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Tag Archives: CONSECUTIVE

Flower Sudoku: 5 in 1 Sudoku puzzles in different flavors – “Still my favorite sudoku variant!”

A new review of Flower Sudoku: 5 in 1 Sudoku puzzles book has been posted on Amazon. It’s a short, 5/5 stars review. Interestingly enough, so far there have been 4 reviews of this book – and all reviews of Flower Sudoku book are 5/5 stars! As always, djape’s puzzles are fantastic and range from […]
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Outside Sudoku and its variants: You Really Should Try this Type of Sudoku

After two new book reviews from Amazon that I posted, here I’m posting all reviews of one of the books that should catch your attention: Outside Sudoku and its variants. This book is special because it contains a variety of a variety. 🙂 Outside Sudoku puzzles have essentially the same rules as classic Sudoku, but […]
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Outside Consecutive Sudoku

Here is another variant of Outside Sudoku puzzles: a consecutive Sudoku. I’m sure you are aware of the rules, but lets repeat that the numbers in cells that are connected by the pipe “|” symbol MUST BE CONSECUTIVE. Numbers is cell that are have no pipe symbol between them MUST NOT BE CONSECUTIVE, they have […]
Outside Sudoku and its variants, vol 2

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Outside Non-Consecutive Sudoku

I announced this one when I posted my first Outside Sudoku puzzle: it’s a non consecutive Outside Sudoku. Even though it looks like a regular Sudoku puzzle, you must follow one extra rule: two touching numbers must not be consecutive. Outside Non/Consecutive Sudoku for Monday, January 18, 2010 – Difficulty: THINKER. Click on the puzzle […]
Outside Sudoku and variants

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Outside Sudoku

Here is something new (for this site) for the New Year: Outside Sudoku. This puzzle is also shown today on the Daily Sudoku variants page, but I thought I should properly introduce it. The rules: 1. For the 9×9 grid all standard Sudoku rules apply. However, you don’t have any starting clues in there! 2. […]
Sudoku Variants Puzzles Book

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Sudoku Straights

It’s only Wednesday, but I decided to present you with another Sudoku Straights puzzle. Remember that they are shown every Friday on the Daily Sudoku variants page. The rules: 1. Use numbers 1-9. Numbers cannot be repeated in rows/columns. 2. There are no nonets (3×3 boxes) like in other Sudoku puzzles. 3. Black cells do […]
Sudoku Straights, where Poker meets Sudoku

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Happy New Year!

I hope you all had a nice Christmas and that you are enduring the cold weather well. Well, those in the Northern hemisphere anyway. 🙂 Let me tell you about the changes that I plan for 2009: There will be more Jigsaw Sudoku puzzles on the Daily Sudoku variants page. They will be accompanied by […]
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Introducing “Sudoku Sequences” or “Sudoku Straights”

Here is a brand new Sudoku variation as a special Christmas present. Hope you will like it. The rules: 1. Use numbers 1-9. Numbers cannot be repeated in rows/columns. 2. There are no nonets (3×3 boxes) like in other Sudoku puzzles. 3. Black cells do not contain numbers. Therefore, not all numbers 1-9 will appear […]
Loco Sudoku Puzzle Book Cuckoo Wacky Quirky

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How to solve Hidoku: “cornering” (or “dead-end”)

Here is an explanation of a Hidato solving technique that some people might find obvious and they use it without even thinking of it as a special technique. But, for those who still struggle with the more difficult puzzles, here is a quick guide of the technique that I call “cornering“. It can be used […]
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A new Hidoku puzzle – a difficult one this time!

Today I show you a bigger and more difficult Hidoku puzzle. To make sure you know what you’re solving, here are the (very simple) rules of Hidoku again: 1. It can be played on a square or rectangle of any size 2. Numbers from 1 to the size of the puzzle are used. For example, […]
Hidoku book, large print

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