Color Sudoku

by Philip Riley, Laura Taalman

Sudoku fans will welcome this bright new twist to the popular puzzles! Every one of these ingenious creations—from “Bold X” to “Rainbow Up”—makes colors and patterns part of the solving fun. And although each puzzle maintains the normal 9x9 grid and follows the basic rules of the game, every style adds an additional restriction to intensify the challenge. In “Worms,” for example, swirly, squirmy shapes fill the grids; the numbers increase as you work your way from head to tail. “Even/Odd” features squares in two colors, depending on whether the number to fill it is even or odd. And in “Positional Board,” no two of the red squares can be the same number. They’re all lots of fun!

Genres: Puzzles

240 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2007

Reviews

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of fun if you like sudoku you'll find these variations on the puzzle intresting.

Puzzles are ranked according to difficulty so you can get the hang of how the puzzle works and then try harder versions.

[Cristina Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

As the author of the beginner’s book, The Tao of Sudoku: Yoga for the Brain, I began my long term love affair with Sudoku a couple of years ago. I went from a naysayer to a daily practitioner in a thousand puzzles or so. I have tried a number of other books but this one really stands out. It’s creative, beautiful and offers three levels per puzzle type. Yes, the hard ones are hard, but not so hard as to be mind numbingly unenjoyable to me. I am better at some varieties than others. My trusty pink eraser comes in quite handy.

Thank you, Philip and Laura for sharing your logical creativity and artistry!