Featured Puzzle: Number Chain #1
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: 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 #1
Fill in the grid to create a sequential path of numbers from 1-49. Each number must be orthogonally adjacent to the previous and next numbers in order.
Featured Puzzle: Numbrix #2 – Checking it Twice
Tomorrow’s the big day, so it’s time to look over the Naughty and Nice lists. However, Santa’s organization skills leave something to be desired. He knows the order of the names, but it looks like you need to figure them out. Can you deduce the positions of the first 100 names?
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: Paint by Pairs #1
Today’s puzzle will create a picture! Connect numbers with lines, and then shade them in, leaving only cells without numbers or lines empty.
Featured Puzzle: Paint by Pairs #2 – Kakizome
I love finding unique holidays to theme a puzzle around. In Japan, Kakizome takes place on the second of January. It’s meant to celebrate one of the major traditional arts – calligraphy. This practice began as a court event during the Heian era during the late 8th century. They would make ink with water drawn on the morning of the first day, then write short aspirational poetry for the year.