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Tag Archives: puzzle books

Why do I make puzzles? A brief history of Djape.net

A short answer to that question would be: because I enjoy doing it! … but here is a long version, too. Back in the summer of 2005 I realized that it’s about time I had my own website. At that point I had been computer programming for years and it kinda made sense that I […]
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Jigsaw Sudoku: Squiggly puzzles

A few hours ago another review came in. This time it’s for Jigsaw Sudoku: 150 very twisted puzzles. It’s another short review. Also 5/5 stars. This Jigsaw Sudoku book, containing nothing but the squiggly variant of sudoko puzzles, has 5 reviews so far. 4 of them are 5/5 stars, with just one being 3/5 stars. […]
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Outside Sudoku and its variants: You Really Should Try this Type of Sudoku

After two new book reviews from Amazon that I posted, here I’m posting all reviews of one of the books that should catch your attention: Outside Sudoku and its variants. This book is special because it contains a variety of a variety. 🙂 Outside Sudoku puzzles have essentially the same rules as classic Sudoku, but […]
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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 […]
Fiendish Killer Sudoku Book

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Computer-generated Hanjie puzzle

I have just implemented a random Hanjie puzzle generator. It generates valid Hanjie (griddlers, pic-a-pix) puzzles but with random patterns – there is no pretty picture in the end! So, if you just like solving Hanjies and don’t care about the picture that you get in the end, this one is for you! If you […]
Big Picross Hanjie Griddlers Nonograms Oekaki Japanese Picture puzzles book

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