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Where Can you Get your Sudoku Puzzle of the Day?

Posted by teenhobbies on March 16, 2008

Want to fill up your boring day with a brain-teasing activity? Maybe you might Sudoku a good try. It can not just make your brain work. Depending on the puzzle that you have selected, you may even work with it through out the rest of the day.

Sudoku- An Overview

For those who are still unfamiliar with this puzzle game yet want to make it as a part of their hobby during past time, continue reading this section. Sudoku is an abbreviation of a Japanese phrase “Suuji wa dokushin ni kagiru” which literally means “the digits must remain single”. This logic puzzle is made up of 81 cells formed by a 9 x 9 grid. This grid is made up of 9 3 x 3 sub-grids often called as regions. Some cells are filled up with numerals often called as givens or clues.

The puzzle will be solved if you can fill up all the remaining empty cells, one numeral on each cell, such that each column, row, and region contains the numerals 1 to 9 exactly once. Therefore, each numeral will only be appearing once in each given direction or scope, hence satisfying the meaning of the Sudoku game itself.

Either you are just a beginner or a regular Sudoku fan, you should know the common facts which constitute a Sudoku puzzle. It will serve as your guide in solving every Sudoku puzzle you will encounter. These are the following:

• A Sudoku have always 30 cells or less already filled up with numerals out of the total 81 cells. For beginners, there are more than 30 cells already filled up to give a good head start while learning the puzzle. However, it does not necessarily mean that more cells already filled up are easy to begin with. There are difficult puzzle pieces that are available with 30 or more cells filled in. It will require more solving techniques to use in order to complete them.
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Sudoku Free: Your Online Brain Teaser

Posted by teenhobbies on February 18, 2008

Japan has created another breakthrough in online gaming and that is in the form of a number puzzle game which is known worldwide as sudoku. Sudoku for those who doesn’t know yet is a puzzle game which is patterned to crossword puzzle. The only difference is that crossword puzzle makes use of words while sudoko makes use of numbers.

Although some may think number games are boring but just wait until you try sudoku. You will form an entirely different opinion afterwards. Sudoku will take you to a new realm of puzzle solving that you can never imagine possible. I mean who would ever think that number games can be so much fun and exciting.

How to play

Sudoku is not a really complicated game in fact anybody can easily get the hang of it without really exerting a great amount of effort. And although it is a number puzzle game it does not involved math which is a good thing since not everyone likes math.

Sudoku is all about correct placement of numbers or digits. The digits range from 1 to 9. The objective of the game is to correctly place the digits into every row, every column and in every 3×3 squares. This instruction is of course very simple to comprehend and to follow.
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Have Fun Customizing your Sudoku Puzzle Print-Out

Posted by teenhobbies on January 31, 2008

Getting a Sudoku puzzle print out is very helpful. Most people are fond of playing Sudoku using a paper and a pencil, with the Sudoku Dragon amenities simply when they got stuck. You can access a puzzle featured in a magazine or in a newspaper, you just have to print it out using Sudoku Dragon and subsequently hand-solve it on a standard sized paper with sufficient space for your notes.

Sudoku puzzles are usually printed out the way it appears on the screen. Few convenient file and print features are available that permits you to choose settings definite for the printed lay-out. This lay-out version comprises all the notes you have put in to the squares and also the puzzle description. This will produce multiple print outs considering that there isn’t enough space to accommodate the notes on a page.

To modify the print settings which your certain printer assists the set-up involving file and print , this usually provides you to enter to the set-up similar to page orientation whether portrait or landscape mode as well as colour settings.

When you’re printing the puzzle, you may manage what kind of information will be appearing on the paper. You probably not like the puzzle grid to appear exactly as it appear on the screen.
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Sudoku Game: A Worldwide Trend that Tends to Stay Forever

Posted by teenhobbies on January 28, 2008

Have you ever heard of the Sudoku game? If you do, then you must be following all the trends that are happening around you. Anyway, who does not know anything about it? The children, youth and the elder know how to play the Sudoku game.

Sudoku game is a new Japanese puzzle game that is taking the entire world by storm. It started as an unknown game but it already conquered Japan on the 80s. Today, there are over a million players who play for it every month on the internet.

For those people who do not know the Sudoku game, it is basically a game of numbers from 1 to 9. You have to start with a 9 x 9 grid which is divided into 9, 3 x 3 boxes.

The first grid should have series of numbers which is scattered in each row and column in random order. There is a technique behind this silly game. First, have to make sure that you have all the numbers from 1 to 9 in every row and/or column. And second, you should not have two same numbers in each 9 x 9 grid.
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The Easiest Way to Play the Easy Sudoku

Posted by teenhobbies on January 24, 2008

Playing a puzzle is one of the most popular pastimes in all parts of the world. During breaks or idle hours you can oftentimes see a person busy solving puzzles from newspapers, magazine or books. These are personal moments that can help idle time away and sharpen ones mind.

One of the best played puzzles is the Sudoku. It is an addictive number puzzle game that is taking the United States and the whole world by storm. It has become one of the most famous puzzle games ever created.

It is played using a 9 x 9 grid that is divided into nine equal squares. The objective of the puzzle is to place the numbers from 1 to 9. Each number must appear only once in every row, column and in 3 x 3 squares.

A Sudoku puzzle game usually begins with a set of numbers already given in the puzzle. Depending on the given numbers and the placement of the numbers, this determines the complexity level of this puzzle. The puzzle normally differs from the simple or easy down to the difficult level of play. Sudoku puzzle is solved using logical skills.
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Sudoku: Is it Just a Game of Logic?

Posted by teenhobbies on January 10, 2008

Over the years, the Sudoku game has gained great popularity. If you often play the game, then you have probably have an idea why the game is such extraordinary and fun to play. If you haven’t played the game, on the other hand, surely you will be asking a lot of questions about the unusual puzzle.

I’ll bet that when you first heard of the puzzle, the first thing that comes to your mind is mathematics. Well, the game does not have anything to do with mathematics or math skills. The puzzle is basically a logic exercise and it just all about of logic. The numbers comprising the game will have nothing to do about addition, multiplication, subtraction and division stuffs. The Sudoku puzzle doesn’t require such fundamentals. The game has to do with logic itself alone.

Sudoku puzzle requires logical reasoning and provides your brain cells a lot of pretty fine workout. However, let me back you a little bit. You basically need to fill up corresponding numbers to the puzzle grid. Every column and row should contain of any digit ranging from 1 to 9. The easiest way to understand is maybe to check and browse on through online sites wherein there are posted ideas and information of the game’s basics. It’s absolutely amazingly easy to play.
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Samurai Sudoku: A Different Challenge

Posted by teenhobbies on November 28, 2007

Do you want to use you leisure time but do not know how to spend it? You may be tired and used to conventional games you play. You are maybe fed up with the same old games you do during your leisure time. Maybe you are thinking about venturing to other games that is worth spending your valuable leisure time on.

If you are going to choose a game, make sure that the game you choose will not only give you enjoyment. Make sure that the game you will be choosing also exercises your brain and your logical thinking as well. Crossword puzzles may be boring as you may have always played with it every single day of your life. Why not try to indulge into more productive games available. If you do not know what to try, this article will give you the best puzzle game available today. Continue reading and learn more about sudoku and its very famous kind.

What is sudoku and how are you going to play with it?
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The History of the Sudoku Number Puzzle Game

Posted by teenhobbies on November 2, 2007

Sudoku is one of the most addictive number puzzle games to hit the puzzle world. Millions of people from all walks of like have caught up with the Sudoku puzzle game in every form and version that exists today. People can play this by themselves, or against another person in a timed game.

So you have to ask… what is this Sudoku game anyway?

Sudoku was invented in 1979 by a 74–year old retired architect named Howard Garnes, who was also a freelance puzzle maker. It was a puzzle that had a grid that was partially filled with numbers. The solver had to fill in the rest of the squares with the right combination of numbers. The game first appeared on the New York publication Dell Pencil Puzzles and Word Games under the name Number Place.
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Printable Sudoku Puzzles for Beginners and Pro

Posted by teenhobbies on October 24, 2007

Sudoku is a game that is created in Japan. Su in Japanese means numbers and Doku pertains to the single place on the puzzle board that each of the number can fit into. It also describe as solitaire with numbers.

However did you know that even though sudoku is a Japanese name its origin is more of European and American. In other words sudoku is more of a cross fertilization of cultures. Sudoku is not the first number game ever developed in fact before its introduction there is already Latin Squares which uses the same concept as those of sudoku. The numbers in a grid should appear only once and can be place up and down.

It was actually in the year 1980 that sudoku was finally launched in Japan. This was the start of sudoku’s popularity. The most common form of Sudoku was the 9×9 grid but later versions have also been developed and these are 4×4, 3×3, 5×5, 6×6 and then finally 7×7. There are also the 16×16 grids and the 25×25 which are designed for the sudoku addicts. For those who prefer extreme sudoku puzzle challenge there are other variants that require computational skills.

Sudoku is still a work in progress but even at its present stage people are already having fun and loving the challenges that this game offers. Sudoku is designed to hone the logical and deductive abilities of people of various ages. The developers of this game are also hoping that their game may be able to make people around the globe a little smarter.
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Print a Sudoku Puzzle: Test your Logic and Number Skills

Posted by teenhobbies on October 24, 2007

Have passion in playing logic and numbers? Maybe you are now an expert when it comes to Rubik’s cube or the magic square. But have you already tested your logic and number skills in a Sudoku game? Whether you are unfamiliar with this game or you have already spent 2 days solving a single Sudoku puzzle, then this article is just right for you.

About Sudoku

Also known as Number Place, Sudoku is a logic-based placement puzzle. The puzzle is composed of a 9 x 9 grid which is further divided into nine 3 x 3 sub-grids or also known as regions. Before you start completing the puzzle, you are given some cells that are initially filled up with numbers from 1 to 9 (number of cells initially filled-up depends on the difficulty level of the puzzle).

The main objective of this game is to completely fill-up all the remaining vacant cells with the numbers 1 to 9 provided that you adhere to the “single number per direction” rule of the game. That is, every column, row, and sub-grid (which is referred to as the direction) must contain only one instance of each number. For instance, you have an initially-placed number 5 at the 5th column and on the 7th row of the puzzle. Such number must only appear once on that particular column and row. Furthermore, it must also appear only once on its assigned sub-grid or region.
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Sudoku Strategies for a Sure Success

Posted by teenhobbies on October 17, 2007

Sudoku is a popular puzzle game in Britain and the United States. The word Sudoku means a “single number” in Japanese. It is consists of a 9 x 9 grid with an about 81 boxes to be filled in with the numbers.

The challenge for this game is to fill all 1 to 9 numbers in the box. However, there is a basic rule that is sometimes irritating for most players who find it hard to complete the box. The rule is: the number 1 to 9 must come out only once in each row and column.

To avoid being trapped by this rule, what should a player do? The players must have strategies, which they can use to solve the puzzle correctly and effectively.

How can they start? Everybody has his or her own ways of solving the game. However, the following strategies are arranged from the easiest to the most difficult to prepare yourself unlock even the most deceptive puzzle ever made.

1. Use a pencil

Pens are for the professional players. Thought the puzzle may seem to be very easy, you will still need a little of scratch work which you can be able to erase anytime after solving the squares.
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Facts you Need to Know about Having a Printable Sudoku

Posted by teenhobbies on October 12, 2007

Sudoku is really the puzzle game that is meant for those individuals who want to play with numbers and logic. Given puzzles with varying difficult level, you might spend the whole day assigning the numbers 1 to 9 in the grid or you may extend your solving activity the next day. You need to have enough patience or else the Sudoku puzzle will make you go nuts.

A typical Sudoku puzzle game is composed of 81 cells which is the product of 9 rows and 9 columns. Furthermore, the puzzle is also divided into 9 sub-grids which contain 3 x 3 cells for each sub-grid. The rule is very simple. At the start of the game, 30 or more cells are initially filled up with the numbers from 1 to 9 (initially filled-up cells varies according to the difficulty level of the puzzle).

All you have to do is to fill up the remaining cells with numbers 1 to 9 to complete the puzzle. However, you need to satisfy the rule that “all numbers should only appear on each column, row, and sub-grid”. For instance, if you place the number 8 on the 4th row and 2nd column of the puzzle, such number should not appear again on that particular row and column. At the same manner, such number should not also appear twice on the sub-grid it is assigned to. Such rule makes the puzzle take some time to be completed.
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