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Sudoku Variants

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I love this book. Got tired for the 9x9 boxes long ago. There's enough variety to make sure you never get bored. Most of these puzzles are not for the beginner so make sure you can handle the advanced 9x9's before working these.

This book has a number of different variations on Sudoku. One type, Sum Sudoku, requires a little math. The remainder are purely logic puzzles, same as standard Sudoku. I found the 'irregular Sudoku' particularly challenging the 1st time I tried it (which was not in this book). The book gives various difficulty levels so you can work up your skills at each type of variation. I'm glad I picked it up, & plan to get it as a gift for another Sudoku fan.

Some of the puzzles are easy and some are harder. It was a nice guide for trying different styles of Soduku, and it was nice to try variations without having to buy a whole book of one style. This book is not for a beginner but it may be too easy for an experienced player.

Even-though this book is thick with chock full of sodoku I wish there were more puzzles. There are so many variations but only a few puzzles of each kind. Just as you are getting into solving one variant you run out.

I like to say something about the color. I have seen similar types of some of sodoku puzzles in other books without the coloring. Comparing the two the color just seems to enhance the solving experience. It helps you keep track and makes the whole thing more interesting. (There are also puzzle variations which would be impossible without color.)

I going to keep this book in mind for a gift for other sodoku lovers.

More sodoku books of this type just have to be published!!!

This is the best Sudoku book ever. It has a great variety of puzzles so you can see what kind you like. It never gets boring!

Conceptis does the best job with Sudoku variants. 169 different puzzles in about a half dozen different variants from easy to challenging. Lots of fun, and printed on good paper so easy to erase your "guesses".

I must admit I am a bit of a Sudoku junkie. This book has many variants of the game, but not nearly as many as I expected. Just about the better known. All and all, it has 169 puzzles to solve, and most likely, if you are like me, solving two or three a day and not getting tired of them, this book will give you enough to do for a good couple of months.

I saw this book in a store while I was on vacation and picked it up on a whim. It turned out to be one of my favorite Sudoku books. The difficulty ranges from somewhat easy to fairly difficult, but it's the variety that really makes it. I kept plugging away and eventually did every puzzle in the book. It was quite engaging and great fun. Highly recommended.

Book Contents

2-page Introduction that gives a brief explanation of the variants

Mega Sudoku - 4 12x12 puzzles

Irregular Sudoku - 15 6x6 puzzles, 30 9x9 puzzles, 6 12x12 puzzles

Odd Sudoku - 12 9x9 puzzles

Even Sudoku - 12 9x9 puzzles

Diagonal Sudoku - 24 9x9 puzzles

Diagonal Odd Sudoku - 4 9x9 puzzles

Diagonal Even Sudoku - 4 9x9 puzzles

Sum Sudoku (My favorite) - 28 9x9 puzzles

Multi-Sudoku (all overlapping at one corner)
4 puzzles of 2 9x9s overlapping at one corner
3 puzzles of 2 9x9s overlapping two nonets
3 puzzles of 2 9x9s overlapping four nonets
4 puzzles of 3 9x9s overlapping at corners
3 puzzles of 3 9x9s overlapping two nonets
3 puzzles of 3 9x9s overlapping four nonets
2 puzzles of 2 9x9s - one is irregular, one is diagonal
2 puzzles of 2 9x9s, both diagonal
2 puzzles of 2 9x9s, both irregular
1 puzzle of 2 9x9s - one is diagonal, one is odd
1 puzzle of 2 9x9s - one is diagonal, one is even
2 puzzles of 2 9x9s - one is even, one is odd

Answers

There were much more varieties than I expected. They were all very challenging too!

I've bought this book multiple times -- it's a lot of fun, so I keep going back to it. Wish the publisher realized what a gold mine it has.