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Extreme Sudoku For Dummies (For Dummies (Sports & Hobbies)) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Andrew Heron, Andrew Stuart
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
List Price: $9.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 197849
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 0470116277
Dewey Decimal Number: 793
EAN: 9780470116272
ASIN: 0470116277
Publication Date: November 13, 2006
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Product Description
Have you worn out all of your pencils mastering ever-changing Sudoku puzzles? Have you stepped up your game to the next level and now seek something a little more demanding? Do you crave the challenge of more cunning, deadly Sudoku? Extreme Sudoku For Dummies features 236 beyond diabolical puzzles to challenge even the most skilled expert—perfect for anyone who wants to be a true Sudoku master. In this book you will not only discover some amazingly tricky Sudoku puzzles, but also face new challenges in the form of Killer Sudoku, Irregular Sudoku, and other recently developed variations. And you won't need to rely on guesswork—you'll find an easy-to-understand, logical approach that will help you tackle even the most difficult puzzles in the book. Extreme Sudoku For Dummies offers: -
An overview of Sudoku basics -
Variations such as 9 x 9, 12 x 12, 16 x 16, jigsaw, circular, and killer puzzles -
Useful strategies to filter out candidates and solve puzzles, one step at a time -
The lowdown on advanced strategies such as Naked Pairs, Naked Triplets, Hidden Pairs, X-Wing, Y-Wing, and other techniques -
Time completion estimates so that you can use the clock to measure your progress and ability Along with a wealth of puzzles that will test every Sudoku player's skill, Extreme Sudoku For Dummies provides the tips, tricks, advice, and strategies to help you become a true master of the game.
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One of the Better Sudoku Books Out There March 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a lot of people have, I have become a big fan of Sudoku lately. A problem with a lot of books out there for Sudoku is that they can have way too many easy puzzles for the more advanced Sudoku user or they don't quite follow the rules I find are important (an earlier book I owned required guessing to get to solve a puzzle in the more advanced stages, or they don't start out with symmetric patterns, which the more traditional sudoku start with).
This book is fantastic in that the puzzles start off challenging (this is not a beginners book). They incorporate more advanced techniques that one doesn't often find in books while not putting in techniques that are so advanced one would need a computer to use (This is a flaw in other books as well).
The only drawback. I've seen in the book is that some of the terminology is inconsistent with a lot of the seemingly official terminology seen on internet forums and puzzles. I'll also admit that I am not a huge fan of some of the variations presented in the book. They aren't necessarily bad, but I think it would have been neater to throw in a couple of Killer Sudoku or Samurai Sudoku puzzles to show some challenging variations.
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