Killer Sudoku 1


Book Description

Just when you thought it was safe to pick up a pencil Killer Su Doku is based on the original Su Doku grid, with the same rules and numbers—1 to 9—but with an added deadly twist. This time there is an element of arithmetic involved and there are few, if any, clues. The aim is to not only complete every row, column, and cube so that it contains the digits 1 to 9, but to also fill in the outlined cubes so they add up to the same number. Hints to solve the puzzle are hidden in the joined squares where only one combination of numbers applies. In the case of joined squares, if the printed number is 3, it should be 1 and 2 that go into the squares. Likewise, in the case of three joined squares, if the printed number is 6, the only combination possible is 1, 2, and 3. To add one final fiendish level, each puzzle also has a time worked out by its Japanese creators so you can try to beat the clock.




Krazydad Two Not Touch Volume 1: 360 Star Battle Puzzles to Preserve Your Sanity in These Trying Times


Book Description

From krazydad, constructor of the wildly popular and addictive puzzles published in The New York Times as Two Not Touch, here are 360 of your favorite Star Battle puzzles. These puzzles will provide a healthy diversion for you in these challenging times, and help you make it to the other side with your sanity intact! Includes an instructive and pithy tutorial.




The Big Book of Kakuro Puzzles


Book Description

What kakuro fan could resist this huge collection? Featuring 940 grids in varying levels of difficulty, it has more than enough to satisfy even the most avid enthusiast. Half sudoku, half crossword, language-free kakuro is set to become the next worldwide puzzle phenomenon. The basics are simple: just fill in the empty squares using numbers from 1 to 9 so that the sum of each horizontal set of squares equals the clue on its left, and the sum of each vertical set of squares equals the clue on the top. No number can appear more than once in any sum. An introduction explains all the rules, gives good solving tips, and takes beginners through a sample puzzle.




X-treme Sudoku


Book Description

From Nikoli, the Japanese puzzle company that created the sudoku craze, comesa title that starts at hard and goes to a level of difficulty not seen in anyprevious books.




Jumbo Sudoku Explosion


Book Description

Sudoku is still going strong! The tenth book in the series, Jumbo Sudoku Explosion covers 8 different puzzles and is for every Sudoku fan at every level. Included are over 250 brand-new puzzles to challenge and entertain those new to solving as well as die-hard fans. Each puzzle is on an oversize grid and included are the regular puzzles plus Kakuro, Killer, Samurai, Overlap and more!




The Brainiest Insaniest Ultimate Puzzle Book!


Book Description

Fully illustrated in color, this treasure trove features 250 puzzles on every imaginable theme and subject. The book is a bonanza of mazes, word games, visual and logic puzzles, and more.




Will Shortz Presents Hard Sudoku Volume 1


Book Description

The first in a new series: hard puzzles for serious sudoku solvers. Do you have what it takes? These 200 challenging sudoku puzzles from Will Shortz will keep your mind sharp! Features: - 200 hard puzzles - Big grids for easy solving - Introduction by legendary Puzzlemaster Will Shortz




Genius-Level Sudoku


Book Description

Extra tricky. Extra tough. It's the sudoku collection that's not for the faint of heart. If you're craving the challenge, sharpen your pencil and pit your wits against the Japanese puzzle-makers at the top of their game. In each of these more than 300 handcrafted puzzles, ranked by difficulty from expert to x-treme to ultimate, every move is an adventure, a one-on-one challenge with a grandmaster who delights in elegance, symmetry, and building in the occasional roadblock. But keep going. You'll solve it eventually... you genius! Can't get enough? Look for: The Original Sudoku The Original Sudoku Book 2 More Original Sudoku X-treme Sudoku Expert Sudoku The Original Sudoku Page-a-Day Calendar




Will Shortz Presents Ferocious KenKen


Book Description

Are you tough enough? Tkae on this collection of 200 devilishly difficult KenKen puzzles!




Solve Extreme Sudoku


Book Description

After a short discussion of Sudoku and presentation of tools in Section 1, this book gives a review of standard techniques or strategies to solve these puzzles in Section 2. Section 3 will treat advanced solution techniques that will allow the most difficult puzzles to be solved. The primary focus of the book is on this section, and the reader should find these techniques easy to apply to achieve success. Section 4 gives 14 exercises that will allow the reader to practice the techniques given in section 3. These exercises, with solutions, provide additional instructions on the application of section 3 techniques. Section 5 gives 16 puzzles to solve, with answers. The first 4 puzzles are for warm up and are labeled Evil. The 12 puzzles that follow the Evil puzzles are very difficult and are labeled Extreme. This section could be considered a graduation exercise.