Eldrbarry's SuDoKu Links

I am not one for crosswords or wordsearch puzzles - other than Frameworks where you fit a list of words into a framework. Handheld computer games generally turn me off too - though I really enjoy FreeCell - playing it at bedtime or while travelling by plane. However, I recently started doing Sudoku puzzles - which involves a lot of logic and find them quite enjoyable as well. Here are some resources I have found...

Books and collections of puzzles:

• How to Solve Sudoku : A Step-by-Step Guide (52 Brilliant Ideas) by Robin Wilson
• Master Sudoku : Step-by-Step Instructions for Players at All Levels by Carol Vorderman

• Sudoku Easy to Hard Presented by Will Shortz, Volume 1 : 100 Wordless Crossword Puzzles (Sudoku Easy to Hard) . . Volume 2 . . Volume 3 (Will Shortz, the Puzzlemaster on NPR's Sunday morning radio show first got me interested enough to try them.)
• The Giant Book of Sudoku Presented by Will Shortz : 300 Wordless Crossword Puzzles by Will Shortz, Peter Ritmeester
• New York Post Sudoku : The Official Utterly Addictive Number-Placing Puzzle (New York Post Su Doku) Voume 1 by Wayne Gould . . Volume 2
• Dell Sudoku Magazines

Strategies for solving them:

• Wikipdedia: Sudoku
• How to Solve Sudoku by Pappocom
• Angus Johnson' Sudoku Hints
• Random Sudoku
• ScanRaid Sudoku Solver
• SudokuList . . Solving Sudoku by Micheal Mepham (pdf)
• Brainbashers' Hints
• Sudoku Xpert Newsletter (Has books for sale)
• Yo! Sudoku! Links

Online Daily Puzzles

• Daily Puzzle (AU)
• Daily Sudoku (UK)
• Sudoku Fun
• Sudoku Games 4 All Links to Sudoku Games Online! - The Times Sudoku, Sudoku Challenge, Zylom Sudoku, Life Sudoku, Samurai Sudoku and Daily Sudoku, and more.
• Daily-Sudoku
• Brainbasher's Daily 5 difficulty levels

Sudoku generating programs

• Program by Pappocom ($14.95)
• Simple Sudoku By Angus Johnson (Free) A Sudoku puzzle maker and solver for Win9x, Win2000 & WinXP
• Pure Sudoku A free windows program with a deluxe version also available. ($7.99)
• Sudocue

Electronic Handheld games


All these games are being released to the market in December 2005 or January 2006, hence there are to date very few reviews of them. Obviously both interest and competition is high!
• Electronic Handheld Sudoku by Next Wave - they have four different ones just made available at the same price. Compare this one with Number2 and Number3 and Number4 They differ considerably in controls layout and shape.
• Sudoku PDQ by Techno Source
• Handheld Electronic Sudoku S-430 by Sudoku (which has a variety of other models including a touch screen available. by Kaito
• Electronic Sudoku with Back-lit LCD Screen, LK-G836
• Do You Sudoku? Electronic Game by University Games (February 2006)
• The Original SuDoku Traveler Supreme (Cardinal Industries)
• Sudoku By Radica (March 2006)

Sudoku Board and Card Games

• SuDoku - The Board Game (Pressman Toy)
• Sudoku for Dummies(University Games) The Game Board game brain-teaser game, Sudoku, based on the #1 selling Sudoku puzzle book, Sudoku for Dummies. Game for 2 or more players (or can be played solo), ages 8 and up, 50 preprinted puzzle grids (no writing or set up required), 81 numbered tiles, three levels of difficulty (easy, tricky, and tough), three additional special training puzzles for beginners.
• Do You Sudoku? Card Game (University Games)
• Do You Sudoku? Game (University Games)
• Sudoku - The Utterly Addictive Number Puzzle Game (Imagination Licensing)
• SuDoku Sensations (Hasbro Games)
Please send E-mail to me at: BMcW@eldrbarry.net

© 2006 Barry McWilliams


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