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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Awesome book for those burned out on regular Sudoku,
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This review is from: Mutant Sudoku (Paperback)
Here's my story, I suspect some of you might find it familiar. When I first discovered Sudoku about 4 years ago I loved it. For about 1.5 years I did a Sudoku almost every day, hard puzzles during the week and very hard puzzles on the weekend. But then I burned out on it - just too much of the same ol' same ol'. About a year ago I started doing Sudoku again, and enjoyed it, but after a few puzzles I'd stop for a month or so.
Then I got Mutant Sudoku last month, and I'm back to doing a puzzle almost every day. Even better, I'm having as much fun as I did four years ago. There are 10 distinctly different types of puzzles, all recognizably Sudoku, but all with twists and turns that stretch your brain in new ways. Some examples are: Outside Sudoku - a standard 9 by 9 grid, but the starting numbers are on the outside of the grid Tile Sudoku - where instead of 3x3 inner grids, you have patterns like a tiled floor, so the boxes aren't all the same size little squares 3D Sudoku - where the grid is projected onto the outside of a geometric solid (very tough) Each of these new types includes at least a dozen or more puzzles, starting from easy and going to well beyond my capabilities. Then there is a section at the end called Chimeric Sudoku where these different types are mixed in mysterious (and terrifying) ways. This little book has greatly exceed my expectations. I'm stunned to discover how expandable the basic principles of Sudoku are, and I look forward to going a long, long time before saying "Same ol', same ol'" again.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Nicely crafted,
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Sudoku are popular, and entertaining. Sudoku can also easily be generated automatically. Solving a bunch of automatically-generated sudoku gradually raises the question "why am I doing this? I could write a program that solves these things instantaneously, and solving them myself doesn't present any new challenges."
Mutant Sudoku answers this question, by introducing variations within the sudoku theme. The book is divided into chapters, each containing a particular variant. Each one has its own flavor, and each one has its own invariants, that gradually become clear. In addition, these hand-crafted puzzles have nice touches: "ah! the diagonal turns out to have 1-9 in order!". It's observations like this, and the challenge of discovering each puzzle's invariants, that keep these puzzles entertaining. Buy this book, then branch out into Nikoli magazine puzzles, games magazine, forsmarts-style contests, US puzzle championships, etc. But first: buy this book!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Want a Sudoku challenge?,
By lady leatherneck (northern va) - See all my reviews
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Love this book for the variety of types of puzzles. Try it if you are looking for something beyond the usual 9x9 in your Sudoku life.
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