Monthly Archives: March 2018

Bean Gets No Second Extreme

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Sudent

This updated post describes how I-41, in Extremely Hard v. 10 by Rebecca Bean, after one bent region concession to two Gordon Fick ALS_XZ and a BARN, demands extensive AIC building, but  rewards the updating bv map and X-panels on … Continue reading →

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Colorful Trials for Bean’s Extremely Hard v.10

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Sudent

This post calls on pattern directed coloring trials to solve IV-24, a puzzle in Rebecca Bean’s Extremely Hard, vol. 10. This one that seems to defy almost all advanced methods, and therefore, to deserve the rank of “extreme”. This also … Continue reading →

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Almost Extreme Bean ExHdv10 II-29

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Sudent

Here we have a regular XYZ wing with two irregular victims, multiple coloring clusters and wraps, one, by an AIC almost nice loop. Rebecca Beam’s Extremely Hard v.10 II-29 is borderline extreme. Basic is tough, but routine.   Except for … Continue reading →

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The Volume 10 Rebecca Bean Extremely Hard Sudoku

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Sudent

This post begins the second review of a Rebecca Bean collection, this one prompted by a clever cover, and similarities in format to recently reviewed collections attributed to Moito Publishing, A.D. Ardson and James D. Glover. Here we resolve Extremely … Continue reading →

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