Posted: July 9, 2006 12:42 pm
I'm an idiot....I don't get it.....I fear numbers
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Posted: July 9, 2006 1:01 pm
I'm still living under the thought that math sux.
Posted: July 9, 2006 1:25 pm
Heard of it, just tried one of those links, played for less than 5 minutes and gave up. Don't think I have the patience for that game.
Posted: July 9, 2006 1:53 pm
never played online but used to try and do them during class at school...ive never finished one... 
Posted: July 9, 2006 2:04 pm
With some of the games that are 3x3 -- all the numbers can only go once in those 9 squares.
Start with the easy ones on paper where you can put the possibilities and then cross-reference. Sometimes only 1 number can go in a spot.
Pretty soon you'll see the numbers to work with first.
I'm still as slow as ....
MOLASSES!
Start with the easy ones on paper where you can put the possibilities and then cross-reference. Sometimes only 1 number can go in a spot.
Pretty soon you'll see the numbers to work with first.
I'm still as slow as ....
MOLASSES!Posted: July 9, 2006 2:08 pm
Posted: July 9, 2006 3:44 pm
Thanks.conched wrote:Here is an easy one. Print this one out and try it.
http://www.dailysudoku.co.uk/sudoku/today.shtml
Posted: July 9, 2006 4:15 pm
Heck, don't thank ME! That one was hard. It was tagged a medium.
I had to make a guess right off the bat that was a wrong turn.
I had to make a guess right off the bat that was a wrong turn.
Posted: July 9, 2006 4:24 pm
Look at the line right down the middle from left to right.
Where can 3 not go in that line? It can't go in the middle and it can't go to the far right...so you have a sure placement in the first square.
Then when you look at the 3 at the bottom left and the 3 you just put
you have to put the 3 in the top left square and it will only go one place.
Once I get those sure 3's in I circle them. They can't be wrong.
Circle anything you know can't be wrong.
I made a wrong guess on the 5 and 9 down the middle and had to go back and erase and work it out with the opposite 9 and 5.
When I knew that was wrong and it was a sure thing, I could cirlce the 5 and 9 and it was much easier!
I'm sure there are many other ways to tackle this one, but I solved 3, then 6, then 5.
The second line completed was the line down the middle from top to bottom.
The first square to solve was the middle square.
Fun to do while watching/listening to golf!!
Where can 3 not go in that line? It can't go in the middle and it can't go to the far right...so you have a sure placement in the first square.
Then when you look at the 3 at the bottom left and the 3 you just put
you have to put the 3 in the top left square and it will only go one place.
Once I get those sure 3's in I circle them. They can't be wrong.
Circle anything you know can't be wrong.
I made a wrong guess on the 5 and 9 down the middle and had to go back and erase and work it out with the opposite 9 and 5.
When I knew that was wrong and it was a sure thing, I could cirlce the 5 and 9 and it was much easier!
I'm sure there are many other ways to tackle this one, but I solved 3, then 6, then 5.
The second line completed was the line down the middle from top to bottom.
The first square to solve was the middle square.
Fun to do while watching/listening to golf!!
Posted: July 9, 2006 4:27 pm
Will take a look at it in a few.conched wrote:Look at the line right down the middle from left to right.
Where can 3 not go in that line? It can't go in the middle and it can't go to the far right...so you have a sure placement in the first square.
Then when you look at the 3 at the bottom left and the 3 you just put
you have to put the 3 in the top left square and it will only go one place.
Once I get those sure 3's in I circle them. They can't be wrong.
Circle anything you know can't be wrong.
I made a wrong guess on the 5 and 9 down the middle and had to go back and erase and work it out with the opposite 9 and 5.
When I knew that was wrong and it was a sure thing, I could cirlce the 5 and 9 and it was much easier!
I'm sure there are many other ways to tackle this one, but I solved 3, then 6, then 5.
Fun to do while watching/listening to golf!!
Posted: August 17, 2006 7:40 am
Not sure if you guys already covered this,
but here's a site that you can play against someone:
http://www.sudokucombat.com/
but here's a site that you can play against someone:
http://www.sudokucombat.com/
Posted: August 17, 2006 9:56 am
The game is totally addictive. You do have to have a head for numbers to enjoy it. In the weekend section of the Washington Post, there is a Samuri Sudoku which is 5 sudoku puzzles all intertwined. There is one puzzle in the middle whose upper left 3x3 square is the lower right 3x3 square on puzzle #2, the upper right 3x3 square is the lower left 3x3 square on puzzle #3, the lower right 3x3 square is the upper left 3x3 square on puzzle #4 and the lower left 3x3 square is the upper right 3x3 square on puzzle #5.
They are great time wasters.
They are great time wasters.
Posted: August 17, 2006 11:44 am
And if you are truly twisted, Washingtonpost.com has a Sudoko link that has a really easy puzzle (2x3 with 6 digits to fill in) a normal 3x3 and a Mega Puzzle which is 4X4 with 16 squares to fill in each square. They use numbers 1 thtough 9 and lettera A through G. And if you are lazy there is a help mode on their system which shows what options are available for each slot.
Posted: August 17, 2006 1:01 pm
Holy cr*p.green1 wrote:And if you are truly twisted, Washingtonpost.com has a Sudoko link that has a really easy puzzle (2x3 with 6 digits to fill in) a normal 3x3 and a Mega Puzzle which is 4X4 with 16 squares to fill in each square. They use numbers 1 thtough 9 and lettera A through G. And if you are lazy there is a help mode on their system which shows what options are available for each slot.
The mega one is wild. If I took the Metro into work, I'd print that out in the AM and do that on the ride in. It looks like it would take forever to complete.Posted: August 17, 2006 6:33 pm
Bellsouth's web service offers it and other games on-line.
Besides the fact that each row and column must contain the digits 1-9 you might find it easier to work the 9 squares within the puzzle to start with.
Once again 1-9 must be used and only once. Working it this way seems to center your thought better than looking across and up and down the board.
Has anyone played Kakuro?
I actually find it more interesting because it is like finding the proper digits to use to come up with a desired sum. Key here is that it also works top to bottom and left to right or visa-versa.
Your # combinations therefore can use more than 1-9 depending on the degree of difficulty and sum that you are trying to achieve.
And I hate math.
Besides the fact that each row and column must contain the digits 1-9 you might find it easier to work the 9 squares within the puzzle to start with.
Once again 1-9 must be used and only once. Working it this way seems to center your thought better than looking across and up and down the board.
Has anyone played Kakuro?
I actually find it more interesting because it is like finding the proper digits to use to come up with a desired sum. Key here is that it also works top to bottom and left to right or visa-versa.
Your # combinations therefore can use more than 1-9 depending on the degree of difficulty and sum that you are trying to achieve.
And I hate math.