one place, and spend a few minutes with other people seeking romantic partners. They quickly gauge their interest in each other, then a bell rings, and they move on to the next potential partner. If nothing else, it’s a way to train your social skills in learning to talk to strangers.
So let’s make it a puzzle!
Featured Puzzle: Number Chain #2
I enjoy various path puzzles, and Number Chain is an interesting one. Your goal is to find the route from the upper left corner to the bottom right corner of the grid, traveling only up, down, left, or right.
Featured Puzzle: Numbrix #3
This grid contains a hidden path, beginning with the number 1, and counting upward to 100. Fill in the missing numbers to reveal it.
Featured Puzzle: Nurimaze #1 – Beware the Ides of March
At one point in history, the Ides of a month was simply the middle of it, associated with the first full moon, due to the origins relating to the lunar cycle. But that forever changed in 44 B.C.E., when Roman senators assassinated Julius Caesar. But, can you change history and help Caesar escape to his waiting chariot?
The palace is divided into rooms. Some are impassable because the traitors have set them ablaze! Shade the impassable rooms to reveal the escape route.
Featured Puzzle: Nurimaze #2 – A House Full of Dracula
No, it’s not an early Halloween puzzle – today is World Dracula Day! In 1897, Bram Stoker published his infamous novel. Interestingly, he didn’t make much money from it, but in 1922, the film Nosferatu inflamed interest in the character. Stoker’s widow sued for copyright infringement, and Dracula became the iconic vampire, even though he wasn’t the first.
Today, you’re trapped in a castle with a coven of vampires, and you must escape. But Dracula is clever – there are walls everywhere! Can you discover the secret doors and the path of escape?
Featured Puzzle: Nurimaze #3 – Flee the Castle
You’ve awakened trapped in the vampire castle, and all the doors are hidden! Can you figure out which rooms contain certain death, as well as the way to escape the castle, avoiding vampires, but touching each cross for protection?
Featured Puzzle: One or All #4
In a grid divided into groups of three cells, we find three different shapes. Quite simply, fill in the rest of the shapes to complete the grid.
Featured Puzzle: One or All #5 – Monster Mash
After a late night working in the lab, you looked out from the balcony and found an eerie sight! Three types of local monsters have begun arranging themselves into groups. The rules seem pretty simple, but where will the rest go?