The mercury in the thermometers outside is dropping (at least here in the northern hemisphere), but hopefully you can manage to stay warm inside while working with the thermometers in today’s puzzle, “Silver Bells”. If you are subscribed to the standard or family advent calendars, you’ll find links to the pdfs of today’s puzzle below.…
I have another new sudoku variant for you today–quadruples. There are marked sets of 4 cells that have to contain certain digits. The puzzle also involves some clones, so be sure to utilize the clone logic you’ve used on previous puzzles. If you are subscribed to the standard or family advent calendars, you’ll find links…
We’re lighting up the town for Christmas today, with an Akari puzzle. This is an interesting type of puzzle where you place lights which illuminate all the cells it can see, both horizontally and vertically. This is a puzzle type where it is definitely helpful to do the online version, because the computer will illuminate…
It’s the end of the week, and that means today’s puzzle is going to be a little bit tougher. It’s a combination of star battle and sandwich sudoku (along with irregular regions for the standard puzzle). Both the standard and family puzzles will be larger grids than normal, because you will be placing 2 stars…
We have two types of arrows in today’s puzzle. This ‘Snowflake’ puzzle involves both arrow sudoku and little killers. (the family version is just arrows) Both arrow and little killer clues involve summing the numbers either on an arrow, or along a diagonal indicated by an arrow. If you are subscribed to the standard or…
We’re looking at a new puzzle type again today, cave puzzles! Cave puzzles are a type of region shading puzzle that can be a lot of fun. Similar to the icelom, you might need to look at different parts of the grid and sometimes make smaller deductions that will add up to a finished grid.…
I have a very yummy puzzle for you today–Christmas Cookies! This is a sudoku variant called ‘Kropki pairs’. In a kropki puzzle, there are black and white dots between some of the cells. A white dot between 2 cells indicates that the digits have a difference of 1 (are consecutive). Black dots indicate digits have…
We’re back to sudoku again today, and it’s a clone puzzle, but with a bit of a twist–you have to find the clone(s). There is no video today, because the only tips I have would relate to clones, which we’ve already covered on previous puzzles. If you are subscribed to the standard or family advent…
The start of week 2, and today we have something a little different. I’m not even sure what to call this type of puzzle other than a ‘logic puzzle’. It should be a bit easier though as we begin a new week, and some of you may need a brain break after yesterday’s puzzle, especially…
We’re heading to Grandma’s house, as today’s puzzle is a classic sudoku named after a classic Christmas song, ‘Over the River and Through the Woods’. There are no special rules today, but one thing to note is that there are two ‘levels’ for each puzzle. By changing just 2 of the givens, level 2 becomes…
