This is the archive of the old posts from Djape .Net, more or less as they used to be. Please go to djape.net to see the new website.

Samurai Sudoku: Brilliant training for the brain and good for relaxation (new review on Amazon)

Here is a new review of The Way of Samurai: 101 puzzles on Amazon.com. It’s a 5/5 stars. 🙂
Concerning the training of the brain it was 4 years ago stated in the Danish engineering news that research had found that Sudoku is the best training for the brain. Later there has come another “game” that should be a little bit better for the brain. I’ve now been solving Sudokus for 5 year, but first 4 years ago, after reading the engineering, I started buying Sudoku books. Normally, nearly each afternoon, I get some time for relaxing on Sudoku, if I don’t have mathematical or programming problems to solve, which I like the most. During the years I’ve bought 20 books with Suduko, and some of them I’ve been through 2 times, with a couple of years between. And these books, all bought by my own research in Amazon, as none of the persons I know solve Sudokus, and thereby being able to advise me which books to buy, and being easy or difficult. And of the books, all previous being the size 9*9, I mostly like those by Will Shortz, but probably there are others I will like more, that are for being more difficult. But in my search after more difficult Sudokus I found a few books with these 5 double 9*9 Sudoku and the immediately 2 month ago ordered the actual book 2. And I must say that I like it very much, and when I’ve finished this book I without doubt will order the next of these DJAPE. Until now I’ve solved half of the 101 in this book, and have used at least 2 hours on each one. First after each time, in the PC, by the use of Excel, having made a copy of the actual one and then with yellow color at the known numbers.
The Way of Samurai Sudoku, volume 1

The original reviewer can ask me to remove this post if they don’t like it shared here.
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Comments on Daily Killer Sudoku and Weekly Samurai Sudoku

Long time ago, some 5 years or so, I closed down the comments on the daily killer sudoku page and the samurai sudoku page. Why I did that? Because there were too many comments and the pages were loading very slowly. This was probably the worst and most stupid thing I’ve done with this website, because it immediately destroyed the ranking of this website on major search engines (apparently they love comments). But at that time, I didn’t care for that. Well… a few minutes ago I reopened the comments on those two pages. No, I didn’t copy the old comments; we start from zero again. The old comments are available here: (warning: it takes a while to load!)old comments on Killer and Samurai Soduko. So: feel free to comment on the daily Killer Suduko page and the Bi-weekly Samurai Sudoko page too. In fact, I would appreciate if you posted your comments there! 🙂
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Diagonal Killer Samurai Sudoku X – thanks to my Facebook group

On my Killer and Samurai Sudoku fans Facebook page I recently asked members to post a link to this Facebook group on their walls in order to help me promote it. I also decided to award the first poster with a puzzle of their choice. Who was the first one? Well, you can have a look on the facebook page itself, but what’s more important is what kind of puzzle they chose… because that’s the puzzle that all of you are getting now. So… make sure to sign up for that facebook page if you’d like to get a chance to choose your favorite puzzle type some time. And of course share it with your friend! 🙂 Anyway… back to the puzzle… It’s a Diagonal Killer Samurai. A combination of Samurai Sudoku and Killer Sudoku and of course Sudoku X. Obviously, you must follow the rules of all three of those Sudoku variants. Oh… and by the way… it’s been a while since I last published a book with these puzzles. Is it the time for a new volume?

Killer Samurai Sudoku X

for Monday, September 26, 2011. Difficulty: COOL Click on the puzzle thumbnail to access the puzzle.
Killer Sudoku Samurai: 65 puzzles (Volume 1)

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Are you ready to reveal the new Apple iPhoneâ„¢ 5 puzzle?

🙂 Well, this is a puzzle website but I couldn’t resist, I had to join all this hype about leaks of the still unreleased Appleâ„¢’s iPhoneâ„¢ 5. So, this is a Picross (aka Hanjie, Griddlers, Nonograms, pic-a-pix) picture puzzle. Are you going to reveal the new iPhone when you solve it? Well… not really… but it will surely reveal something about Apple.

iPhone 5 Leak – Picross puzzle

for Thursday, September 15, 2011. Difficulty: EASY Click on the puzzle thumbnail to access the puzzle.
Big Picross Hanjie Griddlers Nonograms Oekaki Japanese Picture puzzles book

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Diagonal Jigsaw Samurai X Sudoku Variant puzzle

When was the last time I posted a Sudoku Variant puzzle for the first time? I can’t remember. Especially a puzzle that is a combination of many popular variations of Su Doku. The reason why I decided to create and post this puzzle is because one of the visitors to this website asked me about posting some more difficult Samurai Sudokus. He didn’t specifically ask for this kind, but instead of posting something that you are used to, I decided to make a variant I had never made before. If you want me to post various puzzles more often, please make a request what kind of puzzle you would like to see. I prefer to receive such requests in forms of comments here on the website, rather than e-mails. So… after all this introduction, here is my first ever Diagonal Jigsaw Samurai Sudoku puzzle. Needless to say, it is a combination of Jigsaw Sudoku, Samurai Sudoku and Diagonal Sudoku. Obviously, you must follow the rules of all three of those variations of Su Doku.

Jigsaw Samurai X

for Wednesday, September 14, 2011. Difficulty: THINKER Click on the puzzle thumbnail to access the puzzle.
Jigsaw Samurai Sudoku book

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The June newsletter – INSANE Killer Sudoku puzzle

This is the insane puzzle I tried sending in June. It seems like it didn’t work. Here it is instead.

It’s been a while, hasn’t it? 🙂 I can’t remember when was the last time I posted an INSANE Killer Sudoku puzzle.

The INSANE rating is reserved for puzzles that might require some guessing OR that are not solvable using the standard methods. Therefore, solving this puzzle that I’m sending now should only be attempted by experienced solvers. Don’t be surprised if you can’t solve it, it is meant to be extremely difficult. Then, again, I’m sure that some of you will reply to me saying something like “this is NOT INSANE, I solved it in 20 minutes!!!”. 🙂 Oh well, I tried my best.

By the way, I DO NOT publish INSANE puzzles in my books.

Anyway, here is the puzzle.

(remember to click on “show images” in your e-mail software)

Click on the puzzle thumbnail to access the puzzle.
Fiendish Killer Sudoku Book

 

Oh and since the summer is around the corner, think about stocking up on puzzle books for your holidays!

      

Thanks and enjoy! 🙂

Djape

 

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Newsletter problem? Or not?

Yesterday I sent out a newsletter with an INSANE killer sudoku puzzle. However, many e-mails bounced back, so I’m wondering if any of you received it or not? I moved the website to another server recently, so this could be causing problems. Please let me know. 🙂 Thanks!
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Sudoku Variants are back

Just a quick note to everyone that the puzzles on the Sudoku Variants page are back. Also, today I’m sending out the newsletter with a new free puzzle. Sign up now! 🙂
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Changes on the “Daily Killer Sudoku” page

A few of you have noticed that there are no more .txt files on the “Daily Killer Sudoku” page. For several reasons I had to remove them and do not intend to bring them back. I should also let you know that there will be more changes on the entire website in 2011. You can expect to find more ways to play my puzzle games, including interactive online play. I can’t tell yet how soon new features will be added, but stay tuned for updates. To make sure you don’t miss out on the news, make sure you sign up for the newsletter. Speaking of which, there hasn’t been one in a few weeks, but a new one is coming soon.
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My books in “The Book Nook” bookstore in Vermont

This is to let you know that The Book Nook bookstore from Ludlow, Vermont has begun displaying my books on their shelves. Their address is: The Book Nook 136 Main Street Ludlow, VT 05149 So, if you live close by or if you are going skiing there, pay them a visit and have a look at my books. Any bookstore can order my books directly from me with up to 60% discount and free shipping in the US. If you are interested, send me an e-mail and I’ll send you the discounted price list.
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