Lanterns Daily

One quiet logic puzzle a day. Light the board, build your streak.

Lanterns is a daily logic puzzle in the spirit of the Queens family of games — with a warm twist. Every day, everyone gets the same hand-built board. Place a lantern in every row, every column, and every colored region, with one simple rule: no two lanterns may touch, not even diagonally. Too close, and their light washes out.

The board starts dark and blank — it's pure deduction from the very first tap. Mark embers where a lantern can't go, and if you're ever stuck, ask for a hint: it reveals the next genuinely deducible move on your board. Never a guess.

THE PROMISE: NO GUESSING Every daily puzzle is verified to be solvable by logic alone — a unique solution you can always reason your way to, never guess at. A lot of puzzle games skip this. We don't. If it can't be solved by deduction, it never ships.

THREE DAILY GAMES Lanterns, Mini Sudoku (6×6, three difficulty levels), and Skyscrapers (a visibility-clue Latin-square puzzle) — each with its own daily puzzle, streak, and stats. Jump between them from the games hub.

A DAILY RITUAL • One fresh puzzle every day, the same board for everyone • A solve timer and a streak counter that rewards showing up • A spoiler-free, emoji-grid result you can share — compare times, not solutions • A dark board that illuminates as you solve, with regions that glow when satisfied

COMPETE, QUIETLY • A global daily leaderboard for Lanterns — same board for everyone, one honest ranking of solve times • Best-streak leaderboards for all three games via Game Center • Entirely optional: no sign-in required, ever — leaderboards are there when you want them and invisible when you don't

CALM BY DESIGN No accounts. No ads. No tracking. No network — your puzzles are generated right on your device, and your streak and history never leave it. Just you, the board, and one good puzzle a day.

HOW TO PLAY • Tap a cell to mark an ember ("no lantern here"); tap again to place a lantern; tap once more to clear • One lantern per row, per column, and per colored region • No two lanterns may touch, including diagonally • Light all the regions with no conflicts to win

Take a breath. Light the dark.