Puzzles in other publications 20 December 2022
I have had some of my puzzles included in other publications for the first time! I’m obviously not going to repost them here, but I figured it might be nice to link to them.
Broken Sign Blog
#074: Rail Pool (Elimination)
12 January 2023
This one has been on my list of Rail Pool variants to try since coming across Elimination Tapa in Toketa Vol. 1 a few months ago. I’ve found it really tough to actually construct this though, so I kept putting it off. That said, I’m quite happy with how this turned out now that I sat down to make one.
#073: Country Road (Dance)
8 January 2023
More fun with dancing loops to start the year! The solve path after the break-in is a little wider than usual, but there’s a lot of fun deductions in any case.
#072: Heyablock
31 December 2022
I love this genre and yet I’ve only constructed two tiny puzzles so far, so I figured it was time to change that. This should be pretty tough, but I think there’s some neat logic here.
#071: Rail Pool (Dance)
30 December 2022
I said I would revisit this variant with other loop genres and of course the first one had to be Rail Pool.
#070: Loom
10 December 2022
It wouldn’t be a new genre of mine without a tougher puzzle that explores some of the fancier logic enabled by the ruleset. So here you go!
#069: Loom
10 December 2022
This was the first puzzle I made to try out the genre and it turned out well enough to publish. It doesn’t require every rule to solve though, so I made a separate introductory puzzle instead.
#068: Loom
10 December 2022
One day I will come up with a genre that doesn’t involve drawing loops or paths. But today is not that day. Here is a new loop genre I came up with when considering what Nurikabe clues would mean for loops.
#067: Rail Pool (Even/Odd)
30 November 2022
It’s been a while since I posted a Rail Pool variant! Prasanna came up with the idea of Rail Pools where the clues are merely “E” and “O”, which act like question marks, but only for even or odd numbers, respectively. I really loved the puzzles he managed to make with that, so I wanted to give this variant a go myself.
#066: Twilight Cave for Black-Out Friday
25 November 2022
For the second time, The Griddle has put together a pack of shading puzzles for Black(-Out) Friday to encourage people to spend their day puzzling instead of shopping. This year, David asked other authors to contribute puzzles, and I made this Cave variant. Do check out the full PDF over on The Griddle, the puzzles are all fantastic.