https://mrbrainprintables.com/ Printable pencil-and-paper puzzles for curious minds. en https://mrbrainprintables.com/your-next-puzzle/hitori https://mrbrainprintables.com/your-next-puzzle/hitori Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT While I’m writing this, the World Sudoku Championship and World Puzzle Championship are taking place in Kolkata, India. Some of the best puzzle solvers in the world have gathered there to measure their skills against each other. So if you haven’t checked it out yet, take a look at how your country’s representatives are doing in the individual and team competitions. https://mrbrainprintables.com/your-next-puzzle/futoshiki https://mrbrainprintables.com/your-next-puzzle/futoshiki Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT This month's next puzzle is Futoshiki. The puzzle originated in Japan, and its name translates to “inequality,” which is kind of the main idea behind the whole puzzle. Its creation is credited to Tamaki Seto in 2001. Within a few years, Futoshiki found its way into newspapers outside Japan and became a well known logic puzzle. You will also sometimes find it under the names Unequal or More or Less. https://mrbrainprintables.com/your-next-puzzle/tectonic https://mrbrainprintables.com/your-next-puzzle/tectonic Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Next in the Your Next Puzzle series is the Tectonic grid. Originally called Nanba Burokku, it was invented by Japanese puzzle inventor Naoki Inaba. In different magazines you will find it under the names Tectonic, Suguru, Number Blocks, but I know it as Tectonic, so I will use this name in this article. This puzzle with simple rules is another example of how simple rules can create a fun and challenging puzzle. https://mrbrainprintables.com/your-next-puzzle/star-battle https://mrbrainprintables.com/your-next-puzzle/star-battle Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT In this article in the series, we are moving past the classic grids filled with numbers or letters and shooting straight for the stars. Star Battle shares some logical DNA with the puzzles we have previously explored, but it shifts your attention away from the symbols placed in the grid and towards the relationships between rows, columns, and regions. https://mrbrainprintables.com/your-next-puzzle/skyscrapers https://mrbrainprintables.com/your-next-puzzle/skyscrapers Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT What makes Skyscrapers truly captivating is the “Aha!” moment that comes with every successful deduction. It is less about guessing and more about building a logical bridge across the grid, where each clue acts as a constraint that slowly reveals the hidden cityscape. https://mrbrainprintables.com/your-next-puzzle/the-prequel https://mrbrainprintables.com/your-next-puzzle/the-prequel Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT We started Your Next Puzzle on the assumption that there is a vast universe of logic puzzles waiting to be discovered. But as we explore deeper paths, it would be unfair not to pause and pay homage to the king that started it all. https://mrbrainprintables.com/your-next-puzzle/easy-as-abc https://mrbrainprintables.com/your-next-puzzle/easy-as-abc Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT This is the first part of what I hope will become a series of introductions to different types of logic puzzles, complete with small tutorials on how to start so you can map out your own solving strategies. Everyone is unique, and everyone's brain works differently. There is no "one-size-fits-all" strategy when it comes to solving these puzzles, but the starting points are quite often the same.