rach 1 Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 In the UK at the moment, you cannot get away from "sudoku" - a puzzle game. And everyone is under the impression that it is Japanese. But I'd never heard of it or seen it before this summer. Anyone know more about this? Link to post Share on other sites
xxx 2 Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 Never heard of it, what kind of puzzle is it? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 No, I haven't heard of it, and I couldn't imagine any way of finding out more about it either. It's a complete mystery. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted August 29, 2005 Author Share Posted August 29, 2005 Deary me, I should have known... OK, I can do (and have done) a search on it, but I am interested to know more about the Japanese background to it rather then just the basic fact that it "originated in Japan" which is what many places just say - possibly from Japanese people on here who might be able to tell us more..... xxx, Sudoku (Japanese: 数独, sūdoku), sometimes spelled Su Doku, is a placement puzzle, also known as Number Place in the United States. The aim of the puzzle is to enter a numeral from 1 through 9 in each cell of a grid, most frequently a 9×9 grid made up of 3×3 subgrids (called "regions"), starting with various numerals given in some cells (the "givens"). Each row, column and region must contain only one instance of each numeral. Completing the puzzle requires patience and logical ability. Its grid layout is reminiscent of other newspaper puzzles like crosswords and chess problems. Sudoku initially became popular in Japan in 1986 and attained international popularity in 2005. Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 Check this out. http://www.sudoku.com/ Link to post Share on other sites
nori-chan 0 Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 Well I am Japanese and I never saw it. Maybe too young Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 rach, it took my Research Department a full 24 hours to find this . But now the world can know why it's called sudoku, and why it isn't really Japanese after all. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted August 29, 2005 Author Share Posted August 29, 2005 Any other Japanese know anything about it then? Thanks Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Puzzles like that drive me nuts I am hopeless at them - no pleasure in that kind of thing for v! no, no. Link to post Share on other sites
AET 0 Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 I really like them. Sudoku is a quite a challenge as well. Good for on a long flight. Link to post Share on other sites
LiquidX 0 Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 You can play it online if you want http://www.saidwhat.co.uk/sudokus/index.php Link to post Share on other sites
sava 0 Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 We have it in Australia, but when I went to London, I couldn't believe that there were Sudoku books that were #1? Link to post Share on other sites
giggsy 0 Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 There are about 8 sudoku books in the top 10 or something silly like that. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 How did it take such a hold on the UK? Sounds like it's beating the newly-released PSP! Link to post Share on other sites
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