New Kindle Games and Apps

There are a number of new games out on Kindle, including several just for the Halloween season that were released today. I'll try to catch us up on all the ones that I haven't mentioned previously. If you have the newest Kindle (no keyboard, no touch), you may run into some games that don't work (don't worry, Amazon seems pretty good at preventing you from purchasing one that isn't compatible), while others have been getting updates to ensure that they do work (such as the free Dots and Boxes, updated Oct 3).

Futoshiki Halloween Edition ($0.99) is a logic puzzle by Braintonik Games

Book Description
Futoshiki Halloween Edition takes an eerie twist as witches and zombies take over in a graveyard game board.

The rules of Futoshiki remain deceptively simple but the game is challenging and addictive. Each row and column must be filled with unique numbers. However, Futoshiki has a twist. It adds greater-than or less-than signs between some cells. You must honor these signs in order to solve and complete the puzzles.

This collection of 120 spooky puzzles is grouped into four different sets ranging from easy to expert. The graveyard grids are 5x5 in easy, medium, and hard modes. Expert mode holds thirty 7x7 puzzles. The game features annotations to help you keep track of possible solutions, and a hint function to help you keep playing if you get stuck.

Get Futoshiki Halloween Edition and have a scream!

Ultimate Halloween Quiz ($0.99), by HandyX

Book Description
Do you know Mary Shelley from Marilyn Manson, or Freddy from Jason?

Bring fear to your bones and take the horror challenge. Featuring hundreds of spine chilling questions, this funny, scary, and educational quiz will test your knowledge of all things dark and evil. Questions topics include horror movies, Halloween facts, scary novels, gruesome history, magical creatures, myths and legends. Halloween will never be the same!

Answer sets of questions in rounds of 10, or in a continuous stream. If you think you know it all then crank up the tension with the question countdown timer for an even greater challenge. In the 'Timer Play' contestants in the hot seat are under increased pressure to correctly answer questions before the time runs out!

Do you have the courage to answer them all?

Blossom Halloween Edition ($1.99) is a puzzle game by Braintonik Games

Book Description
Planting takes an eerie twist in Blossom Halloween Edition, where you are challenged to create a network of pipes that feed your Jack-O-Lanterns with potion from the witch's pot.

The goal of the game is to build an irrigation system that delivers a spooky brew to pumpkins by manipulating the game tiles with pipes on them. Just select the pipe tiles and rotate them until the potion flows through them and reaches the pumpkins to make them grow.

When a pipe is connected to the witch's cauldron it will fill up with potion. Make sure the brew flows in all the pipes to keep your pumpkins menacing. You'll have to rotate the tiles with pipes, pumpkins, and that all-important cauldron to make each part of the grid connect together and fill up every tile. All the pumpkins need to be connected to the cauldron and every pipe must be used to finish the puzzle. Are you facing a drought? The Hint system is there to help you figure out the next best move.

Halloween may be just around the corner, but with Blossom Halloween Edition's 120 puzzles, waiting has never been such a guilty pleasure!

Mahjong Solitaire Halloween Edition ($3.99), by Mobigloo

Book Description
It's time to celebrate Halloween with this special edition of the popular matching game Mahjong Solitaire on Kindle.

In Mahjong Solitaire, you match pairs of identical tiles in order to remove them from the board. Only free tiles can be matched. Tiles are considered free if they do not have other tiles to either the left or right of them, or on top of them. The objective of the game is to clear all the tiles from the board. The game ends when all tiles have been removed or when there are no more free tiles left to match.

Mahjong Solitaire tracks the number of pairs of free tiles available to be matched for you. In addition, the game allows for unlimited undos, and contains a Hint feature that will give you suggestions for your next move, as well a Shuffle feature that will rearrange the tiles when you get stuck.

The Mahjong Solitaire Halloween Edition gives you 13 different game board layouts to choose from and two special Halloween tile sets. This game is so fun it's scary!

Poker of the Dead ($1.99) is a Hold'em Poker solitaire game by Gameblend Studios

Book Description
Zombies are trying to break down your door! Play "heads up" poker against them to stay alive. Fortunately, zombies aren't normal poker opponents. They have no brains, never fold, and will always call your bet. Play the odds to fend them off and earn new high scores. To win, survive all seven days (10 hands per day). At the start of a hand, you and the zombie are dealt 2 cards each. Next follows 3 betting rounds, over which 5 shared cards are dealt. At each stage, you can call, raise, fold, or go all-in (if available). The best 5-card hand wins the pot. Win 3 hands to activate the "all-in" shotgun, and use it to double your money and blast a zombie. Each new day increases the stakes with higher ante and bet amounts. If you run out of money, the game is over. Poker of the Dead features a full tutorial, detailed game statistics and 12 special challenges to complete.

Can you survive the horde of poker playing zombies? Try Poker of the Dead today!

Mystery Castle: Dawn of Illusion ($1.99), by Runestone Games Limited, is a puzzle-maze game.

Book Description
Mystery Castle: Dawn of Illusion is a puzzle adventure featuring Monty the wizard as he attempts to save the inhabitants of the castle from an evil creature of the night.

You play Monty on his quest as he outwits fiendish puzzles on his journey deeper and deeper into the mysterious castle, to the inevitable showdown with a monster too scary to name. You must tread carefully on cracked and crumbling floors, while using teleporting staircases and magical keys to enter new areas. You may even need to push boxes into dangerous crags to make new paths and use bombs to get through walls to complete your quest. If you find the Eye of Truth, you can explore places that were once hidden as you try to uncover the identity of the creature assaulting the castle.

Mystery Castle: Dawn of Illusion is well suited for people who like puzzles and brain teasers, and contains 24 levels of excitement and adventure. Can you solve all the mystery puzzles in the castle? Monte is counting on you!

Ultimate Physics Quiz ($1.99), by HandyX

Book Description
Fun with Physics? Yes, believe it with Ultimate Physics Quiz!

Learning and practicing science is always more fun when it's part of a game. This application uses game play to challenge both kids and adults alike. Questions range from basic ones, such as "What does a microphone convert?" to advanced questions, such as "When two simple harmonic waves interfere, vector addition of which characteristics takes place?" Different game play modes can be used to test your speed and understanding. For example, you can play under the pressure of a timer, or see how far you can get with continuous multiple choice questions.

Explore physics concepts by answering questions in Measurement and Units, Heat and Light, Properties of Matter, Space, Universe and Stars, Motion, Work, Power and Energy, Electricity & Magnetism Forces, Light and Sound Waves, Electricity and Nuclear Physics, and Atomic Physics.

So if you are learning physics at school, or if you just want to test your knowledge, put yourself in motion and have an Ultimate Physics Quiz moment!

The Little Stick that Could ($1.99) is an interactive book for kids by Mobilehead

Book Description
The Little Stick that Could is an interactive book in which the reader embarks on an adventure in which their choices help shape the story and ultimately the outcome.

In this story, Stick's girlfriend Sally has been captured by a Dragon! Help guide Stick through his adventures to rescue Sally by solving riddles and fighting your way to save the damsel in distress. There are multiple endings, different moral choices, and plenty of battles of swords and wits to keep young readers engaged for many readings. You can join the fun by reading with your child, and by exploring the riddles and choices Stick faces together.

Get The Little Stick that Could and embark on a memorable adventure with your child.

Anywhere Spreadsheet ($3.99), by Nickel Buddy, is the lone Kindle App in today's lineup.

Book Description
Anywhere Spreadsheet allows you to create, edit, and save spreadsheets on your Kindle.

Use and modify the included templates, or create your own to track your budget, log your running miles, maintain a price list, track your gas mileage, do unit conversions...the possibilities are limited only by your imagination.

With Anywhere Spreadsheet you can insert and delete rows and columns, change row height and column width, set background shades and borders, format data as numbers, dates, currency or normal text. You can format your text by making it bold or italic and by changing its alignment, font shade and font size. You can even create charts and import and export data in CSV files to your PC.

To make it easy to be productive right away, Anywhere Spreadsheet comes with the following templates: Sale Price Calculator, Temperature Converter, Length Converter, Percent Calculator, Tip Calculator, Body Mass Index Calculator, Thank-you note list, Weight Tracker, Running Log, Road Trip Log, Gas Mileage Log and even a Chore List!

Track and calculate important data everywhere you go with Anywhere Spreadsheet.

Free Kindle Game - Grid Detective

Grid Detective is a new, free game from Amazon Digital Services.

Book Description
Do you have what it takes to crack the case? Grid Detective brings classic logic puzzles to your Kindle.

Test your deduction skills as you try to solve 30 puzzles of varying difficulty. Each Grid Detective Case File starts with a brief story that describes your objective. Based on the information in the story and 6 clues, your job is to figure out which of the dozens of possible outcomes is the correct one. Using the process of elimination and deductive reasoning, you'll deduce the correct relationship between items. For example: if A=B and A<>C, then B<>C. If you can find the unique solution that matches the facts, you've solved the mystery!

If you have ever done a puzzle like this on paper, you know how difficult and frustrating it can be to fix mistakes. Grid Detective makes it easy to solve these classic puzzles with features that let you delete mistaken deductions cleanly and quickly, highlight related cells on the grid and auto-populate relevant cells when you make a deduction.

A detailed tutorial and plenty of hints make it possible for everyone to enjoy testing their logical thinking against even the hardest Case File. Crack the case today with Grid Detective!

New Kindle Games and Apps

Two new games and two new apps are available for Kindle today. I'm very tempted by both of the games.

Jewel Quest Solitaire ($3.99), by iWin

Game Description
The creative minds behind the popular Jewel Quest series return with a Solitaire card game filled with riches and adventure.

Play solitaire using jewel-themed card decks and mind-boggling layouts. The goal of the game is to remove all the cards from the board by finding cards that are either one value higher or lower than the one on the foundation pile. In this unique edition, you play young explorer Percy Pack as he works to unveil the story behind a mysterious lost jewel board that Professor Percy Pack had spent a lifetime searching for. To accomplish this, you must solve the 66 game layouts. Match card suits to earn more points, unearth buried cards, and discover wild cards with extraordinary powers.

An in-game tutorial makes it easy to get started playing right away, and you can get a hint if you get stuck in a particular game. Ten unique profiles means that different members of your family can play and without disturbing each others progress, or you can play several profiles at once to try and improve your high score along the way.

Embark on your card playing adventure in Jewel Quest Solitaire. Fortune and glory are in the cards!

Mahjong Butterfly ($2.99), by Namco Networks America

Game Description
Mahjong Butterfly is a Mahjong tile matching game with a strategic goal larger than just clearing the board.

You goal is to collect caterpillars and help them transform into beautiful butterflies. To accomplish this, you must match the correct kinds of tiles to get caterpillars, and then continue making the right matches to feed your caterpillars and help them grow.

To help you achieve this goal, Mahjong Butterfly offers you the ability to take and hold a tile in reserve, allowing you access to a previously inaccessible tile without having to remove a valuable piece you want to play later. As you collect butterflies through the 47 different games, you gain more entries in your collection of butterflies; a nice reference that shows you more about the butterflies you've raised.

If you are ready for a more engaging Mahjong experience, then take some time to play with butterflies!

Day Planner & Calendar ($0.99), by Magellan Interactive

App Description
Day Planner and Calendar is a personal planner that can track just about any scheduled event you could possibly plan for.

The Day Planner & Calendar lets you create scheduled events for meetings, anniversaries, vacations, or any other event you care to track. Each entry supports a location, start and stop information, personal notes, and an option to create an all-day event. You can even select one of over 50 fun icons to help you identify your event in the calendar.

To help you remember important events, Day Planner and Calendar lets you create recurring events every few days, or every week, month or year. Four views help you track your events: A year view, month view, day view, and an agenda view which gives you a compact list of your scheduled events.

Day Planner and Calendar also includes a Task List to help you manage non-event obligations such as shopping lists, to-do lists and even notes to yourself. Simple navigation and a check box for completion make this feature a hit for grocery lists and other tasks.

If you are looking for an easy way to enter your commitments and see your calendar at a glance, Day Planner and Calendar is for you.

Address Book ($0.99), by 7 Dragons

App Description
Use your Kindle as your address book with Address Book by 7 Dragons.

You can add up to 1,000 contacts in Address Book, and you can even import them from Outlook, Yahoo Mail, GMail or any source that supports VCF 3.0 format (VCard 3.0 format). You can organize your contacts into groups, and pick contacts to mark as 'Favorite' contacts. In addition to a search tool, Address Book provides a First Name Flipbook, a Last Name Flipbook to make finding any contact quick and easy.

You can make backups, and there is an automatic weekly backup to help you save your data. Address Book can export your contacts in VCF 3.0 format so you can load them into Outlook, Yahoo, Google and other VCF 3.0 compatible tools.

Address Book is your complete Address Book solution on the Kindle.

Two New Kindle Games

Sudoku Works ($0.99), by Oak Systems Leisure Software, looks to be a great bargain for Sudoku aficionados, as you get an unlimited number of puzzles, rather than just enough for a month or two.

Game Description
Millions of Sudoku puzzles are at your fingertips with Sudoku Works for Kindle.

Sudoku Works can create puzzles in four grid sizes (4x4, 6x6, 8x8 and 9x9) with five difficulty levels, so it can make puzzles for everyone from beginner to expert. And with over 50 million possible puzzles, it's unlikely you'll ever run out of puzzles to play.

An exciting way to share the Sudoku experience is with the "Puzzle of the Day". With "Puzzle of the Day", all Sudoku Works players will be given the same puzzle to solve so you can play with or against your friends. A puzzle timer is available to make it easy to compare results.

Special features in Sudoku Works make playing Sudoku easy and fun. You can use "penciling" to make notes in the squares, and use the "auto-pencil", "show mistakes" and "show selected number" features to help you if you need it. If you want to take a break, you can always return to a partly completed puzzle, or you can replay any previously completed puzzle.

If you'd like a virtually limitless supply of Sudoku Puzzles and a great way to play them, then Sudoku Works is for you!

Jewels ($1.99), by Mobigloo, looks to be a fun variation of the traditional matching game.

Game Description
Jewels is a matching game which will put your planning and pattern recognition skills to the test.

The rules of Jewels are simple: you swap adjacent jewels (horizontally or vertically) to create combinations of three or more jewels of the same type. Once matched, the jewels are removed and the remaining jewels above it slide down to take their place. The challenge comes when there are few potential matches to find, and you must pick your next move carefully or risk eliminating remaining matches when the jewels shift down. If that's not challenge enough, then consider playing the timed mode where you race against a relentlessly decreasing timer and each successful match adds just a bit of time back to the clock.

If you cannot find a match, use the Hint feature to show you the next move. The game keeps track of your ten best scores for both Easy and Timed modes, so you can see just how much the pressure of the timer affects your performance!

If planning and pattern matching appeal to you, then you will love Jewels for Kindle.

Free Kindle Game - Pirate Stash

Pirate Stash, by Amazon Digital Svcs., a game for Kindle, is free for a limited time (availability is limited to US residents only). This game is normally $1.99 and I was holding out for a 99 cent sale, so this price is even better than I hoped for.

Game Description
Pirate Stash is a logic puzzle game that challenges you to hide all of your treasure chests on a deserted island.

X marks the spot as you push one or more treasure chests to be buried in designated hiding places. Maneuver your loot through a maze of obstacles, but be careful not to make the wrong move. You can only move one chest at a time and the chests cannot be pulled. When the treasure chests are all in place, you have solved the puzzle.

Your score for a puzzle is the number of times each chest is pushed, with a lower number of pushes being better. Achieve up to three stars on a puzzle. Gain one star for solving the puzzle, two stars for matching par for the puzzle, and three stars for a perfect score. Over 100 puzzles of increasing difficulty allow anyone, from beginners to experts, to challenge their minds. Can you beat them all?

If you like puzzle games, you'll love Pirate Stash!

New Kindle Games and Apps

There are several new games and apps in the Kindle store this week, including a new interactive book, crosswords, food and business apps and a game aimed at young children.

The King of Shreds and Patches ($3.99), by Antiquarian Productions, is an interactive novel.

Game Description
The King of Shreds and Patches is a novel-length work of interactive fiction in which your choices control how successfully you navigate the story.

As the main character, you will explore a historically accurate recreation of Elizabethan London, circa 1603, interact with some fascinating characters both historical and fictional, and thwart an occult conspiracy that threatens to bring down the entire city -- or worse.

You receive a note from your old acquaintance John Croft. You expect nothing but an evening of good food and drink and tall tales. Instead, you quickly find yourself plunged into a conspiracy of black magic that involves some of the most powerful and important men in London - and possibly even someone else, someone much closer to your own heart.

Interact with XVII-century London by typing simple commands like "Go to London Bridge", "Examine the note" or "Ask the bartender about the play". An elaborate hint system reveals as many clues as you desire to solve the story without spoiling the fun.

Lovers of mysteries, horror, adventure games, and puzzles alike will play the role of the protagonist, experiencing the story from the inside.

Timothy Parker's 50 Family Crossword Games Volume 1: Easy ($1.99), by Premiere Digital Publishing

Game Description
Timothy Parker's 50 Family Crosswords is great fun from the "World's Most Syndicated Puzzle Creator".

These clever, hand-crafted puzzles are designed to be enjoyed by the whole family. Although adults and kids can tackle these crosswords separately, the puzzles are intended to be shared. Clues that begin with (k) are specially authored for kids. Spend time with your little future puzzle masters in a fun, educational way.

The Timothy Parker Crossword app is built to enhance the puzzle experience and deliver hours of great crossword fun. Features include: Timothy Parker's special scoring and ranking system, dynamic viewing of puzzle clues, auto-save puzzle progress, quick-start entry into your last unfinished puzzle, and lots more.

Download this game today for the best family crossword experience on Kindle, and see how you measure up against the great Puzzle Master Timothy Parker.

Memory Classic ($1.99), by JoyBits

Game Description
Memory Classic is a fun matching and memory game for Kindle.

In Memory Classic, you are challenged to find pairs of illustrations hidden beneath tiles on a game board. The game board starts at 2 tiles x 2 tiles for easy play, and progresses to 5x6 for a really challenging game.

There are three game modes with over 15 difficulty levels each. Take your time in Relaxed Mode, or race against the clock in Classic Mode. In the Arcade Mode you will need to clear the screen while new rows of tiles appear as the time passes. The leaderboard feature lets you compete against friends and family for the top spots in the Hall of Fame!

Stretch your memory with Memory Classic today.

Japanese Puzzles Volume 1 ($0.99), by puzzle.tv

Game Description
Japanese Puzzles is a collection of 5 different kinds of logic puzzles.

This collection contains 100 logic puzzles: 20 each of Kakuro, Number Islands, Hitori, Picture Cross and Sudoku.

In Kakuro, you insert numbers into a grid of squares so that the sum of the numbers matches the clue for that section without repeating digits. Number Islands is played on a grid of uncolored squares. Each square must be painted black or white according to a set of rules and numeric clues given. Hitori starts with a grid of squares containing numbers. The goal is to black-out some squares so that the remaining cells do not contain duplicate numbers in a given row or column. Picture Cross has an empty grid that must be colored according to numeric clues given for each row and column. In Sudoku, your 9x9 grid of squares starts with a few numbers, and your goal is to fill in the remaining squares such that no numbers are repeated in the same row, column, or box of 3x3 squares.

Instructions and step by step tutorials are included, and hints are available to help you keep going if you get stuck.

If you love number puzzles and are looking for something new, you'll love Japanese Puzzles on Kindle!

Link Four ($0.99), by Jon Larimer

Game Description
Link Four is a four-in-a-row game for Kindle.

In Link Four, two players each take turns dropping a round game piece onto the board. The piece drops to the bottom of the board or lands on the piece below it. The first player to get four pieces in a row - either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally - wins the game. You can play Link Four in single player mode against Kindle or with a friend in Pass 'n' Play mode. When playing against Kindle, you can play with an easy, medium, or hard difficulty level, and you can also decide if you want to go first or if Kindle should.

Far more engaging than Tic-Tac-Toe, Link Four is fun for kids and adults. Try it today!

My first slider puzzles ($1.99), by AR Entertainment

Game Description
Now your kids can enjoy an artistic rendition of the classic Slider game on Kindle.

In My First Slider, kids are presented with a set of tiles, each with a part of a picture shown on it. The tiles are placed randomly on a grid, and the goal is to slide the tiles around the grid to recreate the original picture.

The art is designed to appeal to kids, and the grids come in 3 sizes: the easier 2x3 size, the 3x3 and the harder 4x4 grid. There are 5 different pictures for each grid size so there is a variety of challenges for everyone.

Help you child engage their spatial skills and practice planning moves in advance with My First Slider.

7 Dragons' Tips for Kindle ($0.99), by 7 Dragons, looks to be geared mainly at very new users on Kindle (although you can use it to add your own tips (or anything else you want to make a note of, for that matter).

App Description
Did you know that your Kindle can play music, read text to you, and display your own pictures? 7 Dragons' Tips for Kindle shows you how to do these things and more.

Tips for Kindle has over 100 useful tips, and every time you open Tips for Kindle you are shown a Featured Tip. You can browse through the Tips at your own pace, or use a slideshow mode that circles through the Tips for you. You can add the Tips you like most to a Favorites List so they're easy to look up quickly if you forget one. If you find a tip for Kindle elsewhere, you can type it in to Tips to become part of your Tips library.

Interested in getting even more from your Kindle? 7 Dragons' Tips for Kindle can show you how!

MyFood (Nutrition Facts for Kindle) ($2.99), by Pomegranate Software

App Description
MyFood provides complete nutrition facts for over 300 foods.

With MyFood, you can search for foods by name, category, and even search for a list of foods high in vitamin A, potassium, or other vitamins and minerals. MyFood uses data provided by the USDA National Nutrient Database to provide information for the following food groups: Beans, Cheese, Eggs, Fish, Fruits & Vegetables, Grains, Herbs & Spices, Juices, Leafy Greens, Meats, Milk, Nuts & Seeds, Oils & Vinegars, Seafood and Sweeteners.

Be more aware of what you eat. Use MyFood today.

Contacts (A Contact Management Tool for Kindle) ($0.99), by A Gamz

App Description
Organize that stack of business cards and scribbled notes using Contacts for Kindle.

Contacts tracks names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, notes, and other information about people and companies. Once you store the information, it's easy to access with an easy to use Search feature. You can even combine several words like "Mike Chicago" to find all the Mikes you know in Chicago. You can also search for words in your free-form notes.

Contacts can store up to 1000 records, and supports multiple fields for many types of phone numbers, addresses, and email addresses, as well as organizations and titles. Already have your contacts on your computer but want to have them on the go? Contacts will import many vCard records from existing contact software and address books that use ANSI character vCards in either 2.1 or 3.0 vCard file format.

Contacts for Kindle is a handy way to make sure you always have important names and addresses with you wherever you go.

Task List Professional ($0.99), by Jujuba Software

App Description
Task List Professional is a handy tool to organize tasks both large and small.

You can use it to keep track of long term tasks, like filing taxes by a given date or changing the oil in your car. You can also create small daily checklists like groceries lists or things you need to do to prepare for your child's birthday party. You can assign a due date to any task and set or change its priority as appropriate. You can attach a text note to any task and easily turn this note in a checklist of tasks to be completed one-by-one.

Task List Professional can also be used as a note taking tool where notes can be organized into folders for ease of use.

Task List Professional is a versatile tool that can help you get organized today!

Four New Kindle Games

Flight From The Dark ($3.99), the first installment of the game book series Lone Wolf by Joe Dever, comes to us from Worldweaver, whose Fighting Fantasy Adventure series is up to three installments.

Book Description
This is a game book, or interactive story. As you read you will make decisions as to where to go, what to say to other characters, and what to do with items you might find. The Lone Wolf adventures are a unique interactive fantasy series - each episode can be played separately or you can combine them all to create a fantastic role-playing epic.

You are Lone Wolf. In a devastating attack the Darklords have destroyed the monastery where you were learning the skills of the Kai Lords. You are the sole survivor. You swear revenge. But first you must reach Holmgard to warn the King of Sommerlund of the gathering evil. The servants of darkness relentlessly hunt you and every turn of the page presents a new challenge.

This Kindle active content includes additional bonus content included in Flight from the Dark's Collector's Edition.

Choose your skills and your weapons carefully - for they can help you succeed in the most fantastic and terrifying journey of your life.

Jigsaw Sudoku Volume 1 ($1.99), is the first of three new titles from Cluemaster

Game Description
Jigsaw Sudoku is a refreshing variation on standard Sudoku.

Instead of boxes in 3x3 squares as in standard Sudoku, Jigsaw Sudoku uses sets of cells in irregular shapes. These puzzles really require out of the box thinking!

This pack includes 100 puzzles - 25 Gentle, 25 Moderate, 25 Tough and 25 Diabolical puzzles. Your progress on all puzzles is shown in the menu, and you can restart a puzzle whenever you wish. Using the Pencil Marks feature, you can enter notes in each cell to help solve the puzzles, and there is an Auto-Pencil feature which can calculate notes for you automatically. You can also turn on auto check which highlights incorrect guesses. There is a timer that tracks elapsed time, or if you like more of a leisurely puzzle then you can hide the timer.

Cluemaster supplies puzzles to numerous newspapers across the world including the Daily Telegraph and Chicago Tribune. All our puzzles are expertly graded to ensure your enjoyment. If you like Sudoku but would like a fresh puzzle experience then try Cluemaster Jigsaw Sudoku, we think you'll like it.

Mini Sudoku Volume 1 ($1.99), by Cluemaster

Game Description
Mini Sudoku is regular Sudoku played on a smaller grid; but that doesn't mean that they're all easy!

Unlike Sudoku's 9x9 grid of cells grouped into 3x3 boxes, mini Sudoku is played on a 6x6 grid of cells grouped into 2x3 boxes. While only the numbers 1-6 are used, all the other Sudoku rules apply.

All the puzzles have only one solution and can be solved without guesswork. This pack includes 100 puzzles - 25 Gentle, 25 Moderate, 25 Tough and 25 Diabolical. Your progress on all puzzles is shown in the menu and you can restart a puzzle anytime you wish. The Pencil Marks feature lets you enter notes in each cell to help solve the puzzles, and there is an Auto-Pencil feature which can calculate notes for you automatically. You can also turn on auto check which highlights incorrect guesses.

Cluemaster supplies puzzles to newspapers across the world including the Daily Telegraph and Chicago Tribune. All our puzzles are expertly graded to give you the most enjoyment. If you like challenging number puzzles then try Cluemaster Sudoku. We think you'll like it.

Sudoku Volume 1 ($1.99), by Cluemaster

Game Description
Sudoku has been a huge success across the world and our expertly graded puzzles provide you with a real challenge.

All our puzzles have only one solution and can be solved without guesswork. This pack includes 100 puzzles - 25 Gentle, 25 Moderate, 25 Tough and 25 Diabolical. Your progress for all puzzles is shown in the menu and you can restart a puzzle anytime you wish. Using the Pencil Marks feature, you can enter notes in each cell to help solve the puzzles, and there is an Auto-Pencil feature which can calculate notes for you automatically. You can also turn on auto check which highlights incorrect guesses. There is a timer that tracks elapsed time, or if you like more of a leisurely puzzle then you can hide the timer.

Cluemaster supplies puzzles to numerous newspapers across the world including the Daily Telegraph and Chicago Tribune. All our puzzles are expertly graded to give you the most enjoyment. If you like challenging number puzzles then try Cluemaster Sudoku. We think you'll like it.

Kindle Game Sale - 12 Games at 99 Cents

Amazon has 12 games marked down to 99 cents each, several of which have not been at this price before. If you've been holding off on a few of these, it's a great time to pick them up (especially the ones from Electronic Arts, which are usually $4-$5 and are very well done). The sale ends September 12, 2011.

1. POGO Hearts, Spades and More!, by Electronic Arts Inc.
2. SCRABBLE, by Electronic Arts Inc
3. EA Sudoku, by Electronic Arts Inc.
4. YAHTZEE, by Electronic Arts Inc.
5. Puzzle Baron's Cryptograms: Volume 1, by A Gamz
6. Doodle Fit, by Gamelion Studios
7. Slingo, by Gameblend Studios
8. Word Quest, by Compulab
9. Triple Town, by Spry Fox
10. KenKen Vol. 1, by Gameblend Studios
11. Kee-Ko's Quest, by A Gamz
12. Panda Poet, by Spry Fox

New Kindle Games - Diamond Crosswords

If there is one thing readers like in a game, it seems to be more words! Puzux, maker of Diamond Crosswords - 50 Easy Puzzles, has expanded this line of crosswords and added three new selections:

• Diamond Crosswords - 200 Easy Puzzles
• Diamond Crosswords - 50 Challenging Puzzles
• Diamond Crosswords - 200 Challenging Puzzles

Game Description
Diamond Crosswords, is a unique twist on the classic crossword puzzle.

Diamond Crosswords combines the fun of classic crossword puzzles with a unique, diamond-shape design. Each puzzle is smaller than a traditional crossword and features everyday vocabulary words. You can navigate clues and change the solving direction - Across or Down - using quick keyboard shortcuts, and an indicator will always show you which clue you're working on and in what direction. You can also zoom in or out to increase or decrease the puzzle grid size to fit your preference, as well as check for errors, reveal a letter, or get a puzzle completely solved if you're stuck. Designed by professional puzzle writers and developers Myles Mellor, Bob Williams, and David L. Hoyt, Diamond Crosswords is sure to be enjoyed by crossword lovers.

Try Diamond Crosswords on Kindle today!

As with all Active Content, these are restricted from export, so only available to US Kindle customers.

Kindle Game Sale - Learning Games for 99 Cents

As part of a back-to-school sale, it seems, Amazon has teamed up with several of the Kindle Game developers to bring you an even dozen learning games at a sale price of 99 cents (thru Aug 29). At these prices, I've picked a few that I had resisted earlier.

1. Scripps Spelling Bee: Word Games, by THQ
2. Math Star, by puzzle.tv
3. Spelling Star, by puzzle.tv
4. Spelling Star Spanish Edition, by puzzle.tv
5. Ultimate Math Skills Quiz, by HandyX
6. Ultimate Shakespeare Quiz, by HandyX
7. Letter Lander, by Gameblend Studios
8. Flash Cards: Basic Math for Kids, by Digi Ronin Games
9. Flash Cards: Fractions for Kids, by Digi Ronin Games
10. Flash Cards: Animals for Kids, by Digi Ronin Games
11. Flash Cards: Alphabet and Spelling for Kids, by Digi Ronin Games
12. Flash Cards: Foods for Kids, by Digi Ronin Games

Free Kindle Game - Jigsaw Words

Jigsaw Words, a new Kindle game from Amazon Digital Services, is free for those in the US (for those outside the US, Kindle games still can't be exported).

Game Description
Jigsaw Words is a word game that challenges you to combine groups of letters into words that match the clues given.

In each Jigsaw Words puzzle, you start with a set of 10 clues. You also have a set of randomly arranged puzzle pieces with letters on them. Your goal is to solve the clues in the puzzle by arranging the puzzle pieces so that the letters form the word that matches each clue. Start with the easiest clues first. As you use each puzzle piece, it is removed from play, making it easier to find the more difficult matches. You can also shuffle the grid of puzzle pieces at any time for a different perspective.

Jigsaw Words has 100 puzzles and each puzzle has 10 clues to solve. The puzzles are organized into 10 themed categories like Holidays and Animals, and you can use the theme to help you solve the clues.

If you enjoy working with words and patterns, try Jigsaw Words and test your ability to build words today!

New Kindle Game - POGO Hearts, Spades and More!

POGO Hearts, Spades and More! ($3.99), by Electronic Arts Inc., is a collection of five card games for Kindle. This is the seventh entry in the Kindle Game arena for EA and I suspect it's only a matter of time before I give in and get it - I have the other six and all are great implementations (and Monopoly got played here nearly every day for months after it came out).

Game Description
Play 5 popular card games: Hearts, Spades, Euchre, Gin and Canasta.

In Hearts, the object is to win as few points-paying hearts as possible or to win all of the points-paying cards at once. The winner is the one who finishes with the fewest points at the end of the game. In Spades, the object is to bid and win a specific number of hands, by playing the highest card by round or by playing the highest spade. The team that bids and wins the most hands, wins the game. In Euchre, the object is for you and your partner to get as many tricks per round as possible. You get tricks by having the highest trump card or highest suited card if no trump card is played. The team that scores 10 points first wins. The goal of Gin is to make sets of cards, based on runs in suit or matching rank. The player who can make the most matches earliest typically wins. In Canasta, you make sets of up to seven cards. The player who first makes sets of all his cards will make the most points and typically wins.

Learn and master each game through in-depth tutorials with rules and tips on how to improve your play and track your stats across all 5 games.

What game are you going to play first?

New Kindle Game - Doodle Fit

Doodle Fit (A Spatial Thinking Game) ($1.99) is the first entry in to the Kindle Game arena by Gamelion Studios. This one looks pretty interesting and should give your brain a bit of a workout, as well as giving you an activity you can fit into those odd moments waiting in line.

Game Description
Doodle Fit is a spatial skills game in which you need to fit a set of blocks into a given shape.

Select and move blocks of varying shapes and sizes into position in search of the layout that covers the whole shape. A level is complete when all blocks have been used and there is no more empty space in the shape.

Some puzzles have more than one solution, and some only have one. There is a Beginner's Pack to help you get started, but if you need a hint you can get one. Use your hints wisely; you earn one hint for every two solutions you find, and you may need to stock up on hints for the more difficult puzzles.

There are over 250 puzzles in nine themed puzzle packs like Winter Pack and Nature Pack. Each of the puzzles has a creative shape such as 'Old Ship', 'Alien', and 'Fox'. The more difficult puzzle packs are unlocked when all the puzzles in the previous pack are solved.

If you liked Tangrams or Tetris, you'll certainly love Doodle Fit!

New Kindle Game- Ultimate Math Skills Quiz

Ultimate Math Skills Quiz ($1.99 $0.99), by HandyX, was recently added to the Kindle store. It's currently marked half-price (thru Aug 29).

Game Description
Whether you are a student reinforcing your math skills or just want to have fun working your brain, Ultimate Math Skills Quiz is a great title for you.

Practicing math is always more fun when it's part of a game, and this application uses game play to help you test your mathematics understanding. Questions vary in difficulty from basic multiplication and division to topics like Algebra and Geometry.

Two different game play modes can be used test your speed and knowledge. Continuous Questions just keep the questions coming until you decide to stop, and Round by Round gives you questions in groups of 10, and you must answer 5 correctly to continue to the next round. Each mode can be played with or without a timer, so whether you want to play under the pressure of a timer or see how far you can get with multiple choice questions, this quiz has options that can inspire and build your confidence.

Ultimate Math Skills Quiz has 1000 questions covering the following topics: Algebra, Geometry, Data Handling & Charts, Fractions, Decimals & Percentages, Multiplication & Division, Order of Operation, Ratios, Powers & Roots, and Approximation.

Unleash your math genius with Kindle today!

New Kindle Game - Kids' Classic Card Games

Kids' Classic Card Games ($1.99), by Sonic Boom, a new Kindle active content game, has all the card games I grew up playing. With today's smaller families, this game will give your kids an opponent to practice on (and hey, I won't tell anyone that you are really playing it yourself!).

Game Description
Kids Classic Card Games is a package of games that includes War, Crazy 8's, Old Maid, and Go Fish; timeless games that will keep your kids entertained for hours!

If you don't know how to play any of these games, don't worry. Instructions and a fun tutorial for playing are included with this collection. You will be able to play with up to 3 other people or challenge up to 3 opponents played by Kindle.

War is a card game in which players compare cards in an attempt to win all 52 cards by having the highest card in each hand.

Crazy 8's is a game in which the object is to get rid of the cards in your hand by matching the number or suit of the previously played card.

The goal in Old Maid is to avoid being the player who ends the game holding the Old Maid, which is the Joker card. The player holding this card at the end of the game is the loser.

Go Fish is a matching card game where each player tries to collect matching cards. Once you have a complete set of a given rank, you may discard the set. You win by getting rid of all your cards first.

Get Kid's Classic Card Games for Kindle and let your kids enjoy these games on their own, or play together as a family.

New Kindle Game - Cluemaster Kakuro

Cluemaster Kakuro Volume 1 ($1.99) is the first entry into Kindle Active Content for Cluemaster.

Game Description
Kakuro is a logic puzzle that crosses Sudoku with crossword puzzles to produce a challenging and addictive number puzzle.

The aim of the game is to fill all the blank squares in the grid with only the numbers 1-9 so that the numbers you enter add up to corresponding clues, and no number is duplicated in any entry. When the grid is filled, the puzzle is complete.

This pack includes 100 puzzles - 25 Gentle, 25 Moderate, 25 Tough and 25 Diabolical. Your progress for all puzzles is shown in the menu and you can restart a puzzle and try to beat your best time. You can enter pencil marks to help you solve the puzzles and there is also an auto pencils feature which calculates the pencil marks for you automatically. You can also turn on auto check, which highlights incorrect numbers. If you like more of a leisurely puzzle then you can hide the timer.

Cluemaster supplies puzzles to numerous newspapers across the world including the Daily Telegraph and Chicago Tribune. All our puzzles are expertly graded to give you the best possible enjoyment.

Give Kakuro a try and you could well be hooked!

New Kindle Game - Sudoku Unbound #2

Sudoku Unbound #2 ($2.99) is the second volume of 100 Sudoku puzzles from Puzzazz (who also have several other Sudoku like games and smaller collection sets of Sudoku available on Kindle).

Game Description
More Sudoku fun from Puzzazz! Featuring the same hand-built puzzle experience of the original Sudoku Unbound, this second edition gives you 100 additional carefully crafted Sudoku puzzles -- some of the best Sudoku puzzles you'll find anywhere.

This puzzle collection from Puzzazz gives you a great solving experience right on the page. You can use in-cell notes as you solve, just like you do on paper. If you're stuck, move on to a different puzzle -- you can always turn back to that page later. Or, get a hint and keep going.

You'll be both challenged and delighted by this book of puzzles that fit your personal skill level, because you can change from easy to medium to hard or back at any time. Whatever your skill and solving style, you'll appreciate the difference a well-designed puzzle can make. Enjoy!

Half Price Kindle Games/App: Crosswords and Yoga

All six volumes of the NY Times Crosswords, by The New York Times, are half price in the Kindle store until August 8, which means they are now selling for $0.99 to $2.49 each.

Game Description
Each volume of NY Times Crosswords, comes with a unique bundle of world famous easy or challenging puzzles handpicked by The New York Times and edited by Will Shortz.

You can solve unassisted or get help using the 'reveal one letter' or 'reveal entire answer' functionality. You can even check your work for errors.

Enjoy the gold standard of crossword puzzles on your Kindle!

My Yoga Studio ($1.99 $0.99 Kindle), by Nickel Buddy, is half price in the Kindle store until August 8.

App Description
My Yoga Studio is like having a personal yoga teacher on your Kindle.

There are many benefits to practicing yoga. Done properly, yoga can help you increase your strength, flexibility, and balance. It can improve your posture as you become more aware of your body, and it can help you relax, even in the midst of a stressful environment.

My Yoga Studio will guide you step-by-step through a series of poses illustrated with a picture and a text description. As you move through the routine, a timer will count down, showing you how long to hold each pose before gently transitioning to the next. 25 different poses are included. You can use one of three included routines (Sun Salutation, Stress Melter, or Balance & Peace), do poses individually, or create your own custom routine. Exercises are designed to strengthen your core, and do not require any special equipment. As you can do these exercises anywhere you have floor space, My Yoga Studio is a perfect companion for frequent travelers or home use.

My Yoga Studio is ready to be your personal guide anytime you want to steal a few moments to center yourself.

New Kindle Game - Picture Cross Volume 1

Picture Cross Volume 1 ($0.99 Kindle), by puzzle.tv, is a new game in the Kindle store.

Game Description
Picture Cross Volume 1 is a puzzle game where you use logic to reveal a picture.

Starting with a grid of empty squares, Picture Cross gives you clues in each column and row with which you must work out whether each square in the grid is black or white. Find all of the black squares to reveal a themed picture.

Picture Cross Volume 1 includes 100 unique hand-made puzzles, each with an imaginative theme. Puzzles come in grids of various sizes, with 20 each of: 8 by 8, which are nice and easy, 10 by 10, 15 by 15, 20 by 20, and 25 by 25 which are very challenging!

Full and detailed instructions and helpful tutorials are included, and a hint feature is available if you get stuck. Work towards completing the whole set! After that, you can reset each puzzle so you can replay as many times as you like.

If you love logic puzzles, you'll love Picture Cross on Kindle!

New Kindle Game - Red Hot Sudoku #1

Red Hot Sudoku #1 ($0.99 Kindle), by Puzzazz, is a new game in the Kindle store.

Game Description
If you prefer challenging Sudoku puzzles, then this first edition of Red Hot Sudoku is the title for you.

Every one of these 33 carefully constructed puzzles has been calibrated to give you a significant challenge. Sure, you need to know the rules of Sudoku, but you better have a few extra tricks up your sleeve if you want to tackle these puzzles!

You will appreciate features like in-cell notes, that help make solving these puzzles as easy as it is on paper. You can move to another puzzle at any time without losing the progress on your current puzzle, and come back to that puzzle whenever you like.

If you're looking for Sudoku puzzles that are hand-crafted specifically for players who enjoy difficult puzzles, then pick up Red Hot Sudoku!