What's Sudoku ?
Sudoku is a puzzle. A Japanese logic puzzle which can be anything
from ridiculously easy to fiendishly difficult
Finishing a Sudoku puzzle might not be as easy as it seems!
It is a great game to play when you're bored. It's spelled S-U--D-O-K-U. Sudoku. You should check it out if you haven't seen it yet!
Sudoku like a crossword without words but replaced with numbers.
It's awesome! Definitely one of the more challenging puzzles you can do.
If you've got some time, check it out!
You should know that Sudoku is a game played all over the world, and is gaining popularity every day!
Sudoku started in Japan about 25 years ago, but only recently it made its entrance to all the other continents.
What's the origin of the name Sudoku?
Su-Doku is the abbreviation for the japanease sentance: "SUji wa DOKUshinsha ni kagiru"
The english translation is "Only single-digit numbers allowed"
How to play Sudoku?
The concept of the game is quite simple: take a nine-by-nine grid of
squares and divide it into nine three-by-three squares using bold lines,
chuck in a few numbers to start off with and off you go. Each row, each
column and each three-by-three block must contain all the digits from
one to nine. It sounds simple and it is, with the easy Sudoku puzzles
giving you plenty of information to start you off. The more challenging
Sudoku gives you fewer numbers to start with and have them carefully
arranged to cause maximum headaches
Here you see an example of how a finished Sudoku board would look like.
the bold nubers are the nunbers you start with.
As stated before, and in short:
The Sudoku mission is to fill in the grid so that every row, every
column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9.
There's no math involved. The Sudoku grid has numbers, but nothing has
to add up to anything else.
You solve the Sudoku puzzle with reasoning and logic.
Learn how to play Sudoku
For a walk-thru Sudoku tutorial, click hereStart playing Sudoku right now!
download free Sudoku puzzles here. ^ TOPTips for the beginner Sudoku player
- Make sure you have some free time ahead
- Resist the temptation of guess and use logic instead!
- Solving time for the Sudoku is typically from 10 to 30 minutes, depending on your Sudoku skill and experience, so don't quit if you're Sudoku-ing for 5 mins and getting nowhere
- Focus on one digit and try finding the place it belongs on all squares
- Moves are done by eliminating the posibilities of placing digits
Super Sudoku
Getting tired of those plain 3 x 3 grid (81 squares) Suduko puzzles? The
Independent ( A UK Newspaper ) has released a version in its weekend
edition of a 4 x 4 grid (256 squares), called the Super Sudoku.
Because we run out of numbers at 9, it uses the computer number base
hexadecimal, which uses the letters a - f to signify 10 - 15.
So you actually needs to use the symbols '1' thru '9', and 'a', 'b',
'c', 'd', 'e' and 'f'.
Sudoku Books
If you are serious about Sudoku, and by that I mean that you are
interested in solving ALOT of Sudoku puzzles, there are books written
just for you!
Sudoku books contain dozens of Sudoku puzzles.
You can also think about giving a Sudoku book as a present -- it is a
practical gift for the lovers of puzzle solving.
Sudoku books can be found at
Amazon Sudoku Books