Samurai SuDoku, Killer Sudoku and more

So I’m back from my short ski holiday and I have just uploaded a bunch of brand new puzzles for you to enjoy on the New Year’s day.

I wish you all a very Happy New Year and lots of joy – not only while solving Sudoku puzzles .

Best wishes to all!

Killer Samurai X for New Year’s Day – this is the only place you can find these kind of Sudoku puzzles!

Warning: Today’s puzzle is very difficult!

Basically, not only do you have to fight against 5 interconnected Sudokus, but you also need to be carefull about the diagonals: ALL diagonals in the puzzle must contain one occurrence of each 1-9 digit. The diagonals are marked in the puzzle so you wouldn’t forget about them.

By clicking on this thumbnail a download will start which will give you the full puzzle.

Click here to download the solution

Samurai X for New Year’s Day – this is the only place you can find these kind of Sudoku puzzles!

Warning: Today’s puzzle is the MOST difficult Samurai X yet!

Basically, not only do you have to fight against 5 interconnected Sudokus, but you also need to be carefull about the diagonals: ALL diagonals in the puzzle must contain one occurrence of each 1-9 digit. The diagonals are marked in the puzzle so you wouldn’t forget about them.

By clicking on this thumbnail a download will start which will give you the full puzzle.

Click here to download the solution

UPDATE: Download this file to see the solution up to the critical point, when you must use “X-Wing” (for number 5 in the upper left sub-puzzle), which indirectly solves one cell and after that it should be relatively easy to do (no fancy stuff required).

I warned you – this was an extremely difficult puzzle .

In addition to Washington Express who have been printing our Samurai Sudoku puzzles for more than a month, as of Januray 1 our puzzles will feature in The Washington Post and will appear there on a weekly basis, in the Sunday issue.

UPDATE: I have published the solution to the puzzle printed in The Washington Post. It’s on the Solutions page. We will be posting solutions for future Washington Post Samurai puzzles every Tuesday on the same page.

UPDATE: An e-book with Samurai Sudoku puzzles has been published. You can read my post about this by clicking on the book cover:

2×2 Killer Samurai! for kids to enjoy on New Year’s Day!

So, you only use numbers 1-4 and everything else is the same as usual. If your kids are struggling with “big” Killers, give them this one so they could learn the solving techniques etc. But first make sure YOU are able to solve it!

By clicking on this thumbnail a download will start which will give you the full puzzle.

Click here to download the solution