Sudoku for Dummies The Game

by University Games

Product Features

• Develops deductive reasoning and logic skills
• Over 50 different puzzles at different skill levels
• Dummies brand
• 2 or more players
• Ages 8 & Up

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 10.5 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000CCEW46
• Item model number: 01513
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #332,714 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Learn to play the addictive number puzzle craze through step by step instructions on how to solve and master Sudoku. Master the basics with three special training puzzles to get you started. Move on to more advanced puzzles as your skill level grows.

Product Description

Based on the best selling book - If you're interested in experiencing Sudoku or getting better at solving the puzzles, Sudoku for Dummies is for you. Players divide 81 numbered tiles and try to place them in a correct square on the puzzle grid. To win, you must be the first person to place your tiles on the Sudoku board. Master the basics with three special training puzzles to get you started. With puzzles designed to challenge players of all skill levels, Sudoku for dummies will provide you with hours of fun-now you can play the addictive number puzzle that's sweeping the nation! Includes 81 number tiles, more than 50 puzzles, 3 training puzzles, rules. For 2 or more players ages 8 and up.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This game format just doesn't work, December 17, 2006

By 

Kelly McCants (Frisco, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sudoku for Dummies The Game (Toy)

Just like a big chunk of us right now, I'm quite the sudoku addict. I just can't put those little puzzles down! So, I have to tell you first, if you haven't worked sudoku puzzles yet, you are really missing out! Get your hands on some!

Naturally, I was excited to try out a sudoku game and race against my friends to solve the puzzles. But what a disappointment! One small board, several people straining to see it, everyone racing to fill in the puzzle...it just doesn't work.

The way they designed this game was to have a board, which is the puzzle to be solved, and number tiles that you distribute evenly amongst the players. Everyone rushes to fill in the puzzle, and the person who uses all their number tiles first is the winner, assuming the puzzle is solved correctly.

First of all, if you have more than 2 people playing, the players aren't all going to be able to see the board well. Some people are going to have the board upside-down trying to solve it. That's rough! Talk about getting confused between 6s and 9s! Plus, everyone's hands are in the way while they're laying their tiles, which makes it really hard to see and concentrate on the puzzle.

Next, inevitably in the games I've played someone lays a tile wrong. Then the whole game is thrown off. The instructions say that if someone rids themselves of their tiles but placed them incorrectly, then the next person to finish would win provided all their tiles are correct. Most likely, if one person has made an error, that will have caused a chain reaction and the next person's tiles will also be placed wrong, and not necessarily by fault of either of the players. It could have been anyone who started the chain reaction.

The format just doesn't work for this game. My advice is to pass on this particular game. Perhaps a game where people were racing side-by-side on the same puzzle, but with their own puzzle, would work better.