The Big Book of Su Doku #3: Extreme (Sudoku) [Paperback]

Mark Huckvale (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 30, 2005

Become a Su Doku master with hours of brainteasing new puzzles!

It's official! Su Doku is the hottest puzzle craze in years, featured daily in hundreds of newspapers nationwide, and reported on by Newsweek, USA Today, The New York Times, Fortune Magazine, and CBS' The Early Show.

Not for the faint of heart, The Big Book of Su Doku #3: Extreme takes Su Doku to a whole new level. Here are 200 brand new "extreme" puzzles, ranging from difficult to diabolical, for Su Doku fans looking for a challenge. Also included is a special section with tips on the best solving techniques, so you too can be a master of Su Doku.

200 brand new puzzles of increasing levels of difficulty:
• Difficult Puzzles
• Challenging Puzzles
• Diabolically Hard Puzzles
• Jigsaw Puzzles
• Maxi Puzzles
• Super Puzzles
• Duplex Puzzles
• Triplex Puzzles

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Compiler Mark Huckvale is a senior lecturer in the University College of London's phonetics and linguistics department who regularly generates puzzles for The Independent newspaper in England.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Newmarket (November 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 155704709X
• ISBN-13: 978-1557047090
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #240,150 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From the Board Games Editor at BellaOnline.com, December 6, 2005

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Megan Romer (Lafayette, LA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Big Book of Su Doku #3: Extreme (Sudoku) (Paperback)

"EXTREME" is no joke.... these puzzles range from pretty tough to cursing-the-day-you-ever-started-doing-these-darn-things tough. Sudoku purists may not enjoy the puzzles that don't fit into the traditional 9x9 grid, but any sudoku-er who considers themselves unstumpable will thoroughly enjoy these puzzles.

This book makes a great gift for your favorite sudoku fiend!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not for beginners, March 24, 2006

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Jeff Thorstad "Spiky" (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Big Book of Su Doku #3: Extreme (Sudoku) (Paperback)

Wonderful. No fluff in this book. It begins with some tricky ones that actually require several minutes to finish and gets downright hard after that. Some take hours, and often I just quit one puzzle and come back to it another day.

The various shapes/styles are a great break from the 9x9 norm. The 6x6 puzzles are absolutely vicious. Nothing like kids 6x6 sudokus that take an advanced puzzler seconds to complete. And I love the jigsaw shapes. Watch out for the 9x9 jigsaws!

There should be more advanced sudoku books like this. As recommended by others, this should not be your first foray into sudoku. But once you are hooked on the light stuff, this is a nice challenge.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for the advanced Sudoku solver, February 1, 2006

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teo "teo" (MT, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Big Book of Su Doku #3: Extreme (Sudoku) (Paperback)

First of all, I would definitely say that if you are just beginning to learn how to solve Sudoku puzzles, I strongly suggest that you do not buy this book. Instead, I would suggest a book which focuses almost entirely on the standard 9x9 Sudoku puzzles, and which starts with easy puzzles before progressing to more difficult ones. The Big Book of SuDoku 3 starts right out with difficult puzzles, and the puzzles only continue to get harder and harder as you continue.

If you are an experienced SuDoku solver who is able to solve all but the hardest 9x9 SuDoku puzzles without too much difficulty, or if you have grown a bit tired with the standard 9x9 SuDoku puzzle, this is a great book. For me, the most appealing feature of this book is that half of the 200 puzzles in this book are different from the familiar 9x9 Sudoku. While the Maxi (12x12) and Super (16x16) puzzles are just larger versions of the 9x9 puzzles, the Jigsaw, Duplex, and Triplex puzzles actually require the solver to use different solving techniques than are used for the regular puzzles.

Overall, I give this book 5 stars as long as you're up for the challenge. While this book may not contain quite the volume of puzzles as some others, the harder puzzles can take well upwards of an hour to complete, so this book will keep you occupied for a long time.