Puzzling Behavior »
Beth points us to Puzzle Japan, a reasonably-priced service for puzzles, with over 600 puzzles on their site. Probably a lot more - I've just seen that number more than once.
Once of their offerings is the recently-popular Sudoku (or Su Doku) puzzle game. The deceptively simple game involves a 9x9 grid which must be populated with the numbers from 1-9 in both directions (both horizontally and vertically). And you can't repeat any numbers in any rows or columns. Oh, and there are smaller 3x3 grids within the larger grid, and those 3x3 grids each also need to be populated with the numbers 1-9, again without repeating. There are at least 20 practice games online.
While the game does get old after a few dozen tries, it's worth playing just because it's darn so simple and yet it can be so aggravating. Other games abound at Puzzle Japan, but I haven't had a chance to play with those as yet. Let me know if you find out anything interesting about other puzzles.
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I've got 619 puzzles right now so yes, there are more. Basically you only get access to what goes up after you've subscribed. So the longer your subscribed, the more you have.
Try Nurikabe. There's a grid with various numbers on it and you have to build walls around each number so the area you wall in has the same number of squares as the number. All walls have to be connected. It's great.
Posted by Beth on May 22, 2005 3:57 AM
Just thought you might like to know that there is a new Sudoku program available for download at www.GoldstoneServices.co.uk
The full product includes 10,000 brand new puzzles; puzzle solver; design mode to create your own puzzles; print option - handy for journeys; puzzle checker to see if you have made any obvious mistakes; Auto Notes so you can see candidate numbers for each square at a glance.
The demo version includes 10 sample puzzles of varying degrees of difficulty so that you can try before you buy. The product is priced at £9.99 which is not bad when you consider that thats for 10,000 puzzles!!!
Posted by Subs on June 14, 2005 2:53 PM
Just thought you might like to know that there is a new Sudoku program available for download at www.GoldstoneServices.co.uk
The full product includes 10,000 brand new puzzles; puzzle solver; design mode to create your own puzzles; print option - handy for journeys; puzzle checker to see if you have made any obvious mistakes; Auto Notes so you can see candidate numbers for each square at a glance.
The demo version includes 10 sample puzzles of varying degrees of difficulty so that you can try before you buy. The product is priced at £9.99 which is not bad when you consider that thats for 10,000 puzzles!!!
Posted by Subs on June 14, 2005 3:18 PM