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Category Archives: Samurai sudoku

Sudoku Samurai puzzles and variants thereof, including Killer Samurai Sudoku, Jigsaw Samurai Sudoku and others.

The Washington Post stops printing my Samurai Sudoku puzzles (NOT!) :)

By djape | Published: December 29, 2009
Bad news folks, I’m afraid: the Samurai Sudoku puzzle printed in the Comics section of The Washington Post on Sunday, December 27, 2009, would’ve been the last Samurai puzzle printed in this newspaper. After four years and more than 200 Samurai puzzles, they have decided to stop this feature. From the editor: “The change is […]
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Weekend Special – CalcuDoku Samurai (Gattai-5) puzzle

By djape | Published: February 28, 2009
This is my largest CalcuDoku puzzle so far. Previously I published a CalcuDoku Samurai 7×7, but this time the puzzle is even larger: 8×8 CalcuDoku Samurai for Saturday, February 28, 2009. CalcuDoku for Saturday, Feb 28, 2009Difficulty: IQClick on the puzzle thumbnail to access the puzzle.The Reduced Operators version of CalcuDoku is here.These puzzles are […]
Little CalcuDoku book 150 puzzles

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Saturday Special – Samurai X Killer Sudoku

By h3lix | Published: July 19, 2008
Djape has kindly granted me my own corner as well, which I will use to present my own hand-designed Saturday Specials.  We’ll start things off with a big one. Samurai: This puzzle consists of 5 overlapping grids, which on their own don’t neccessarily have a unique solution, but together they do. X: Along the diagonal lines […]
Killer Sudoku Samurai: 65 puzzles (Volume 1)

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Samurai Sudoku puzzles now every Saturday!

By djape | Published: June 1, 2008
I’m sure you’ll be happy to hear this: from this Saturday, June 7, 2008, I will start showing Samurai Sudoku puzzles every Saturday on the Samurai Sudoku page. This is an addition to Samurai X puzzles which are shown every Tuesday. There will be no change there. Also, I must apologies for the delay in […]
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Non-consecutive Samurai Sudoku

By djape | Published: February 16, 2008
After my first-ever Non-consecutive Flower Sudoku, here is a non-consecutive Samurai Sudoku puzzle. Non-consecutive Samurai Sudoku for Saturday, February 2, 2008. Difficulty: Thinker Rules: Solve the puzzle so that any two horizontally or vertically adjacent cells DO NOT contain two consecutive numbers (1 and 2, 2 and 3 and so on to 8 and 9). […]
Super Sudoku Quad Samurai Puzzle Book with Variants

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Zero Killer Flower Sudoku

By djape | Published: January 27, 2008
Earlier this morning (CET) Novak Djokovic of Serbia won his first (and there are many more to come) Grand Slam title by defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France and thus became the first Serb to win a singles Grand Slam title. On his way to victory, Nole has beaten the likes of Lleyton Hewitt, David Ferrer […]
Flower Sudoku, Gattai 5 in 1 Su Doku

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Jigsaw TwoDoku

By djape | Published: August 18, 2007
Hello everyone, I’m back! 🙂 After a few weeks of no updates and some problems with the site, it’s time to get back to usual daily and weekly routines. The Washington Post Samurai Sudoku solutions have been updated. The Weekly Samurai X puzzles is now also in place. On Tuesday, there will be a new […]
Jigsaw Samurai Sudoku book

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Jigsaw Samurai Sudoku

By djape | Published: July 21, 2007
It has been hinted that this kind of puzzle was going to be posted soon – and to end the suspense, here it is! 🙂 My first ever Jigsaw Samurai Sudoku! Not so many sites produce these puzzles. I might consider including them more often, or maybe even on a regular basis. We’ll see. Jigsaw […]
Jigsaw Samurai Sudoku book

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HYPER (aka Windoku) Samurai Sudoku

By djape | Published: June 20, 2007
Ok, some of you thought that my previous invention was “nice” or even “very cool”, but some also thought that it was “really easy” and “not a challenge”. So I have to keep inventing new stuff. I quickly checked the web and couldn’t find this variation. If you’ve already seen it, please let me know. […]
Super Sudoku Quad Samurai Puzzle Book with Variants

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Mini (3×2) Killer Samurai Sudoku

By djape | Published: April 29, 2007
Here is a mini Killer Samurai puzzle for you. It’s not too difficult but I think it might be fun. If you find it too easy for you – perhaps your kids could use it to practice for the big ones? Click on the puzzle thumbnail to access the puzzle.
Killer Sudoku Samurai: 65 puzzles (Volume 1)

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