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Su-doku puzzles
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TinyBubbles said on June 6, 2005 12:22:
Anyone else into em? Thought people were going crazy bout it for no good reason but now i find myself addicted to the bloody things!!
I’ve heard the Japanese are obsessed with it. Apparently sold thousands of su-doko books over there.
Meant to keep the brain going and well i need it that’s forsure :S:S
MiracleMan said on June 7, 2005 02:19:
I’ve never heard of them referred to as that before, but you can find them in puzzle books here. I, myself, really enjoy them. They’re addictive and sometimes maddening, can be deceptively simple. Great brain workouts.
beeny_babe said on June 14, 2005 21:18:
never heard ov them , what are they?! (lol am i the only 1?)
MiracleMan said on June 15, 2005 04:09:
Here’s an example:
http://www.scanraid.com/sudoku.htm?Example=Gentle+1
TinyBubbles said on June 16, 2005 13:10:
Just bought another sudoko book. Sheesh i need a social life realll bad:S
ally77 said on July 4, 2005 18:51:
I bought one in WHSmiths today, thought it would give me something to do! Have not opened the book yet...
TinyBubbles said on July 6, 2005 13:29:
I just bought another with 100 puzzles in it. How sad can my life get??
MiracleMan said on July 6, 2005 22:33:
Careful, Bubbles, they are a gateway puzzle. . . a sudoku binge every day, next thing you know you’ll be selling your virtue for cryptic crossword. :)
gyllene_tjej said on July 10, 2005 12:30:
I also love them. They´re sold in small booklets together with some colorful gossipmagazines. They´re very addictive but right now hard to solve because of my high fever. But there´s something I fall for even more than sudoku, check out http://www.conceptispuzzles.com
Where on the net can you find cryptic crosswords in English?
MiracleMan said on July 16, 2005 22:54:
Since I was travelling earlier this week, the USA Todays had started to pile up. So when I finally started going through them today, I saw an article on sudokus in Monday’s edition about them and their popularity—along with the announcement that the newspaper would be including one daily. And there it was, next to the crossword!
Now after I finish the crossword, I have the sudoku to do every day. I do the crossword in pen, not sure if I’m ready to do the same with the sudokus.
TinyBubbles said on July 18, 2005 12:52:
Gateway puzzles. Omg that is all i need *gulp*
You’re scaring me lol.
MiracleMan said on July 19, 2005 23:37:
So I’ve been doing the USA Today puzzles, with varying success—in pen. I had a bitch of a time with a 1 star (difficulty out of 5) yesterday, but I breezed through a 2 star this afternoon. Go figure.
xuxa said on August 26, 2005 12:44:
@Tinybubbles: Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh! u know what?? I got a book with almost 200 games!! and right now I just can’t stop it!!!!
HEEEEEEEEEEELP!!!!
TinyBubbles said on August 30, 2005 13:00:
Haha well i got 200 aswell. Lets see who finishes first!!!
MiracleMan said on August 30, 2005 22:43:
Doing them daily. . . in pen, from easy to difficult. Only irrevocably screwed up two so far.
I ran across an unfinished book of puzzles I bought in 2002, and it has 2 pages (9 puzzles each) of what they call Number Place.
I find it interesting that these have been around for years and they’re just NOW being calles the “popular Japanese puzzle”.
lonely_girl said on August 31, 2005 16:13:
maybe I should give them a try but numbers were never my thing... :-S
MiracleMan said on September 1, 2005 03:42:
Do NOT fear the Sudoku! It’s really a logic puzzle: which numbers go where because the same number is here and here. . . there is NO MATH involved. If it was, I’d be hard pressed to get through one, let alone do them every day.
jetjet said on September 1, 2005 18:57:
Sudoku rules! And indeed no math involved, otherwise I wouldn’t dream of doing it!
MiracleMan said on September 3, 2005 01:59:
You gotta try it once. I’m not that great at logic either, but these things are great. Try one. Go Ahead. (I’ve turned into a pusher now. . .)
Anarem said on September 3, 2005 02:21:
I tried one last week. I got hooked. I’ve been buying the paper every day for my Sudoku fix. Damn. :-)
TinyBubbles said on September 3, 2005 12:43:
Oh dont let the logic bit put you off. Anyone can do them honest! And it really is a bit addictive.
ally77 said on June 6, 2005 14:10:
I heard something about this, they had books on sale at Manchester airport the other week.... looks like fun!