Queens Gamers

What is Queens Gamers?

Queens Gamers is a free browser puzzle site built around Queens, a logic game where you place exactly one queen in every row, every column, and every colored region of the grid. Two queens can never touch, including corner to corner, and they do not attack along full diagonals the way chess pieces do. The rules take a minute to learn and need no chess knowledge. The site states that it is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by LinkedIn.

How to play Queens Gamers?

1. Start the daily challenge, or pick any numbered board from the puzzle library.
2. Click a cell once to place a queen, and use X marks to record cells you ruled out.
3. Find a row, column, or region with only one legal cell left, place that queen, then mark the cells it eliminates.
4. Undo a failed experiment, or request a hint when one deduction is hiding.
5. Continue until every row, column, and region holds one queen with no two queens touching.

Finished boards record elapsed time, hints, and undo count, and an unfinished board stays on your device so you can pause and return.

Puzzle library and board sizes

The library holds 1,800 numbered puzzles across six sizes, 300 boards each: 7x7 Easy, 8x8 Medium, 9x9 Hard, 10x10 Expert, 11x11 Master, and 12x12 Grandmaster. The site notes that a larger grid does not automatically mean an expert-level board. Queens Unlimited removes the daily wait so you can solve any size back to back, and a dated archive keeps boards published on earlier dates.

Solving techniques

Four named methods are taught on the techniques page. Single Position finds the only safe cell left in a row, column, or region. Line Lock narrows a region whose remaining candidates share one line. Region Pressure uses a crowded region to eliminate cells that would force a conflict elsewhere. Diagonal Squeeze exploits the no-touching rule to narrow two placements at once. Beginners are advised to start at 7x7.

Pricing for Queens Gamers

Queens Gamers is free to play. The site states that you can play without installing an app or paying to unlock the puzzle library, and that there are no lives, energy timers, or forced sign-in steps between puzzles.

Frequently asked questions about Queens Gamers

When do the daily puzzles reset?

The daily set resets at 00:00 UTC, and three new boards are scheduled for each date.

Is Queens Gamers affiliated with LinkedIn?

No. The site states that it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by LinkedIn or Microsoft, and that its archive holds challenges it scheduled itself.

Do I need an account to play?

No. Accounts are optional, and unfinished progress is stored locally in your browser.