My name is Thomas Snyder and I'm probably best known for having won the US (2007) and World (2007, 2008) Sudoku Championships. I've also won the US Puzzle Championship (2006-2008). However, my passion right now is for constructing themed logic puzzles and this page is dedicated to my efforts in that arena.
My first book of puzzles, Battleship Sudoku, is now available and Mutant Sudoku, co-written with Wei-Hwa Huang, will be published in September 2009.
I have also constructed puzzles for events such as GenCon and the Microsoft Puzzle Picnic and for magazines including GAMES, Games World of Puzzles, and WIRED.
I occasionally post puzzle ideas on my livejournal account and these are listed below. Any comments or suggestions you have about these puzzles or desires to reproduce them in any form in another publication should be sent to Thomas Snyder.
Themed Classic Sudoku:
The Art of Sudoku (some classics and variants specially made for artistic qualities)
The Art of Sudoku - Competition Edition - Puzzles from the 2nd annual Silicon Valley Puzzle Day in Feb. 2008
The Art of Sudoku - Competition Edition (2) - Puzzles from the 3rd annual Silicon Valley Puzzle Day in Feb. 2009
Countdown - How to write a themed sudoku
Sudoku Variants:
Art of Competitive Sudoku - Czech Edition - puzzles from 2009 Czech Championship, including new variants Multiple, Tight Fit, and Shape, and a Color Sudoku.
Tablecloth Sudoku (part of WSC 2007 Report)
Tablecloth Sudoku (Spinal Tap Edition) (part of WSC 2008 Preview)
Paint-By-Number Place (12/31/06) - 3 puzzles of three difficulties
Battleship Sudoku (08/10/06) - 2 variations, 3 puzzles of each type
Battleship Sudoku (09/17/06) - "Easy as Pi" themed puzzle and 2 other hard ones
Paint By Sudoku!?! (08/05/06), and Solution
United States Jigsaw Sudoku, and Solution
(featured as the seventh in Wei-Hwa's Puzzle Challenges on Google)
"KenKen" Puzzles:
(see this page for links to "Thomas Snyder Outdoes the NYT KenKen")
Kakuro Variants:
Diagramless Kakuro, and Solution
Nonconsecutive Kakuro, and Solution
2009 MIT Mystery Hunt Puzzles:
The Orbital Nexus Round Concept/Meta - Solution
Growth Involves Reconstructing Legos - Visual Skyscrapers Variant
Cross Something-or-Others (with Dan Katz) - Kakuro Variations Puzzle
The Energetic Man Sporting a Very Long Scarf ... (with Mike Selinker)
... and His Alien Barbarian Girl and her Robot Dog - linked puzzle (with Energetic Man) that includes a Paint-By-Numbers Variant
... and His Investigative Journalist (Dan Katz as main constructor)
Our Crew Is Replaceable. Your Package Isn't (Greg Lohman as main constructor) - River Crossing Problems
2007 MIT Mystery Hunt Puzzles:
Clash of the Titans - Skyscraper Variants
Rewriting the Record Books - Very Excellent Sports Puzzle
The Joy Of Accountancy - Kakuro Variant
Splits and Mergers - A Mysterious Maze, in pieces
Man I Hate These %#!&@ Sudoku! - You'll need this too
Other Puzzles:
Hashiwakakuro - "Bridges" variation
Total Masyu - Masyu variation
irakAkari - Akari/Light Up variation
Soduku - Star Battle/Lasers variation
Digital Paint-By-Number - 1 example, plus some sudoku
0 to 8 Spokes Example, and
Solution
Vertical Sums and
Total
Rising Examples (WPC types) - contained within 2006 WPC report Fence Post, Multiplicity, Magnets (USPC types) - contained within 2007 USPC report
