Featured Puzzle: Dotchi Loop #1 – Time to Raid the Henhouse
Scientists have been going round and round for decades about whether eggs or good for you, or if you should eat them in moderation. All I know is that I’m a sucker for a plate of deviled eggs, or a whole lot of over-easy fried eggs. Today is National Egg Day, in case you missed Egg Month in May. Of course, there’s always World Egg Day on October 11th, so you have another chance to enjoy this delicious staple.
Featured Puzzle: Trail Signs #1 – A Walk in the Park
Happy National Trails Day! The first Saturday in June is a day to celebrate your local trail system and go for a walk. Today, you must examine the signs in the grid and deduce the route the trail takes. I liked the Castle Wall puzzle created by Palmer Mebane in 2009, and re-themed it as Trail Signs.
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: Hide and Seek Solitaire
On this day in 1990, Microsoft added Solitaire to Windows 3.0, as an entertaining way to get users accustomed to using their mouse. At the time, most people were migrating from DOS, which required all commands to be typed. In 2018, they decided to claim the day as National Solitaire Day.
In this grid, we’ve dealt what looks to be a game in the Scorpion or Spider family, but for some reason, the deck included the Jokers and Aces upside-down! Using a few clues, can you figure out where each of them is placed?
Featured Puzzle: Masyu #4
Draw a single loop which passes through all circles without branching or crossing itself.