Seat two jesters in every row, column and colored court, with none touching. The board stays covered until you begin.
This court takes two per row, column and court, so a second jester in a row is correct here and only a third is a quarrel. The numbers around the edge count the seats each row and column still owes.
About Jesters
Jesters is a free daily logic puzzle from Mind Loft, a placement puzzle in the classic Star Battle family. The royal court is divided into colored regions, and your job is to seat the jesters so that every row, every column and every court holds its quota: one apiece from Monday to Wednesday, two apiece on the bigger boards from Thursday through Sunday. No two jesters may ever touch, not even at the corners.
Every board is generated with a constraint solver and machine-verified twice over: once to guarantee exactly one legal seating, and once to confirm the whole board falls to pure step-by-step deduction, rule out cells, corner the possibilities, and the jesters seat themselves. No guessing, no trial and error, no app required.
A new court convenes every day at midnight Eastern, each one graded so the week climbs from a gentle Monday, with two jesters per row, column and court from Thursday on and the hardest court of all on Sunday. Play free in your browser, keep a streak, and race the daily leaderboard. More dailies: Sworn, our daily liars puzzle, Alibi, our nightly whodunit, and Suds, our daily sudoku.
Jesters, in short
How do you play Jesters?
Seat one jester per row, per column, and per colored court, with no two ever touching. Thursday through Sunday seat two apiece.
Is Jesters free to play?
Yes. Jesters is free to play in your browser on Mind Loft, with no app to install and no account required.
When does a new Jesters puzzle come out?
A new Jesters arrives every day at midnight Eastern time, and Sundays bring the Sunday Edition, the biggest or hardest board of the week.
What kind of puzzle is Jesters?
Jesters is a daily logic puzzle from Mind Loft: seat the court. Puzzle type: queens placement. It is part of the daily logic puzzles lineup.
Can I play past Jesters puzzles?
Yes. Every past Jesters board is in the daily puzzle archive, along with the day's standings.
What other daily logic puzzles does Mind Loft have?