- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Times Books (20 Mar 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007233264
- ISBN-13: 978-0007233267
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 268,739 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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It appears we are a nation of puzzle obsessives after the phenomenal response to Su Doku. For those Su Doku fiends who are eager for variety, here is a collection of four of the most popular Japanese Logic Puzzles – Hitori, Hashi, Slitherlink, Mosaic. Guaranteed to strain your brain for hours.
200 new puzzles arranged according to difficulty.
The four main puzzles are:
Hitori -a 7x7 grid and the aim is to shade in the squares so that no number appears more than once in any row or column and no two adjacent squares, both horizontally and vertically, are both shaded. All the cells with numbers in will then form a single connected shape that is not divided up by shaded squares. All the single numbers you don't black out will be connected.
Hashi consists of circles containing numbers. The circles act as islands. The object is to connect the islands with vertical and horizontal bridges. The number of bridges linked to an island must equal the number inside the island. There must also be a continuous path connecting all the islands. There can be up to two bridges between two islands. Bridges cannot cross islands or other bridges
Slitherlink – a 10x10 grid composed of dots rather than lines. The aim is to connect adjacent dots with vertical or horizontal lines so that a single loop is formed with no crossings or branches. Each number indicates how many lines surround it, while empty cells may be surrounded by any number of lines.
Mosaic – a 15x15 grid. This puzzle is based on looking at a square and those around it, rather than rows or columns of cells. Using simple logic alone, it is possible, from the numbers given, to fill in the grid and create a pixelated picture. In the grid, most cells have eight neighbours, making a block of nine cells: Cells along an edge have five neighbours and those in the corner only three. The number in a cell tells you how many of its adjacent cells and how many of its neighbours adjacent cells are to be filled in.
The quantities are as follows -75 Hashi, 75 Slitherlink, 30 Hitori and 20 Mosaic.
Includes hints and tips on how to solve them. As with Su Doku it is all about logic and reasoning, not mathematical genius.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Nice choice of puzzles but have been forced to abandon after finding errors in the solutions (ie incorrect number of bridges shown). Means you can't follow logical paths. I'd have expected more from a Times publication - bit of proof reading (or puzzle testing) should have picked this up easily.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Recommended to all logic puzzlers, especially for those looking for an alternative to the Sudoku craze which dominates the market.
The book contains 75 Hashi, 30 Hitori, 20 Mosaic and 75 Slitherlink. Of these, Hashi was my favourite before I came across but I've recently become a converted Slitherlink addict!
The book contains 75 Hashi, 30 Hitori, 20 Mosaic and 75 Slitherlink. Of these, Hashi was my favourite before I came across but I've recently become a converted Slitherlink addict!
An interesting mix of logic problems to expand your logic skills.
There are 4 types of puzzles - mosaic is "minesweeper" with a minor twist. Hashi and slitherlink are two variants on "join the dots". Hitori is a number grid where you have to remove the duplicates. The four types of puzzles use completely different reasoning skills, and different also to standard sudoku and its numerous variants.
My main complaint is that the instructions were very (too?) brief, I needed to refer to the solutions for the first couple of puzzles to understand the logic for ongoing puzzles.
I found the puzzles be more intuitive than standard sudoku (& variants). After completing a dozen or more examples of each one, I still hadn't understood the logic or the subtleties of each. As such I didnt have a feeling of achievement when I completed a puzzle - in comparison to when I crack a complicated sudoko variant on the first attempt!
The book held boredom at bay over several long haul flights but I shall stick to killer sudoku and extreme kenken in future...
There are 4 types of puzzles - mosaic is "minesweeper" with a minor twist. Hashi and slitherlink are two variants on "join the dots". Hitori is a number grid where you have to remove the duplicates. The four types of puzzles use completely different reasoning skills, and different also to standard sudoku and its numerous variants.
My main complaint is that the instructions were very (too?) brief, I needed to refer to the solutions for the first couple of puzzles to understand the logic for ongoing puzzles.
I found the puzzles be more intuitive than standard sudoku (& variants). After completing a dozen or more examples of each one, I still hadn't understood the logic or the subtleties of each. As such I didnt have a feeling of achievement when I completed a puzzle - in comparison to when I crack a complicated sudoko variant on the first attempt!
The book held boredom at bay over several long haul flights but I shall stick to killer sudoku and extreme kenken in future...
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