diff --git a/magnets.c b/magnets.c
index 2d17cd1..a437b59 100644
--- a/magnets.c
+++ b/magnets.c
@@ -1590,6 +1590,7 @@ static int lay_dominoes(game_state *state, random_state *rs, int *scratch)
     }
 
     debug(("Laid %d dominoes, total %d dominoes.\n", nlaid, state->wh/2));
+    (void)nlaid;
     game_debug(state, "Final layout");
     return ret;
 }
diff --git a/mosaic.c b/mosaic.c
index 7c18920..b2cb0a5 100644
--- a/mosaic.c
+++ b/mosaic.c
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ static void count_clues_around(const game_params *params,
 static void mark_around(const game_params *params,
                         struct solution_cell *sol, int x, int y, int mark)
 {
-    int i, j, marked = 0;
+    int i, j;
     struct solution_cell *curr;
 
     for (i = -1; i < 2; i++) {
@@ -418,7 +418,6 @@ static void mark_around(const game_params *params,
             if (curr) {
                 if (curr->cell == STATE_UNMARKED) {
                     curr->cell = mark;
-                    marked++;
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -585,7 +584,7 @@ static bool solve_game_actual(const game_params *params,
     int board_size = params->height * params->width;
     struct solution_cell *sol = snewn(board_size, struct solution_cell);
     bool made_progress = true, error = false;
-    int solved = 0, iter = 0, curr = 0;
+    int solved = 0, curr = 0;
 
     memset(sol, 0, params->height * params->width * sizeof(*sol));
     solved = 0;
@@ -607,7 +606,6 @@ static bool solve_game_actual(const game_params *params,
                 solved += curr;
             }
         }
-        iter++;
     }
     if (sol_return) {
         *sol_return = sol;
diff --git a/palisade.c b/palisade.c
index 67fb9a1..83b5983 100644
--- a/palisade.c
+++ b/palisade.c
@@ -634,8 +634,6 @@ static char *new_game_desc(const game_params *params, random_state *rs,
     DSF *dsf = NULL;
     int i, r, c;
 
-    int attempts = 0;
-
     for (i = 0; i < wh; ++i) shuf[i] = i;
     xshuffle(shuf, wh, rs);
 
@@ -646,7 +644,6 @@ static char *new_game_desc(const game_params *params, random_state *rs,
     soln[wh] = '\0';
 
     do {
-        ++attempts;
         setmem(soln, '@', wh);
 
         dsf_free(dsf);
diff --git a/pattern.c b/pattern.c
index 7bcca82..1eafaff 100644
--- a/pattern.c
+++ b/pattern.c
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ static bool solve_puzzle(const game_state *state, unsigned char *grid,
 #ifndef STANDALONE_PICTURE_GENERATOR
 static unsigned char *generate_soluble(random_state *rs, int w, int h)
 {
-    int i, j, ntries, max;
+    int i, j, max;
     bool ok;
     unsigned char *grid, *matrix, *workspace;
     unsigned int *changed_h, *changed_w;
@@ -679,11 +679,7 @@ static unsigned char *generate_soluble(random_state *rs, int w, int h)
     changed_w = snewn(max+1, unsigned int);
     rowdata = snewn(max+1, int);
 
-    ntries = 0;
-
     do {
-        ntries++;
-
         generate(rs, w, h, grid);
 
         /*
diff --git a/samegame.c b/samegame.c
index 5e79115..4eacc90 100644
--- a/samegame.c
+++ b/samegame.c
@@ -865,6 +865,8 @@ static void gen_grid(int w, int h, int nc, int *grid, random_state *rs)
 
 #if defined GENERATION_DIAGNOSTICS || defined COUNT_FAILURES
     printf("%d failures\n", failures);
+#else
+    (void)failures;
 #endif
 #ifdef GENERATION_DIAGNOSTICS
     {
diff --git a/undead.c b/undead.c
index d2a07a3..38543ba 100644
--- a/undead.c
+++ b/undead.c
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ static int path_cmp(const void *a, const void *b) {
 
 static char *new_game_desc(const game_params *params, random_state *rs,
                            char **aux, bool interactive) {
-    int i,count,c,w,h,r,p,g;
+    int count,c,w,h,r,p,g;
     game_state *new;
 
     /* Variables for puzzle generation algorithm */
@@ -997,7 +997,6 @@ static char *new_game_desc(const game_params *params, random_state *rs,
     char *e;
     char *desc; 
 
-    i = 0;
     while (true) {
         new = new_state(params);
         abort = false;
@@ -1257,7 +1256,6 @@ static char *new_game_desc(const game_params *params, random_state *rs,
          * difficulty level, free memory and start from scratch */    
         sfree(old_guess);
         free_game(new);
-        i++;
     }
     
     /* We have a valid puzzle! */
@@ -1578,6 +1576,8 @@ static char *solve_game(const game_state *state_start, const game_state *currsta
     }
 
 /*  printf("Puzzle solved at level %s, iterations %d, ambiguous %d\n", (solved_bruteforce ? "TRICKY" : "NORMAL"), iterative_depth, count_ambiguous); */
+    (void)iterative_depth;
+    (void)count_ambiguous;
 
     move = snewn(solve_state->common->num_total * 4 +2, char);
     c = move;
diff --git a/unruly.c b/unruly.c
index 191be78..18c411f 100644
--- a/unruly.c
+++ b/unruly.c
@@ -1398,6 +1398,8 @@ static char *new_game_desc(const game_params *params, random_state *rs,
             temp_verbose = solver_verbose;
             solver_verbose = false;
         }
+#else
+        (void)attempts;
 #endif
 
         unruly_free_scratch(scratch);