Online Puzzles

I'll put some of my puzzle stuff up here sometime, but for now, you can go visit some of my favorite puzzle sites. I try to keep this a "best in class" sort of list instead of putting every site I've found in.

Sudoku?

"But what about sudoku, ab, or are you too cool for that?" No, just too cool to play online. I can't recommend Sudoku Susser enough. I do all those there. It can fetch some from the web, or you can import them from graphics(!) or text from web sites.

And RTFM. Seriously. Sudoku Susser has made me an inhuman sudoku-solving machine, and it's because I read the fine manual.

Crosswords

I don't like doing crosswords online. Really don't. A lot. And many of the puzzles you can get aren't very good. (Automation has allowed the talentless to get farther than they should.) Here are some that are good and printable. Some have .puz versions that work in Across Lite, which will let you print them (or do them on the screen). Or you can do them online if you're one of those people:

Big Table of Puzzle Sites

Site Registration Updates Akari Battleship DAP FAP Hashi Heyawake Hitori Kakuro LAP Mashu MAP Nurikabe PAP Shikaku Slitherlink Sudoku
Conceptis free Friday - p p o p - p p o - p - o - p o
Indigo free daily - - - - o - o o - - - - - - - o
Nikoli $ twice daily o - - - - o o o - o - o - o o o

Puzzle Types: The puzzle type names in the column headers link to articles about those types.

Registration: most sites require you to register to get full access. The advantages are that you can usually save your puzzles and keep records (not Conceptis, unfortunately). All the sites have some puzzles available without registration, though Conceptis has very few. Nikoli is 550 ¥/month, the others are free.

Availability: p means the puzzles are available only for printing. o means you can play them online (or print them, I suppose). I'd rather do most online, personally.