Idk how I kept breaking it. Probably had to do with thermos not actually being forced in some directions

My Secret Santa puzzle

I have been a very lucky boy this December. First I had a puzzle solved on zetamath's livestream. Now I got a Secret Santa puzzle from one of the other biggest names in the online sudoku community: clover!


I will apologize for the way the screenshot looks. I am not familiar with Penpa, and my attempt to resize the puzzle affected the top lines of the puzzle. The essence is still there, but some of the grid lines are missing. I think that the puzzle will look okay for you if you follow the url.

I am still working on it, but I will say right now that I loved the outside 3 clues in the second row of grids. The bottom left quadrant of the puzzle is very nice and very delicate; I suspect it feels like tatting lace.

clover definitely played into my preference for solving classic sudoku (even though I can’t set one).

Standard 6x6 sudoku rules apply for each 6x6 grid. Clues between grids give the exact number of matching cells between the adjacent rows or columns. If there is no clue between rows or columns, then anything goes.

By the way, this puzzle is done on the Penpa site, which I don't use and am not familiar with, so solve it there at your own risk .

https:// tinyurl dot com/2nsra7bs

Did the Poggy New Year. Just under 40 minutes. Problem is I'm terrible at these things and the timers let me know exactly how much time I spent which stops me from playing more .

I am also bad for times, even for my own puzzles. I just turn off the timer or hide it.

Another video!

This time on BremSter's channel, with a puzzle that I am quite proud of. I submitted this puzzle to him a couple of weeks ago, and got a surprise this morning.





The logic-master.de link is https://logic-masters.de/Raetselport....php?id=000C9G

It's been a while since I put anything here. I have had a few puzzles streamed (Yaaay!) since my last post. I thought that I would put up the list. Note that Rangsk and BremSter accept submissions from creators. BremSter, particularly, is looking for puzzles that are good for coffee and lunch breaks - kind of in my wheelhouse.

I have come to realize just how much I have used little killer clues and German Whisper clues (which I love). I need to diversify a bit.

Puzzle	Streamer	Date	Link
Zen-Ten	zetamath	2022-12-14	https://youtu.be/SYUK48C-7fI?t=7833
That’s 3 in the DNA	BremSter	2023-01-26	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78VqwHc6u9s
Turnabout Is Fair Play	Rangsk	2023-02-04	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVM226IfM9U&t=8180s
Three at a Time	Rangsk	2023-02-18	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8LnjTWicwI&t=8249s
Little Cages	BremSter	2023-03-18	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuNpOnyFJU4
Sneaking Around	BremSter	2023-04-18	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipmoyig3e4c

Bump, you still creating sudokus Eric?

The YT channel is still GOAT

Yeah, I am still making sudokus. Sorry that I forget about putting anything here. I will try to fix that.

Put this in your browser to see most of them:
https://logic-masters.de/Raetselport...art=0&name=EPH

I'll post a list of video solves of some of them.

Zen-Ten
https://youtu.be/SYUK48C-7fI?t=7833 by zetamath


Dots and Dots of Threes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlDBftCFQD0&t=142s by Rangsk


Three at a Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8LnjTWicwI&t=8249s by Rangsk


Darts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8CW-SY-nzM&t=8453s by Rangsk


Turnabout is Fair Play
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVM226IfM9U&t=8180s by Rangsk


What’s My Line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJjGAR0AoiQ by BremSter


Little Cages
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuNpOnyFJU4 by BremSter


Sneaking Around
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipmoyig3e4c by BremSter


That’s 3 in the DNA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78VqwHc6u9s by BremSter


Classic II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcxGBQOkBKg by Ashish Kumar


Fog Puzzle #1
https://youtu.be/k3ZZVvZmJKA by Wenchang Lu (in Chinese)


That's Sum Puzzle
https://youtu.be/KBBPyMmJ15M by Wenchang Lu (in Chinese)


Three’s the Charm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53qImchvHtA by BremSter


Carn The Cats
This puzzle can only be obtained from the following YouTube channel. Please at least give it a like if you don't watch the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fY1cuZoYEo by BremSter

BremSter solved one of my fog puzzles yesterday. Keep in mind that he was not feeling well and is under some pressure to get stuff done before his vacation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utTLuYcVOkM

Many months ago I backed the Kickstarter for Cracking The Cryptic's Greatest Hits Volume 2. I got my books today, and I'm looking to give away one of my extras.

I won't make you solve my puzzles this time. If you want a copy, PM me. I will randomly select the winner from all entries received by January 31, 2024.

I will post the name of the winner in this thread. Assuming the winner sends me their mailing address, I will send it off as soon as I can.

To clarify: entries are accepted until 23:59:59 on January 31.

6 days to go. 1 entry so far.

Yes, I know we are well into February. I've been busy with stuff.

The winner of Cracking the Cryptic's Greatest Hits Volume 2 is marknfw! Congratulations!

I will be contacting the winner shortly to arrange for delivery of this wonderful prize.

Thanks Eric!

Received the book yesterday. Thank you very much Eric!

No problem, Mark. I try to do my best to push the joy of sudoku.

Anyone remember this puzzle?




Rather than continually spamming this thread with my puzzles, I'm going to leave a link to all my available puzzles (with the exception of Carn The Cats, which is only available through BremSter's youtube channel).

Eric, I was pleased to finish one of your puzzles today. Bremster featured Spider and I was able to figure it out. I feel like I got the middle box intuitively and not strictly logically. From there it all came together.

Your puzzles have always been fun but they're getting more aesthetic and I figure it's only a matter of time before you make it to CTC.

Thank you. I have been working more on the aesthetics during the last year. As for CtC, I don't know. Their puzzles primarily come from two sources: a collection of setters with a long association with the channel, or puzzles with lots of recommendations from the CtC discord server. I don't put puzzles there much any more, since getting feedback is like pulling hen's teeth.