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: 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: Pure Loop #1 – Map the Parade!
You’re in charge of mapping the route for the Thanksgiving Day parade. It has to pass through every block in the city, and end where it begins. Can you deduce the correct path so that every attending citizen gets a chance to see their favorite float? Be on the lookout for a future Pure Loop…
Featured Puzzle: Pure Loop #2
Today, we have a Pure Loop puzzle. Draw a route that visits all empty cells without crossing itself or branching.
Featured Puzzle: Train Tracks #1
In 2008, Amtrak wanted to raise awareness about the history and benefits of rail travel. They declared National Train Day to fall on the Saturday closest to May 10th each year. May 10th is the anniversary of the pounding of the Golden Spike in Provost, Utah, which completed the first transcontinental railroad. Amtrak discontinued their endorsement of the holiday in 2015, but rail fans continue to celebrate.
In a Train Tracks puzzle, you must connect the two stations with a single rail route, including all the given tracks.