| SuDoku is taking the world by storm! Originating in | | | | used, despite this being an inaccurate term for a |
| Japan, the game is now one of the most popular | | | | 9×9 grid). Some cells already contain numbers, |
| games across the World! | | | | known as "givens" (or sometimes as "clues"). The goal |
| SuDoku is a Japanese word and means "number | | | | is to fill in the empty cells, one number in each, so that |
| single". It is a simple numbers game that has become | | | | each column, row, and region contains the numbers 1-9 |
| the biggest puzzle craze to hit Japan and Britain since | | | | exactly once. Each number in the solution therefore |
| the Rubik's cube! Millions of people are now addicted | | | | occurs only once in each of three "directions" or |
| to a game invented more than 200 years ago by a | | | | "scopes", hence the "single numbers" implied by the |
| blind Swiss mathematician. | | | | puzzle's name. |
| SuDoku is without doubt the most addictive game | | | | Solution methods |
| available at the moment. It is in every paper, every | | | | The strategy for solving a puzzle may be regarded as |
| magazine and there are literally hundreds of books | | | | comprising a combination of three processes: scanning, |
| available everywhere you look. | | | | marking up, and analysing. |
| They are all fine if you want to carry a big book | | | | It has been determined that Sudoku Game is attracting |
| around or buy a paper every day to get the answers | | | | a new audience. The people that do not see |
| from the day before. But what if you want to play | | | | themselves as being able to play crosswords find |
| SuDoku on your way to work or in your lunch break, | | | | Sudoku Game far easier to relate to, and get addicted |
| or what if you want to just pop a Sudoku Game into | | | | very quickly. |
| your bag to play when you get a few minutes? | | | | It's fun. It's challenging. It's addictive! Solving time is |
| There's no math involved. The grid has numbers, from | | | | typically from 10 to 30 minutes, depending on your skill |
| 1 to 9, but nothing has to add up to anything else. You | | | | and experience..... |
| solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic. | | | | Start the Sudoku Game challenge now! |
| Rules and terminology | | | | "SuDoku Game(R) looks easy, but to do it well requires |
| The puzzle is most frequently a 9×9 grid, made | | | | real thought. All the best games - chess, bridge, and |
| up of 3×3 subgrids called "regions" (other terms | | | | crosswords - have the same characteristics. The rules |
| include "boxes", "blocks", and the like when referring to | | | | are fairly simple, but the scope for skill is limitless. When |
| the standard variation even "quadrants" is sometimes | | | | you solve the problem you feel terrific. |