Brown Belt Sudoku (Martial Arts Sudoku) [Paperback]

Michael Rios (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 28, 2005 | Series: Martial Arts Sudoku

With a separate sudoku book for every level, all puzzle lovers can play this wildly popular, incredibly addictive game that's appearing in major newspapers all over!  Taking a page from karate--another Japanese art--each title is graded by color: White Belt for easy, Green Belt for medium level, Brown Belt for hard, and Black Belt for the super-tough solvers. And because each book has an amazing 300 puzzles, the fun can go on for hours.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Puzzlewright (September 28, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1402740239
• ISBN-13: 978-1402740237
• ASIN: 1402735979
• Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 5.2 x 8.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #88,074 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good but not hard, November 14, 2005

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T. Edwards - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brown Belt Sudoku (Martial Arts Sudoku) (Paperback)

This book of 300 Sudoku puzzles is a great buy, with hours of mental escapism; however, the puzzles are not all that hard. None of the puzzles require any of the specialized techniques that truly difficult (or diabolical) puzzles require. Instead, all can be solved by basic and careful cycling through. This makes the book, with its large number of puzzles, (1) a good one for any level of player to have around (for those times when you just want to dive into a quick puzzle or two) and (2) a great one for just-past-beginner players, but (3) not a good choice for serious players looking for the more difficult puzzles.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not quite hard, January 17, 2008

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Henwhisperer "Henwhisperer" (NW Vermont) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Brown Belt Sudoku (Martial Arts Sudoku) (Paperback)

"Not easy but not really hard. It is a step above the Green Belt which is what you'd want in the progression." Thus saith my husband, doer of Sudokus.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice mid-level book, March 3, 2007

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Atheen M. Wilson "Atheen" (Mpls, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brown Belt Sudoku (Martial Arts Sudoku) (Paperback)

I actually received this entire series from my brother, who although he couldn't get into the Sudoku mode himself appreciated my passion for it.

I enjoy all levels of Sudoku, and tend to select the difficulty of the puzzle I do on the basis of how I'm feeling rather than on what I believe my ability to be. One of the benefits is that the easier puzzles provide one with a sense of accomplishment that can help neutralize a blue spell or a negative life experience. (I wouldn't be surprised to find out that the seretonin level of the brain is significantly effected by this process which may be what gives these puzzles their reputation for "addiction.") The mid-level and difficult puzzels, provide a sense of a challenge well met. In short they give one a bit of a buzz.

I have to say, however, that I actually found some of the Green Belt puzzles more complicated than some of those in this book. It seems almost as if the author generated a bunch of puzzles and divided them up between two volumes to which he gave different relative lables quite randomly. That said, I found them all very entertaining.