Customer Reviews

Rubik's Sudoku

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I have been wanted a non-electronic non-paper Sudoku game for some time. Rubik's Sudoku is a self contained single player game board. I can move it from room to room without the playing pieces moving from where I have placed them on the board. There is one extra piece for each number/color tile included. With the color coding it is easy to learn the strategy behind Sudoku. I was not picking it up very fast when I tried the paper versions. After I progress through the 100 puzzles included with this game I'll use the game board and pieces with the Sudoku magazine I have. For the cost I would recommend this over the more expensive wood versions. If cost is not an issue then you might go for one of the more durable all wood versions that Amazon has.

Rubik's Sudoku is well thought out and makes it possible for people who feel they are number or math-challenged to enjoy a measure of mastery and accomplishment through this game. The addition of color patterns provides an important 3rd dimension to Sudoku. A storage drawer in the base keeps the instructions and spare parts from being scattered. The swing-open clear plastic lid provides a space to organize the tiles before you have figured out where they go in each game. The tiles have a tab that inserts into a slot to keep them firmly in place, yet easy to move when you discover you weren't thinking clearly. And it is addictive!

I've enjoyed Rubik's Sudoku every morning since Christmas. It's near perfect. I would change just two things:
I'd include more of the marker pieces (I'm always at least one short), and I'd use some color other than midnight blue because it doesn't show up on the black gameboard. Unlike the AD photo, my game pieces don't have painted numbers, so the blue ones are nearly invisible. I like that the pieces are double-sided with a different style of number on the reverse side. You can use one side for the pre-determined numbers, and the reverse for the numbers you fill in. If you goof up and have to back-track, you know which pieces to leave on the board. The book with the pre-determined numbers have plenty of puzzles - I haven't had to repeat a puzzle yet. You can also set up the board using puzzles from the newspaper or any puzzle magazine. I would recommend this set to anyone who enjoys Sudoku.

I love that my friends at work and I can all work on the same puzzle at once. I work in a dispatch center and a lot of the time it is all hurry up and wait, and wait and wait... With this we are able to put the game away and still not lose your spot. There could be more of the little markers, as if your working on a puzzle with more then 5 choices where to put a number there are not enough, but other then that the colors make the puzzles fun to do.

So far this is my favorite Sudoku set. It's portable, very easy to set up and easy on the eyes. I seriously wonder if color coding is something that overrides your brain; now I find it hard to recognize patterns by just scanning for numbers, but then, I'm still new at this. I totally think remapping in different ways, by using the Golden Spike method for example, could potentially make you an overall much better player in the long run.
Although they probably checked the puzzle book thoroughly, I still think some of them are broken--cheez! how many times can you redo the same puzzle and keep FAILING.
Anyway, good stuff and sorry they stopped making it.

I really like this idea for sudoku. I am teaching the game to my grandchildren and like the fact I can use any sudoku book and make the game easier for them by just filling in more of the numbers from the answers. I do agree that the game should have the numbers colored in in black or white to make them easier to read. The picture of the game show it this way, but the one I got was not. I did this myself with a black sharpie and some white acrylic paint. Also the tray that holds the extras pieces is to shallow and sticks when you try to open or close the drawer because the pieces catch, so I put the extras in a ziplock bag. To bad the manufacture did not play with their game before they made it. The difference between a great game and an average or poor one is often just some small things.

This is a fun way to do Sudoku. The board is sturdy and is quality-made. The little marker pieces that you use to help think through the solution can be hard to keep contained. If left on the floor can be easily sucked into the vacuum. Great way to keep kids and adults thinking mathematically and logically.

I bought this for my son for Christmas because he likes both games. I haven't played it myself; however he was playing it with his girlfriend and his siblings and they seem to enjoy it. I haven't heard any complaints at all - heard quite a few "Cool!" 's though. I thought the game looked kinda neat and quite fun to play.