Product Description

We are living in puzzling's golden age right now." --Will Shortz, New York Times

A colossal assortment of the six most popular Japanese puzzles-Sudoku, Sodoku X, Kakuro, Masyu, Hitori, and Nurikabe-ranging in difficulty from gentle to diabolical.

A collection of four hundred puzzles-six different types of mind-bending games-ranging in difficulty levels so that players of every level will be challenged.

Features include a complete answer key along with short, illustrated tutorials for each game-which proves particularly useful for the less familiar challenges, including:

* Hitori: The ultimate logic teaser. Begin with a complete Sudoku grid and the object is to "paint" out blocks so that no number appears twice in any row or column.

* Masyu: A charming but sophisticated invention where you are required to "string" black-and-white "pearls" with a series of vertical and horizontal lines that form a continuous loop.

* Nurikabe: Beginning with a grid of squares scattered with numbers seemingly placed at random, the idea is to paint the black squares to make walls, leaving patches of white behind.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #232485 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 528 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780740771293
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
The Puzzle Society, www.thepuzzlesociety.com, is the Web's premier source for challenging, professionally constructed puzzles and games. Boasting a gaming archive of more than 7,000 puzzles, the Puzzle Society offers more than 50 nationally syndicated puzzles, including the Washington Post Crossword, L.A. Times Crossword, Universal Crossword, Universal Jigsaw, and Daily Jumble.

Customer Reviews

Awesome collection!
I bought a similar collection, that was plagued by errors in the solutions (how frustrating!). This is not a reprint of that collection. You will be introduced to five different types of puzzles (plus a sixth, which is a variation on Sudoku), with good tutorials, and the puzzles are presented in order of level of difficulty. The puzzles are great. The print is large and crisp (easy on the eyes). The paper is newsprint style. I love having a wide variety of puzzles in one book, so I can jump around to different types as my mood/concentration change.

Not bad, but a little bit easy...
This book has a number of interesting puzzles that I hadn't seen before: Masyu & Nurikabe are pretty interesting; Hitori is just silly and barely requires logic at all. Any of the Hitori puzzles can be solved in about 2 minutes... but the book is good for its variety. The biggest complaint I have is with the difficulty - there are very few puzzles that take longer than about 10 minutes. Most are a lot shorter. I prefer puzzles that are a little bit more challenging, but overall it's a good sampler.

Great overview of Japanese Puzzles
I enjoy Soduko, fell in love with Kakuro, and when I found this book it just jumped in my hand. I have thoroughly enjoyed the different types of puzzles this book has to offer. It has three different levels for each of the six puzzle types it contains. I found the difficulty a little lite for Kakuro, but appropriate for a compendium book of puzzle types. The book is thick and if they added more puzzle types, they'd have to shrink the print or reduce the number of puzzles. Overall I think they made a great selection of puzzle types, difficulty, and number of puzzles per type. Very fun. Now if I can just keep my daughter away from my copy, my life will be complete.