Featured Puzzle: Safecracker #1
I wanted to do something different than the standard Mastermind-style Crack the Code puzzles. Sometime back, I stumbled across this Dutch presentation of the concept, which uses a series of equation clues.
Featured Puzzle: Seethrough #1 – The Invisible Dungeon
When he took a fantasy wargame and created his own rules focused on small-scale combat with only a few individuals, Gary Gygax started a revolution. Gradually, Chainmail evolved into Dungeons and Dragons, and the concept of role-playing games was born. When he passed away in 2008, fans around the world declared his birthday, July 27th, to be Gary Gygax Day. So let’s celebrate with a new type of puzzle!
Featured Puzzle: Shikaku #1
Shikaku is a popular area division game, often used to teach about the area of rectangles. Divide the grid into a series of rectangles. Each rectangle must contain one and only one number.
Featured Puzzle: Shikaku #2
Today, we have another Shikaku puzzle! Divide the grid into a series of rectangles. Each rectangle must contain one and only one number. That number must match the area of the rectangle.
Featured Puzzle: Shirokuro #1 – Find the Ancestors
Día de los Muertos is almost here, and some people still need to connect with their ancestors. Draw a vertical or horizontal line to connect each of the living with one of the dead.
Featured Puzzle: Shirokuro #2 – Time for Pie!
Everyone knows pumpkin pie just isn’t the same without a giant dollop of whipped cream. Draw vertical or horizontal lines to match each serving of pie with that delicious dose of sugar.
Featured Puzzle: Shirokuro #3 – The Birds & the Bees
It’s the first day of Spring! A time of renewal, when we start seeing beautiful wildflowers, and a lot of young animals. I hear this has something to do with the birds and the bees, so that seems as good a theme for a puzzle as any.
Draw horizontal and vertical lines to match each bee with a bird.
Featured Puzzle: Slitherlink #1
For today, we’ll play a popular loop puzzle called Slitherlink, or sometimes simply Fences. Draw a single closed loop between nodes.
Featured Puzzle: Slitherlink #2
For today, we’ll play a popular loop puzzle called Slitherlink, or sometimes simply Fences. Draw a single closed loop between nodes.
Featured Puzzle: Slitherlink #3 – Spring Landscaping
Spring is coming, and it’s time to start planting flowers in your garden. One popular method to amend your soil, as well as add some nice contrast, is to lay down mulch. Using the numbered flowers, can you find the area we’re going to fence in and mulch?