Featured Puzzle: Hitori #1 – Find the Doppelgängers
Your ancestors have come to visit for Dia de los Muertos, but it looks like some imposters have followed them. Can you tell which ones are the doppelgängers so you can enjoy your reunion in peace?
Featured Puzzle: Hitori #2 – Secret Admirers
The thing about secret admirers is that they could be anyone. That seems as good a theme as any for a Hitori puzzle. See if you can find the duplicates in each row and column, and mark them as your suitors.
Featured Puzzle: Hitori #3 – Doppelgängers
The masquerade ball is in full swing, but you realize that shapeshifting monsters have mixed into the crowd. Fortunately, they don’t fully grasp logical instructions. Many of your guests wore the same costume, and you ask them to stand in a grid where nobody in any row or column is dressed the same. Any duplicates must be doppelgängers!
Featured Puzzle: Ichimaga #1
One of the best things about the holiday season is the constant stream of baked goods. Today, we’re serving cookies! Draw horizontal and vertical lines to connect all the cookies into a single group.
Featured Puzzle: Ichimaga #2
Love and dating is all about making human connection. In that spirit, today we’ll play a variant of Ichimaga, a puzzle all about connections.
Featured Puzzle: Index Sums #1 – Hidden Presents
Okay, Mom and Dad are out shopping. Now’s your chance to snoop for presents! The problem is that it involves a bit of math. They must have hidden them based on your last report card.
Featured Puzzle: Index Sums #2
I really liked the concept behind Index Sums puzzles. Do a little mild arithmetic based on the values of rows and columns, and shade the appropriate cells to reach the given totals. I use a chalkboard for the look in several other puzzle types, so why not a whiteboard here?
Featured Puzzle: Jigsaw Sudoku #2
September 9th is International Sudoku Day! So, today’s puzzle is Jigsaw Sudoku. The rules are pretty much the same as regular Sudoku, with irregular regions instead of 3×3.
Featured Puzzle: Kakuro #1
Kakuro is another popular Japanese puzzle. Another popular name is “Cross Sums,” because it functions similarly to a crossword puzzle. Fill in the grid with the digits 1-9.
Featured Puzzle: Kakuro #2
February is mostly associated with Valentine’s Day here in the US. So for these first couple of weeks, enjoy the theme of love and lots of pink and red. Kakuro requires some addition to create the sums shown. So, we could say it’s about bringing people together?