Outside Consecutive Sudoku

Here is another variant of Outside Sudoku puzzles: a consecutive Sudoku. I’m sure you are aware of the rules, but lets repeat that the numbers in cells that are connected by the pipe “|” symbol MUST BE CONSECUTIVE. Numbers is…

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Butterfly Killer Sudoku

It’s been a while since I last posted a Killer Sudoku variation. As far as I can remember, you folks liked the Butterfly layout of the puzzles, so here is an overlapping, 4-in-1 (Gattai-4), Killer Butterfly Sudoku puzzles. You can…

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Outside Jigsaw Sudoku

Another novelty in 2010 – Outside Jigsaw Sudoku. Read the rules of Outside Sudoku first. And then, twist it a little – it’s a Jigsaw (Irregular) Sudoku puzzle! UPDATE: One clarification about the rules of Outside Jigsaw Sudokus: The clues…

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Daily Kendoku (CanCan, SquareWisdom) #3

Some may not like the fact that today’s puzzle isn’t actually a SquareWisdom puzzle, instead, it’s actually a true hybrid between Killer Sudoku and Kendoku. Having implemented Kendoku puzzles into my solver&generator program, it was a no brainer to extend…

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Saturday Special – Killer ACAN Square

The two anti-chess variants anti-knight and anti-camel cannot both exist on a sudoku grid with the standard 3×3 nonets, so I’ve removed the nonets!  In chess, a knight moves 2 cells horizontally and 1 cell vertically or vise versa.  Since this puzzle…

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