Zengaku is a blend between Sudoku and Kakuro puzzles and this form of puzzle was featured in the 2004 World Puzzle Federation Qualifiers.

The rules are simple:- Each empty box needs to be filled with a digit from 1 to 9- Each digit will occur only ONCE in each row and each column- Boxes that have a circle between them have consecutive digits- Likewise, boxes that do NOT have a circle between them do NOT have consecutive digits- Columns must total the number above them, while rows must total the number on their left

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Cryptos is a puzzle game creation of Derek So and John Clarke of Vancouver, Canada.

In Crytos you will need to use your brain to decipher the cryptic clues given to you, in order to solve the mystery of the stolen painting Cryptos. Sometimes the clue will take the form of a code; at other times Internet research will be necessary. Google will help you solve this type of clue; the information you need will usually be at the top of the search page. Happy Puzzling!

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At the website The Griddle you can find a lot of different kind of Sudoku. The ones I love most are Curve-doku and Multi-doku, both Sudoku variants of Sum-Doku and Greater Than Sudoku.

About Curve-doku : This puzzles is Sudoku but with curved sections. This one has difference markers and greater-than symbols for clues.

About Multi-doku : This Sudoku variation contains two 6 by 6 cell grids which overlap in a 2 by 3 region. Each grid contains different clues, which include greater-than symbols and even digit markers.

Happy Puzzling!

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Category: All Puzzles, Sudoku Puzzles

The classic note-book doodle puzzle game Dot & Dash is back and can be played at Cafe.com.

Object is to place dashes to create as many closed squares as possible. Gain extra points by controlling higher valued spaces. There is also a more extended version of Dot And Dash available called Town Square Dot and Dashes. Here you start with a complete empty game grid. Happy Puzzling!

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Mozaniac is a brand new, expandable picture-puzzle system in which the same flat, modular puzzle pieces can make four or more pictures.

Everything depends on how the pieces go over and under each other, revealing and hiding part of what is printed on them. Each completed picture holds itself together as an integral unit until it is taken apart to form the next picture.

Mozaniac presents new visual and physical challenges of a very high order. The first series of puzzles make four different pictures with the same six pieces.

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Cirplosion is an online skill/puzzle game in Flash where you create circles in the gaps between moving orbs. You have limited time and explosions on each of the twenty levels. Complete the challenges to unlock Cirvival mode.

Game instructions: 1. Hold down the mouse button to expand a circle 2. Release mouse button before circle touches orange orbs or the edges 3. Position transparent circle over orbs and click to destroy!

Happy Puzzling!

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Shot is yet another Flash puzzle game from Japan by GameDesign.jp.

Object is to clear the game grid leaving only one ball on the game grid. Drag and move the ball, so it hits another ball and knock the off the game grid. Best thing about shot is that every time you play it’s different, so every level will be different every time you play Shot. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: shot | Puzzle Game

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