In a previous post I already told you about my first experience with Slitherlink. Recently I found a website where you can try to solve Slitherlink online. For the ones who love to try to solve Slitherlink read the explanation about the rules.

The board consists of a number of cells. Each cell is surrounded by four dots. In some of the cells there is a number; this number indicates how many lines you must surround the cell with. You add lines by connecting two adjacent dots at the time (e.g. you can connect the [Read More...]

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Are you a puzzle designer than you probably already know about the Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition which was established in 2001 to promote and recognize innovative new designs of mechanical puzzles.

This year you can join the 6th annual competition with judging and awards at IPP26 in July 2006).

The Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition website shows you the full details about the competition. Happy Puzzling!

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Jaap Scherphuis has a huge collection of puzzle collection and solution on Jaap’s Puzzle Page.

For the real Sudoku lovers he wrote an application to generate random Sudoku Puzzles, with all kind of options like difficulty, explanation of the solution, solution Code etc..

For those who want to create their on Sudoku’s at any level this is the Sudoku tool for you. Happy Puzzling!

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This is one of the puzzles I found on the web (I can’t recall the website otherwise I would have mentioned it). The objective is to create a 3 by 3 cube with all seven pieces (five of them are exactly the same. Can you find the solution ?

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While looking for new puzzle books I found a very interesting puzzle book called The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems at Amazon.com.

Just reading the customer reviews made me order this book. Some of the comments: “No amateur or expert math lover should be without this indispensable volume …” “What a great collection of puzzles. Anyone who likes puzzles SHOULD own this.” “…Every puzzle-lover should have it for hours of fun.”

Some puzzle books have just a bit extra to enjoy your passion for puzzles. If you are also interested in this [Read More...]

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To complete my puzzle collection online I still had to make a picture of a solved Happy Cube (also known as Snafooz or Wirrel Warrel).

For some extra information to add I found the site Happy Cube with a new collection of Happy Cubes, solution and even software you can download which helps you to solve Happy Cube.

For me a new lovely puzzle experience with an old puzzle. You can buy Happy Cube / Snafooz at PuzzleMaster Inc.. Happy Puzzling!

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ConSlide puzzles on the web are a redesigned type of sliding block puzzles invented by M. Oskar van Deventer.

The objective of the ConSlide puzzle is to move the red block marked with a “1″ to the upper left corner by moving the pieces just like regular sliding block puzzles, but some of the pieces are connected by bars of different heights. This means pieces can pass over or under one another as long as the bars and posts do not run into each other.

The complete set of rules you can find at the website where you [Read More...]

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