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A brief history of Sudoku

• 1979 First published in Dell Magazines, which
  called them Number Place.
• Howard Garns from Indianapolis is credited as
  the inventor
• Japan, 1986 Became popular when puzzle
  publisher Nikoli discovered the game in older
  Dell publications.

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• Sudoku is the Japanese abbreviation of a longer
  phrase, "Suji wa dokushin ni kagiru, which means
  "the digits must occur only once.
• November, 2004 The London Times first publishes
  Sudoku.
• April, 2005 A national phenomenon in Britain,
  notoriety in the States begins.

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• July 1, 2005 The first television game show,
  Sudoku Live, aired on the BBC.
• Fall, 2005, USA Bookstores across the nation
  join the craze with countless collections and
  versions.
• Today Sudoku is available on cell phones,
  iPods, and the Nintendo DS, in addition to major
  newspapers worldwide

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So how do you play Sudoku?
1 simple rule Fill in the grid so that every
row, every column, and every 3 x 3 box contain
the digits 1 through 9.
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Lets play already!
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3 Basic techniques

• Scanning
• Cross-hatching
• Counting

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Some advanced techniques

• Branching out
• The 50-50
• Trial--Error (use in extreme circumstances)

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Extra Misc. Information

• Many copycat/adaptive versions
• Addoku
• Kakuro
• Subdoku (3x3, 4x4, etc.)
• Superdoku (12x12, 16x16, etc.)
• Any shapes/letters instead of 1-9

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Extra Misc. Information
Board Games
Sudoku Widget
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Extra Misc. Information
For the DS
For PSP
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Extra Misc. Information
Competitions National US Championship
- Chicago, usually in May The World Sudoku
Championship - Italy, usually in March
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Extra Misc. Information
Good websites www.sudoku.com - great
resource! www.prizesudoku.com - weekly
competitions www.sudoku.org.uk - daily
competitions
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GIFT TIME!