about 9 years ago - Comments Off
Wow, it is a long time since I posted here. So much to do, so little time!
I might as well keep it brief now, then. Here’s a puzzle for April 1st (it’s actually a normal puzzle without tricks – it just spells ‘FOOL’ in the given numbers). Place 1 to 9 in each row, column More >
about 10 years ago - Comments Off
Sudoku Box-Jigsaw 9×9 1 puzzleI haven’t posted a puzzle for a good while, so I thought it was time to fix that with this Box-Jigsaw Sudoku puzzle.
The puzzle combines regular Sudoku with Jigsaw Sudoku. Just place 1 to 9 once each into all of the nine rows, columns, 3×3 boxes (indicated by both shaded and More >
about 10 years ago - Comments Off
A brand new book, packed with 101 Jumbo 3D Sudoku, is now available for purchase from Amazon. You can either search for this directly, or you can click through via my PuzzleBooks.org site – the book is at the very bottom of that page, and clicking on it will take you direct to the correct More >
about 10 years ago - Comments Off
Jumbo 3D sudoku puzzleI haven’t posted for a while so I thought I should post one of my new puzzles. This one is a Jumbo 3D Sudoku, where the aim is simply to place 1 to 9 into each black-lined 3×3 area as well as each of the 54 rows indicated by the coloured lines. More >
about 10 years ago - Comments Off
Product Killer Sudoku 9×9 puzzle
If you’re interested in sudoku, come along to the official UK sudoku championship next weekend, the 29th-30th of March, at Selsdon Park Hotel just south of London, outside Croydon. There’s full details on the UK Puzzle Association site. There’s still spaces available.
Mind you, it’s not just sudoku – there’s also the More >
about 10 years ago - Comments Off
Valentine SudokuA quick heart-shaped sudoku for Valentine’s Day. Just place 1 to 9 once each in every row, column and bold-lined box.
about 10 years ago - Comments Off
Sudoku Xtra 24 is now finally available! It’s packed with 130 puzzles of a wide range of types, including a huge variety of sudoku variants.
This issue I’ve included a very wide range
of variants, including some new ones such as Two-grid Interconnected Sudoku, Mystery Multiple
Sudoku and Blackout Sudoku. Meanwhile I’ve made an effort to include More >
about 11 years ago - Comments Off
Sudoku Christmas Star puzzleA Sudoku, in a star shape.
Just that. (Place 1-9 once each into every row, column and bold-lined 3×3 box).
about 11 years ago - Comments Off
I’m currently working on a forthcoming book (The Mammoth Book of Brain Workouts, published next year in the UK by Constable & Robinson, and in the US by Running Press), and have been experimenting with something I wrote about briefly a few years ago but hadn’t really tried since – variants on Numberlink.
Numberlink puzzles have More >
about 11 years ago - Comments Off
I’ve recently launched a new series of ‘101 Giant Sudoku’ books, to cater for those who like their Sudoku to be considerably larger than normal!
You can see the entire series at PuzzleBooks.org (scroll to the bottom) or visit Amazon and search for “101 giant sudoku”.
There are currently 12 books in the series: 14×14, 15×15, 16×16, 18×18, More >
This is actually a Killer Sudoku Pro, so it doesn’t just involve addition – but you cannot repeat a number in a cage, unlike in CalcuDoku.
about 15 years ago
A pleasant little puzzle – not too difficult as you say, but made interesting with the toroidal cages! I’m just ploughing my way through the 13 grid one now! Am about half way through. Great fun.
about 15 years ago
It was fun. I would like to see more of these.
about 15 years ago
I just added another one – with the slight twist that it is 10×10 rather than 9×9!