Category Archives: Puzzle Reviews

Reviews of preselected puzzles from published collections. Summary review table, and highlight analysis.

Lucky Panda 480 Ends the Review

Posted on July 16, 2019 by

The last review Sudoku of the Lucky Panda Books 500 Sudoku Puzzles, 480, finishes on message with Sysudoku’s choices of bv mining tools, the XY railway and coloring. If you have time for nothing else, you might try your hand … Continue reading →

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Lucky Panda 432 Displays a Reversed Boxline

Posted on July 9, 2019 by

Lucky Panda 432 offers a clear example of a less encountered type of boxline, on the way to becoming a Sysudoku Basic casualty. In line marking, the newly formed naked pair 13 removes 3r2c4, leaving two aligned 3’s in the … Continue reading →

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Three Lucky Pandas

Posted on July 2, 2019 by

This post is a quick report on Lucky Panda Books 288, 336 and 384, with solutions similar to the five covered in the review. In 288, the bypass starts well on a 3-fill, but dries up fast.   A grid … Continue reading →

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Lucky Panda 240 Rides Nice Loop Coloring

Posted on June 25, 2019 by

The candidates of a nice loop form a coloring cluster. This review puzzle from the Lucky Panda Sudoku review illustrates a decisive nice loop coloring. Two hidden UR 2 show up as well. After a productive bypass and box marking, … Continue reading →

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Lucky Panda 192

Posted on June 18, 2019 by

This post details the basics and the easy solution of the fourth puzzle of the Lucky Panda Sudoku review, “insanely difficult” 192.  It’s not with a bv map. The bypass starts with a 3-fill and immediately resolves two. Then slink … Continue reading →

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LuckyPanda 96 and 144

Posted on June 11, 2019 by

This post has a bypass trace to the solution of 96 in Lucky Panda 504 Sudoku Puzzles, and a basic trace and immediate coloring wrap for 144. The review will continue with single puzzles. It’s not mentioned in the text, … Continue reading →

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Lucky Panda Books Extremely Hard 48

Posted on June 4, 2019 by

LPB 48, the first review puzzle of Lucky Panda Books 504 Sudoku Puzzles, features an interesting hidden dublex and many unresolved 3-fills with fill strings trimmed by line slinks. The easy line marking closes with a DIY unique rectangle. A … Continue reading →

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