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Category Archives: Picross

Picross, Hanjie, Griddlers, Nonograms: picture puzzles

Griddlers solving – advanced techniques (Bordering)

A while ago I posted an explanation of an advanced Griddlers/Picross/Nonograms/Hanjie solving technique called Bordering. Here is another example of the bordering technique applied in a different way. Consider this partial nonogram in which only the top few rows are shown. Focus on the first three rows and the “7” clues in them. Where can […]
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How To Solve Picross (advanced)

It’s strange that I have never posted any solving techniques for Picross-Hanjie-Griddlers-Nonograms puzzles. I’ve explained some of them in my picross books, but never here on the website. So, that’s about to change and I’m immediately starting with an advanced solving technique, which I call “bordering“. Consider this example (it’s a part of a griddlers […]
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Are you ready to reveal the new Apple iPhone™ 5 puzzle?

🙂 Well, this is a puzzle website but I couldn’t resist, I had to join all this hype about leaks of the still unreleased Apple™’s iPhone™ 5. So, this is a Picross (aka Hanjie, Griddlers, Nonograms, pic-a-pix) picture puzzle. Are you going to reveal the new iPhone when you solve it? Well… not really… but […]
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FREE Presentational booklet of puzzles by DJAPE

A promotional PDF by Djape. Please forward this to your local newspaper and ask them to change from classic Sudoku to something new.
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A randomly generated Picross puzzle (Hanjie, Griddlers…)

A while ago I created a computer-generated Hanjie puzzle. I didn’t get much response from you folks, but lets try again. The rules are same as for your ordinary Hanjies. The only difference is that randomly generated Hanjie puzzles have a random pattern as the solution, it’s not an image of anything (unless your imagination […]
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Happy New Year!

I hope you all had a nice Christmas and that you are enduring the cold weather well. Well, those in the Northern hemisphere anyway. 🙂 Let me tell you about the changes that I plan for 2009: There will be more Jigsaw Sudoku puzzles on the Daily Sudoku variants page. They will be accompanied by […]
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Picross

I can’t even remember when was the last time I posted a Griddlers (aka Nonograms aka Hanjie) puzzle, so here is one for you today. The puzzle has one relatively difficult step early in the solving process but then it unfolds quite easy. Picross 20×20 for Saturday, December 22, 2007. Click on the puzzle thumbnail […]
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Pic-a-pix

It’s been a while since I last posted a Nonograms (aka Picross aka Hanjie aka Griddlers) puzzle, so here is a new one. Click on the puzzle thumbnail to access the puzzle. Enjoy!
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Hanjie book released in Denmark

Hanjie puzzles are spreading around the world. Forlaget SuDoku, a publisher from Denmark has released a Hanjie book in which I am a co-author along with Svend Høgh. The book contains 126 Hanjie puzzles. It is published in Denmark only.
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A Hanjie-Sudoku hybrid puzzle!

Here is another very special puzzle – it’s an odd/even Sudoku puzzle but it also has clues on top and on the side, just the same as in Hanjie puzzles. This puzzle was provided by Clagu, our regular visitor from Korea. Thank you Clagu, it seems like a nice idea! Here are the rules: Hanjie […]
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