This is an invitation to join Sudoku World, which is a Yahoo based
international meeting place for Sudoku addicts.
Sudoku World was created on June, 25, 2005, and now we are 5,502
members from at least 73 countries.
The age of our Sudoku World members vary from 10 to 88!!! More than
47% of the Sudoku World members are female.
Sudoku World offers:
- useful information on the game and strategy,
- an active message board with 4.067 messages.
-198 Sudoku related article links,
- 1 Sudoku World Championship puzzle link with 13 puzzles from the
qualification rounds,
- 2 Sudoku Glossary, Terms and FAQ links,
- 20 links to other Japanese puzzles,
- 24 links to Sudoku forums, communities and discussion groups,
- 7 PC Sudoku links,
- 7 Sudoku Haiku links,
- 2 Sudoku humour links,
- 23 Sudoku merchandise links,
-144 Sudoku puzzle links (including 21 Japanese links),
- 2 links to Anagram Sudokus,
- 37 links to on.line Sudoku and Samurai Sudoku solvers,
- 36 links to Sudoku tutorials, solving strategies, techniques and
rules links,
-155 links to Black or White Knight Sudoku puzzles and other Chess
related Sudokus.
-872 printable Sudoku puzzle files including:
- 40 difficult puzzles including the final puzzle in the 2006 Sudoku
World Championship,
- 3 Sudoku odd/even logo puzzles
- 24 Sudoku puzzles with only 17 given numbers,
- 2 Sudoku puzzles with 18 given numbers,
- 2 Sudoku puzzles with 19 given numbers,
-229 Japanese inspirated puzzles (many Sudoku X puzzles),
-114 assorted Sudokus (including Tanto Sudokus) - all with solutions,
- 48 mini overlapping 6x6 Sudokus - all with solutions,
- 46 Japanese Samurai Sudokus,
- 20 interesting variants with a pleasing set-up,
- 19 heart Sudokus,
- a printable heart Sudoku booklet with 79 puzzles,
- 3 Christmas tree Sudokus,
- 2 tadpole Sudokus,
- 27 Logidokus + hints document,
- 16 All Sevens, Eights or Nines puzzles,
- 1 Shade Sudoku,
- 5 irregular Odd/Even puzzle,
- 45 Sudoku X puzzles,
- 2 Sudoku X puzzles with only 14 and 15 givens,
- 28 The Ones, the Twos, the Threes and the Last sets (4 Sudokus in
each set),
- 1 Name Sudoku,
- 2 Wordokus,
- 2 Wordoku Xs,
- 3 Sudokus with all the solution steps,
- 1 100x100 Sudoku,
- 1 puzzle with 11 overlapping Sudokus,
- 3 puzzles with 13 overlapping Sudokus - with solutions,
- 1 puzzle with 17 overlapping Sudokus,
- 1 puzzle with 39 overlapping Sudokus,
- 1 puzzle with 20 overlapping Sudoku Xs
- 7 Sudoku Haiku entries from our competition
- 10 Puzzles for the visually impaired.
An ended Sudoku Haiku competition with book prizes.
Instructions booklet from the 2006 Sudoku World Championship at Lucca,
Italy.
Instructions booklet from the 2007 Sudoku World Championship at
Prague, the Czech Republic.
Practice puzzle book from 2007 Sudoku World Championship at Prague,
the Czech Republic.
- more than 20 help grids (empty Sudoku grids, Samurai Sudoku grids
and smaller Sudoku collections),
- Sudoku derivations file.
- a few databases.
- 3 closed and 26 ongoing Sudoku related polls (with 5,847 placed votes).
- 908 photos in 51 albums including:
- recommended Sudoku literature section,
- Sudoku cartoons,
- Many new Japanese Sudoku puzzle variations including:
- various overlapping and Samurai Sudokus,
- Samurai puzzles,
- oversized Sudokus,
- several interesting hybrid Sudokus!!
- unsecutive numbers,
- sum Sudokus,
- product Sudoku,
- more or less Sudokus,
- neighbour Sudoku,
- 6 and 9 number arrow Sudokus,
- odd/even Sudokus,
- irregular odd/even Sudokus,
- 6, 7, 9, 10 and 12 number irregular groups Sudokus,
- 9 number open irregular groups Sudokus,
- overlapping irregular Sudokus,
- 2 irregular Samurai Sudokus,
- 1234 Sudoku,
- 12345 Sudoku,
- 1234 irregular groups Sudokus,
- extra groups Sudokus,
- disallowed Sudoku,
- 8, 9 and 12 number cube Sudokus,
- dots Sudokus,
- hexagon Sudokus in different sizes,
- total sum Sudoku,
- sum, difference, more or less Sudoku,
- more or less or equal Sudoku,
- 7, 9 and 12 number demarcated Sudokus,
- different Sudoku + variants,
- sequential Sudokus,
- colour Sudokus,
- Sudoku + variants
- Tri Sudoku,
- wordokus,
- various relay Sudokus,
- normal Sudokus where you have to solve a jigzaw puzzle first,
- 6, 8 and 10 number brick Sudokus,
- 6 and 7 number chain Sudokus,
- Dominoes Sudoku,
- 6 and 9 number Digital Sudokus,
- skyscraper Sudoku,
- 155 Chess Sudokus,
- Sudoku nets,
- star Sudokus,
- 6 and 9 number arrow sudokus,
- Killer Sudokus,
- Double Killer Sudokus,
- Logidoku Killer Sudokus,
- Letter Sudoku,
- Untouchable Sudoku,
- dice Sudoku,
- different chess Sudoku variants,
- digital display Sudoku,
- different small Sudokus for children and/or beginners and
- sudoku X in various sizes and variants,
- 2x2, 4x4 and 6x6 Sudokus and
- normal 9x9 Sudokus.
You will find Sudoku World here:
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Sudokuworld
You don't have to be a black belt Sudoku solver to become a member of
Sudoku World, because all ages, and all standards, beginners to
advanced Sudoku puzzlers, are welcome.
We even have a Kakuro section with 21 links to quality Kakuro sites.
Last but not least we have 21 links to various Japanese puzzles including:
- Akari,
- Arukone,
- Edel,
- Fillomino,
- Hanjie,
- Hashiwokakero,
- Hexafex,
- Heyawake,
- Hitori,
- Kamaji,
- Masyu,
- Nurikabe,
- Ripple Effect,
- Slither Link and
- Yajilin.
We all hope to meet you there!
Kind regards,
Frank Vedel - MY days are numbered - are yours?