Over twenty years ago Nikoli, the Japanese puzzle and game company, started publishing a curious logic puzzle called Sudoku. The rest of the world recently joined the Sudoku craze by using computer programs to create puzzles, but Nikoli is the only company that still crafts their puzzles the old-fashioned way: by hand. As Ad Age wrote in a profile, the Nikoli credo is ÒThe Best Puzzles Are Made by Happy Employees.Ó And for solvers, it really does make a differenceÑthereÕs an elegance and symmetry to the puzzles, plus a sense of interaction. The puzzle-maker knows just when to encourage, and when to withhold. Puzzles marked ÒEasy,Ó are easy because the puzzler leads you through. Those marked ÒVery HardÓ are exactly thatÑthey pit your mind against the mind of the master, who seems to share the joy of that moment when one hard-won number is captured, and the entire puzzle tumbles into place. An obsessiveÕs collection, More Original Sudoku features over 300 puzzles, all in a chunky, easy-to-carry format (it even fits into a standard jeans-size back pocket). An introduction shows how to solve the puzzles at various levels of difficulty, and it includes a tutorial on how to create your own hand-made Sudoku. HereÕs wishing you Gokouun o inorimasu! (Good luck!)
“The Best Puzzles Are Made by Happy Employees.” So Ad Age describes the credo of Nikoli, the Japanese puzzle company that invented the Sudoku craze and supplies 100% of the puzzles published in Japanese newspapers and magazines. And when they say “made,” they mean literally handmade—unlike the computer-generated puzzles found in other American Sudoku products. And that's one of the features that makes THE ORIGINAL SUDOKU BOOK 2— and THE ORIGINAL SUDOKU, published between seasons and already with 115,000 copies in print—unique. The books celebrate the compulsive joy of Sudoku with symmetry, smartness, and elegance. They invite you to match wits with the experts, to step into the 81-cell arena with a puzzle maker who has fiendishly anticipated your next step. Fun without frustration. Other features? More all-new puzzles—over 300, arranged from “Easy” to “Very Hard.” The same chunky, easy-to-tote format, because once addicted you will be toting it around everywhere. An informative introduction that shows you how to approach and solve the puzzles. Plus an entirely new idea—an unprecedented tutorial on how to create your very own handmade Sudoku puzzles. The obsession continues.
The Big Book of Visual Sudoku" reinvents the world's most popular number game by adding a second visual layer on top of the traditional number/logic puzzle--using symbols and pictures instead of numbers. It's a paradigm shift; 273 puzzles that present Sudoku for both sides of the brain, left (the logical) and right (the visual).
No one in the puzzle field has hatched as many new brainteasers as Nikoli, publishers of Japan s very first puzzle monthly. Now their blockbuster creation sudoku joins forces with a hot newcomerfillomino. Like sudoku, fillomino has a simple set of rules that allow for endlessly fascinating possibilities. The challenge: fill a grid with clusters of numbers (2s in groups of 2, 3s in groups of 3, etc.) so that no group touches a group of the same size. America s millions of Sudoku fans will catch on instantlyand they ll be hooked.
There s an irresistible new puzzle from Nikoli! For millions of fans worldwide, that s big news. Nikoli, publisher of Japan s very first puzzle magazine and popularizer of the mega-hit sudoku, now introduces hashi (Japanese for bridge )a puzzle that asks solvers to draw lines between numbered circles. The rules: all lines must be horizontal or vertical, no lines may cross, and each circle may have only as many bridges as its number. Sounds simpleuntil you try it. Which makes it a perfect new companion to sudoku, today s most popular logic puzzle.
Slitherink are engaging logic puzzles with some simple rules and four numbers: 0, 1, 2, and 3. They’re Nikoli’s original creations, known as Sli-Lin in Japan, and they provide endless enjoyment. The grid features scattered dots and numbers; connect the dots with a vertical or horizontal line until you’ve created a single loop with no crossings or branches. The trick is that when you reach a number, its value determines how many lines, or "walls” surround it. For extra solving pleasure, the collection also includes 45 sudoku. Have fun!
From Nikoli, the Japanese puzzle company that created the sudoku craze, comesa title that starts at hard and goes to a level of difficulty not seen in anyprevious books.
Puzzle fans will love hitori. Instead of filling in numbers on a grid, they have to black them outlike playing sudoku backwards! Hitori is a new brainchild of Nikoli, publisher of Japan s very first puzzle magazine and a superpower in the puzzle world. The rules are simple: 1) No number may appear more than once in any row or column. 2) Starting with a fully filled grid, the solver has to decide which duplicate numbers to knock out. And 3) all numbers remaining at the end have to be connected together. It s a whole new kind of mind-bending fun.
The next big—and challenging!—idea for the adult activity market from Nikoli, the creators of the original Sudoku puzzles and author of Workman’s bestselling Original Sudoku series, with 1.2 million copies in print. So what is a pictomaze? Created by master puzzle maker Kazuyuki Yuzawa (aka “Mr. King,” for how he sits atop the Japanese puzzle maker’s throne), each pictomaze is an intricate maze that, when solved, reveals an image of an animal. It’s a mental workout, requiring a brain-stretching amount of focus and concentration while testing one’s problem-solving ability and short-term memory. And it’s fun! As the line of your pencil twists and turns, a picture of an animal is slowly revealed. There’s a chimpanzee. A tiger chameleon. A great horned owl. A red panda—and more. Once the animal is complete, the puzzle is solved. Now, color in the path to bring the creature to life, and try the next mystery maze. Problem-solving. Surprise. Mindfulness. This entertaining and engaging activity exercises different parts of the brain at once—allowing players to keep their minds sharp, imaginative, and ever curious.
Warning:Not for the Sudoku faint-of-heart! Introducing a book of extra tough, extra thorny—and extra addictive—puzzles specially designed for people with Einstein-level Sudoku IQs. Sharpen your pencil. Warm up your gray matter. And pit your wits against the top Japanese puzzle makers in the world. Genius-Level Sudoku features more than 300 brand-new challenges, all rated Good Luck! The latest collection from Nikoli, the company that invented the game and helped launch Sudoku-mania worldwide more than twenty years ago, joins The Original Sudoku, Expert Sudoku, X-Treme Sudoku, and other books and calendars with over 3 million copies in print. Nikoli is famous not only for being the first to make Sudoku puzzles, but for being the best—each puzzle is handcrafted, not churned out by a computer program, which makes it uniquely elegant and interactive. The authors are with their solver every step of the way, anticipating the next move and putting up roadblocks. This next level—genius level—is for every puzzler who craves extreme challenge and actually enjoys having their neurons tied in knots—as, number by number, the solution falls into place and they can celebrate victory.
Widely regarded as the world s most prolific wellspring of logic games and brainteasers ... if anyone comes up with the next craze, it will be Nikoli "The New York Times"Heyawake is a popular logic puzzle from Japan that s new to these shores, and will delight sudoku fans. Here s how heyawake works: Dark lines divide the grid into many different rooms. Some rooms contain a number, which indicates the number of black cells inside that room. Black squares may not lie horizontally or vertically adjacent to another black square. The white squares must all remain connected to each other, and no unbroken line of white cells may extend into more than two rooms. Fans of sudoku and other puzzles will discover many exciting strategies that make solving heyawake a uniquely satisfying experience.
Widely regarded as the world s most prolific wellspring of logic games and brainteasers ... if anyone comes up with the next craze, it will be Nikoli "The New York Times"Just a few simple rules lead to an endless variety of fascinating logical possibilities with nurikabe. Shade the grid so that it contains a connected river of black squares. Each number in the grid is part of a different island, and the number indicates how many white squares that island contains. Also, no 2-by-2 square in the grid may be colored entirely black.
Widely regarded as the world s most prolific wellspring of logic games and brainteasers ... if anyone comes up with the next craze, it will be Nikoli "The New York Times"In akari, the grid must be filled with light bulbs so that every square is illuminated. When a light bulb is placed in the grid, it illuminates every square in a horizontal or vertical line that isn t blocked by a black square. However, no light bulb may be illuminated by another light bulb, and the bulbs must be placed so that each numbered black square has the correct number of light bulbs adjacent to it. The rules are simple to remember, but create a complex logical world that sudoku solvers will truly appreciate.
Confident solvers who think they've got Sudoku down cold will have to think again, because these are absolutely the most fiendishly difficult, devilishly baffling Sudokus ever devised...and the biggest, too. Created by hand in Japan--from Nikoli, the company responsible for the puzzles' popularity in that country--the collection includes megasudokus on a 25 x 25 grid, designed to give even the sharpest minds a workout. True to its title, it's the ultimate challenge, and one that millions of Sudoku-obsessed fans will find irresistible. And for total newcomers brave enough to high-dive in at the deep end, there's a quick tutorial to get them started.
Connecting these puzzle cells involves using your brain cells to the max! Masyu features a series of black and white circles arranged in a grid; the object is to join them in a single, unbroken loop with a line that passes through every circle. Of course, there s a twist: there are special rules about how the line may make 90-degree turns when it passes through a black or a white circle. It s like a maze with no walls, and there s only one solutiontry to find it! In addition to the 90 masyu, there are 45 sudoku, too.
Detailed colour illustrations of over 70 of the world's greatest courses with fascinating narratives on how they were created, their most famous holes and the players who have performed magic on them throughout the years.
Ever since the trend began in the 1800s, cocktails haven't gone out of style. They're so popular that new combinations appear every day. But these drinks are the timeless winners, the ones with a rich history and culture, the classics that continue to inspire bartenders and drinkers the world over. Here are recipes for the perfect Dry Martini; a basic, nonfruit Daiquiri; plus a Screwdriver, Manhattan, Brandy Sidecar, White Lady, Cosmopolitan and more. Chill out with a Sea Breeze, Harvey Wallbanger, or Long Island Iced Tea. Go for something exotic--perhaps a rich Brandy Alexander, a Caipirinha from Brazil, or a minty Grasshopper. Tips, anecdotes, and delightful trivia on the origins of the names complete this perfect companion for cocktail lovers.
Sudoku is the simple number puzzle that has swept the world and obsessed millions of puzzlers of all ages. Test your IQ with 200 of the most flendishly difficult sudokus ever devised. These puzzles - created by hand in Japan - have been designed to examine the sharpest minds and most competent puzzlers with absorbing grids that will give you hours of head scratching enjoyment. Following on from the successful Sudoku Challenge this is the ideal book for Sudoku-ists everywhere! The pocket-book format means that you can work on a Sudoku anywhere - whilst commuting, on the beach, or during a lunch break.
100 original puzzles, hand - created by Sudoku's Japanese inventors. Rated by addicts as far superior to computer - spawned versions, these previously unpublished puzzles, which range from easy to difficult, contain almost imperceptible witticisms and symmetrical patterns which enhance the pleasure of completing them.
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