The Way of Samurai: 101 Samurai Sudoku puzzles [Paperback]

djape (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 18, 2006

A Sudoku puzzle variation called Samurai Sudoku consists of 5 overlapping Sudoku sub-puzzles.

In this book you get:

+ 80 Samurai Sudoku puzzles
+ 20 Samurai Sudoku "X" puzzles (diagonal-sudoku)
+ 1 BONUS Killer Samurai Sudoku puzzle

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Directly from the creator of The Washington Post's Samurai Sudoku puzzles, this book brings you 80 Samurai Sudoku puzzles and 20 Samurai X Sudoku puzzles in 4 levels of difficulty, plus one bonus Killer Samurai Sudoku puzzle. Samurai puzzles provide five times the challenge, fun and satisfaction!

Product Details

• Paperback: 124 pages
• Publisher: Lulu.com (May 18, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1411690990
• ISBN-13: 978-1411690998
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,212,949 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

DJAPE is the author of over 40 puzzle books, ranging from Sudoku variants such as Killer Sudoku, Samurai Sudoku and Jigsaw Sudoku to Hidoku, Tridoku, CalcuDoku and Picross/Hanjie/Griddlers/Nonograms puzzles. Also, Djape contributes regularly to newspapers and magazines across the globe, including The Washington Post.

Three Kindle active content game applications have been released with puzzles by Djape: Samurai Sudoku, Tridoku and Jigsaw Sudoku.

Djape is preparing other puzzle games for Kindle and Android platforms.

On a more personal note, Djape is currently working on his PhD thesis in Computer Science. Likes sailing, playing bridge and traveling.

Find out more about Djape's puzzles on www.djape.net

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun!, January 29, 2008

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Victoria (Northern Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Way of Samurai: 101 Samurai Sudoku puzzles (Paperback)

This is a fun book! The puzzles are a bit harder than those in Peter Greene's samurai sudoku books (which I liked) and thus more of a challenge.

There's a variation in some of the puzzles -- an "X" drawn in each overlapping 9x9 puzzle. On the lines of the X no numbers can repeat. Fewer squares are filled in on these puzzles but they aren't needed because the non-repeating diagonal numbers are an additional clue. I've enjoyed this new kind of puzzle so much, I'm finding the regular samurai puzzles a bit too easy.

I've not made my way though the entire book yet -- but that's good! I got through Mr. Greene's book too fast. This one is slowing me down. Perhaps by the time I'm done, a new one will be out.

The page sizes are good and paper quality is good -- stands up to erasing.

Highly recommended for fans of samuai sudoku.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Samurai, January 8, 2008

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Barbara A. Stevens (Gainesville, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Way of Samurai: 101 Samurai Sudoku puzzles (Paperback)

I really was pleased with the book. The boxes are large enough to work with easily. The puzzles start out a little too easy, but get harder as you work through the levels. I would recomend this book for Sudoku adicts.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Samurai, September 27, 2010

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Myrna E. Frankle (Williamsburg, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Way of Samurai: 101 Samurai Sudoku puzzles (Paperback)

If you like Samurai Sudoku at all (and once you've tried it, I don't see why you wouldn't love it!), the books by DJAPE are the best! They start out relatively easy, to work you into it, and move up in difficulty. However, even the easy ones are a bit of a challenge. It's no fun if you can just fill in every number without difficulty. I've tried Samurai books by other authors, and they just don't compare.