Sudoku. A game I chose to be disinterested to, in spite of the frequency I encountered it; whether in newspapers, friends who talked about it or on best sellers book shelves whenever I visited Borders...
Recently I finally gave in and decided to learn how to play this game. Let me give you a brief introduction if you are unfamiliar with this "addictive" game -
Sudoku is a logic based number placement puzzle. The objective is to fill a 9×9 grid so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 boxes (also called blocks or regions) contains the digits from 1 to 9, only one time each (that is, exclusively).
The modern puzzle was invented by an American architect, Howard Garns in 1979 and published by Dell Magazines under the name "Number Place". It became popular in Japan in 1986, after it was published by Nikoli and given the name Sudoku, meaning single number. It has been an international hit since 2005 (from Wikipedia).
Now, I will play a Sudoku puzzle at least once daily (From my daily free copy of Today newspapers). My wife, Aileen too caught the "fire" after seeing me cracking Sudoku puzzles :-P Think she is more "ON" than me because she bought a Sudoku puzzle book from Popular recently. I prefer to play it for free :-)
If you decide to have a go at it, check out this website - WebSudoku. You can play the puzzle for free online and advance to more difficult levels once you get the "hang" of it. If you wish to download it to play offline on your computer, check out Sudoku Portable too. This game will exercise and train your brain. Enjoy!!!
Recently I finally gave in and decided to learn how to play this game. Let me give you a brief introduction if you are unfamiliar with this "addictive" game -
Sudoku is a logic based number placement puzzle. The objective is to fill a 9×9 grid so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 boxes (also called blocks or regions) contains the digits from 1 to 9, only one time each (that is, exclusively).
The modern puzzle was invented by an American architect, Howard Garns in 1979 and published by Dell Magazines under the name "Number Place". It became popular in Japan in 1986, after it was published by Nikoli and given the name Sudoku, meaning single number. It has been an international hit since 2005 (from Wikipedia).
Now, I will play a Sudoku puzzle at least once daily (From my daily free copy of Today newspapers). My wife, Aileen too caught the "fire" after seeing me cracking Sudoku puzzles :-P Think she is more "ON" than me because she bought a Sudoku puzzle book from Popular recently. I prefer to play it for free :-)
If you decide to have a go at it, check out this website - WebSudoku. You can play the puzzle for free online and advance to more difficult levels once you get the "hang" of it. If you wish to download it to play offline on your computer, check out Sudoku Portable too. This game will exercise and train your brain. Enjoy!!!
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