[IkeaMan]

Zoraja wrote:

lol are you hallucinating again???

[asiawharf]

Here's a PC game that will generate & solve sudokus of multiple dimensions - great for beginners and experts alike.

Download from
http://www.sudokuworkplace.com/

[stephiebaby]

If we're suggesting games, I've got one... has anyone tried the multiplayer sudoku at cafe.com? I liked it a lot... different play modes, good graphics, smooth interface, no annoying popups. And the multiplayer angle is pretty unique too.

Let me know if anyone tries it out.

[hurley_108]

My strategies for sudoku are these:

Strategy A
1: Find the 3x3 block that's fullest.
2: Mentally deterine the missing numbers that will complete the block.
3: Run through each of those numbers in each empty cell, checking against the other numbers in the row and column of the empty cell to see if you can eliminate the number as a possibility for the cell.
4: If you eliminate the number as a possibility for all but one cell, it has to go there.
5: If you can't finish that block this way, move on to the next fullest block and return later.

Strategy B
1: Find a row or column of 3x3 blocks which has a number in each of two of the bocks.
2: The third block must have that number in the third row or column.
3: If there is only once empty cell in that row or column of the third block, that number must go there.
4: Try to fill the board with this umber this way.
5: If you can't fill in this number any more, try another one.

Between these two simple strategies, almost any sudoku can be solved without filling it with chicken scratches of notes and erased numbers.

[ryanjacab]

Zoraja wrote:

Okay well this is going to be really hard to exxplain so I apologize if it is confusing.

So I will base it on todays puzzle, the easy one not the medium or hard.

So if you look at hte middle column of squares (enclosing nine boxes each) you will see that in the left and right columns there is a 3, and those are in the ower and middle squares. So the three that goes in the top box must be in the middle, but you cannot definately put it into the very top box or the middle one so you shouldn't put anything in.

I find the simplest way to find numbers that are correct to enter are if there are two more in that column or row, like the threes.

If you look again at the very middle square and the middle row you can see that there are already two 7's in that set rows of boxes, one in the middle row and one in the lower which means that the 7 that goes in the centre square has to be in the top row, and since there is already a 7 in the centre column in the square above it can only go in the top right box of the centre square.

I hope that makes sense. From there you jsut keep looking for ones like that and you should be able to get through the entire puzzle correctly. It may take a while to find one that you can be absolutely sure of but they are always there somewhere.

Sudoku is awesome game. I like it very much but sometimes it’s become difficult to fill all columns. Anyways thanks for your tips.

[raydan]

Here's my favorite site:
http://www.websudoku.com/

Keeps your average score for a specific level.
Compares your score to user's average.

[markbenaldo]

[PostFactum]

That's cool) In my childhoot I liked Japanese crosswords too))