Get Into Sudoku!How to play and how to become an expert

Get Into Sudoku!How to play and how to become an expert

• 1979: First published in Dell Magazines, which called them Number Place.

• Howard Garns from Indianapolis is credited as the inventor

• Japan, 1986: Became popular when puzzle publisher Nikoli discovered the game in older Dell publications.

A brief history of Sudoku:

Get Into Sudoku!How to play and how to become an expert

• Sudoku is the Japanese abbreviation of a longer phrase, "Sūji wa dokushin ni kagiru,” which means "the digits must occur only once.”

• November, 2004: The London Times first publishes Sudoku.

• April, 2005: A national phenomenon in Britain, notoriety in the States begins.

Get Into Sudoku!How to play and how to become an expert

• July 1, 2005: The first television game show, Sudoku Live, aired on the BBC.

• Fall, 2005, USA: Bookstores across the nation join the craze with countless collections and versions.

• Today: Sudoku is available on cell phones, iPods, and the Nintendo DS, in addition to major newspapers worldwide

Get Into Sudoku!How to play and how to become an expert

1 simple rule:

Fill in the grid so that:every row,every column, andevery 3 x 3 box

contain the digits 1 through 9.

So how do you play Sudoku?

Get Into Sudoku!How to play and how to become an expert

Let’s play already!

Get Into Sudoku!How to play and how to become an expert

3 Basic techniques:

• Scanning

• Cross-hatching

• Counting

Get Into Sudoku!How to play and how to become an expert

Some advanced techniques:

• “Branching out”

• The “50-50”

• Trial-&-Error (use in extreme circumstances)

Get Into Sudoku!How to play and how to become an expert

Many copycat/adaptive versions:

• Addoku• Kakuro• Subdoku (3x3, 4x4, etc.)• Superdoku (12x12, 16x16, etc.)• Any shapes/letters instead of 1-9

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Get Into Sudoku!How to play and how to become an expert

Board Games:

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Sudoku Widget:

Get Into Sudoku!How to play and how to become an expert

For the DS:Extra Misc. Information:

For PSP:

Get Into Sudoku!How to play and how to become an expert

Competitions:

National US Championship -Chicago, usually in May

The World Sudoku Championship -Italy, usually in March

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Get Into Sudoku!How to play and how to become an expert

Good websites:

www.sudoku.com - great resource!

www.prizesudoku.com - weekly competitions

www.sudoku.org.uk - daily competitions

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Get Into Sudoku!How to play and how to become an expert

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