Suberi Sudo is a combination between a sliding puzzle, like 15 puzzle, and Sudoku.

Suberi Sodu is written by Stacy who is a 32 year old puzzle lover, with passion for puzzles games which are easy to learn but difficult to master.

The object is to unscramble the puzzle so it applies the Sudoku rules (each row and column contains exactly one occurrence of the numbers 1 to 9 and each 3×3 contains exactly one occurrence of the numbers 1 to 9).

You can download Suberi-Sudo at Stacy’s games webpage for Mac with OS 9 or OS [Read More...]

A month ago I already blogged about Shendoku. Now you can find at Rorohiko (is the Maori word for computer) a beta version of online Shendoku.

Shendoku Trainer is played by the same rules as Sudoku: you need to resolve a grid of 9×9 cells. Each cell contains a digit between 1 and 9, in such a way that each digit 1-9 only occurs once in each column, on each row, and in each marked 3×3 square.

During the game you get to choose which ‘hints’ to uncover. You can [Read More...]

At Scanraid.com Andrew has a very interesting collection of methods to solve Sudoku. I discovered some new methods to solve Sudoku’s.

All techniques are divided in three kind of methods. Basic Strategies contains the methods like Naked Pairs, Naked Triples, Naked Quads, Hidden Pairs, Hidden Triples, Hidden Quads and Intersection Removal.

The next page contains the Fishy Strategies consisting of methods like X-Wing, Sword-Fish, Jelly-Fish, Multivalue-X-Wing, Turbo-Fish, Finned X-Wing, Sashimi Finned X-Wing.

And the last page contains the Advanced Strategies like Singles Chains a.k.a Simple Colouring, Multi-Colouring, [Read More...]

Via Puzzle weblog Puzzlinks I found a few days ago a very nice variation of Sudoku, called Battleship Sudoku.

The first (and less preferred by the author) is to put a “minifleet” in a Sudoku grid and fill the empty spaces with numbers according to Sudoku rules.

The second method puts numbers on the fleet of ships so that a correct arrangement of ships will provide clues to solve the Sudoku.

The author prefers the last one. I really like them as already mentioned in a comment; Battleship Sudoku could be as famous [Read More...]

At Life.com you can’t ‘solve online Sudoku’ puzzles for free anymore as the service has been discontinued.

Update from Life.com : Though well-loved by the LIFE staff, Sudoku didn’t fit into the redesign of LIFE.com, but click around the site to try out our new games like “Real or Fake.” We may develop a photo version of Sudoku in the future. Stay tuned.

This online version of Sudoku offers you some very interesting options. Next to the Sudoku puzzle with four levels (easy, medium, hard and expert), you’ve got instructions, the option to print the Sudoku [Read More...]

Empire Interactive PLC said it has entered a deal whereby SCi Entertainment Group PLC’s games software unit Eidos Interactive will distribute Carol Vorderman’s Sudoku in North America.

Sudoku will be released on PlayStation 2, PSP (PlayStation Portable), and PC for Windows. The game will include video tutorials featuring Vorderman.

Empire Interactive CEO Ian Higgins said, ‘The ever increasing popularity of Sudoku in the US bodes very well for the release of the game for the Christmas season.’

Via Life Style Extra

Please find here articles and video’s with Carol Vorderman’s Sudoku Tutorial Video’s [Read More...]

Visitors to the Science Museum in west London can expect to find mentally challenging games and memory-enhancing tips.

Experts from the Alzheimer’s Society, King’s College London and the Forget Me Not Centre, which cares for people with dementia, will also be there. It will take place at the museum’s Dana Centre on Tuesday evening.

More information at BBC

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