Customer Reviews

Super Sudoku: 200 Extra-Large Japanese Number Puzzles

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If you find the standard 9X9 Sudoku grids getting a bit unchallenging, then this book might spark new interest in your number-placing skills. The book begins with 16X16 grids. But that is just the beginning. After the 16X16 grids there are 25X25 grids? For some reason the book skips 36X36 and jumps to a single 49X49 ultra challenge! Ouch!

Keeping track of your rows, columns and sub-grids takes on a whole new challenge in this one. If puzzles in the newspapers of puzzle magazines are not offering enough of a challenge then this book is a logical next step. These puzzles really do take more thought than the 9X9 variety. Check this one out if you really want a challenge.

I have been looking for larger scale suduko puzzles for awhile and every now and then I would find one or two in the back of a monthly publication. Finally, I have a whole HUGE book of challenging puzzles to play. I have hardly put this book down since Christmas and I am still only on the beginner 12 x 12 section. This makes the regular 9 x 9 puzzles seem so boring. I bought two of these books and gave one to my sis-in-law and she and my brother are both now hooked as well!

After finishing both volumes of the Independent book of Super Sudoku I was looking for more big puzzles-- not easy to find. After doing the Independent book of Super Sudoku, this was a big disappointment. Instead of dividing big puzzles into numbers and letters, they do all numbers. This makes a huge difference as it is almost impossible to take notes or keep it neat with double digit numbers. Going back did you write a 1 and a 2 or did you write a 12. The Independent book obviates this problem by using no double digit numbers. The puzzles are great, the arrangement is terrible.

It's tough to find books with only the large puzzles, and this one is essentially perfect. It's easy to hold, the puzzles are all challenging, and it lasts her a couple months. We just keep re-buying the same book over and over. Highly recommended for those that prefer the large puzzles!

These puzzles go from 16 x 16 to 25 x 25 and a bonus 49 x 49. They are challenging since the numbers do go from 1-16 so putting in guesses is a challenge, and the bigger the puzzle, the smaller the boxes.

I looked for large Sudoku puzzles (numbers only) for a long time and I found this one - If you like large number puzzles, this book is fine - with a few issues - the paper quality is poor and the space given for 'trying numbers' is extremely small. I also believe that a book like this needs to be in spirals instead of just flipping pages for ease the use.
Also, there are too many puzzles for beginners and very few challenging ones and the ratio is 3/4 of the puzzles are 16x16 and only 1/4 is 25x25.

I like the larger Sudoku puzzles and this one fits the bill the best.
This was the 4th time I have bought this book.

if you are bored with the regular 9 x 9 sudoku's - this is the puzzle book for you. Warning this is not a book for beginners.