*** TODAY'S PUZZLE ***
We don't want to say too much about this new sudoku from Marty Sears before you have a chance to try it. The imagination and craft that's gone into it almost beggar belief... give it a go and join us in the "amazed club"!
Play the puzzle at the link below:
https://sudokupad.app/da3cezx5at
Rules:
Quadswallop
by Marty Sears
CHAOS CONSTRUCTION:
Divide the grid into 8 regions each containing 8 orthogonally connected cells, and fill the grid with the digits 1-8 so that digits don't repeat in a row, column or region.
DOUBLERS:
Each row, column and region contains exactly one doubler cell. The value of a doubler cell is double its digit. Each doubler cell contains a different digit.
QUADSWALLOP:
Each digit 1-8 is represented by a different letter of the alphabet, to be determined. In each grey quad circle, 4 of the letters correspond to the digits (not values) in the surrounding 4 cells, but there is also one lying letter which does not correspond to any of the surrounding digits. The purple and green circles on the right can be used to keep track of letters in the grid, and their corresponding digits.
PURPLE X: Values separated by a small purple X sum to 10, and are in the same region.
The two ends of a grey, red or blue line always lie in different regions. Red and blue lines have an additional rule:
PARITY LINES (RED):
Two adjacent cells along a red line contain one even value and one odd value.
REGION SUM LINES (BLUE):
Region borders divide blue lines into segments which each have the same total value.
*** FEBRUARY SUDOKU HUNT COMPETITION - VIDEOS INCOMING ***
Our February sudoku hunt, Where's My Mamma, is by the Paint By Numbers Institute. Solution videos for all 11 new puzzles will be released on Patreon imminently!
Check it out for as little as $2/month here:
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*** LIVE CROSSWORD MASTERCLASS ***
On March 21, Simon and Mark will appear at the Word=Puzzles conference at Magdelen College, Oxford and do a live episode of their crossword masterclass! More information here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/word-puzzles-a-conference-tickets-1144015303569
*** NURIKABE WORLD STREAM TUESDAY'S STREAM ***
You can watch the last stream here:
https://youtube.com/live/D_Hn2cVg5yg
The game is available here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2964540/Nurikabe_World/
*** NEW FOG APP IS OUT ON APPLE (!), STEAM & ANDROID ***
Brand new incredible Fog Sudoku puzzles by the likes of Phistomefel, Marty Sears, James Sinclair, Qodec, Dorlir, ThePedallingPianist, Sandra&Nala, Peter Veenis, Mr Menace, Florian Wortmann, Math Pesto & HalfBakedLunatic.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3165770/Cracking_the_Cryptic__Fog_of_War_1/
*** CRACKING THE CRYPTIC APP ***
Our main app (which is itself completely free) contains packs featuring Fog, Domino, Lines, and GAS puzzles, with a few special free sets as well! All the puzzles are hand-crafted by us and some of the best constructors in the world, with hints by Simon and Mark.
AppStore:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cracking-the-cryptic/id1629992934
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2085970/Cracking_the_Cryptic/
Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.StudioGoya.CrackingTheCryptic
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You can input classic sudoku puzzles into our software and help support Sven, the programmer responsible for the wonderful user interface we all use to play these puzzles everyday. The app also comes with 12 handmade puzzles from us:
iOS:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/svens-sudokupad/id1570622073
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1706870/Svens_SudokuPad/
Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.svencodes.sudokupad
ALSO on Amazon: Search for “SudokuPad”
▶ Contents Of This Video ◀
0:00 Intro music and puzzle introduction
1:45 Patreon videos
2:36 Happy Birthdays and anniversaries
5:16 Rules
10:32 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking
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