White Belt Kakuro: 150 Puzzles
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Book Overview
Kakuro are language-free number puzzles that use pure logic and require just simple arithmetic to solve. This book contains 150 kakuros. It takes cue from the belt colors in martial arts: white is for novices, green for intermediates, brown for very accomplished players, and black for those consummate experts who crave a challenge.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1402739338
ISBN13:9781402739330
Release Date:August 2006
Publisher:Puzzlewright Press
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.56 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.3" x 8.1"
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3 ratings
Great puzzle for Sudoku fans!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
I was looking for a different puzzle after playing Sudoku, and I think I found a new favorite. Kakuro is basically a number crossword. each row's sum must equal the number in the black triangle left to it, and each column's sum equals the number in the black triangle above it. I just started with this easy puzzle book, but I still find it challenging. There are six "warm-up" puzzles (half-page), and the rest are full-paged. I'm definitely getting addicted to Kakuro!!
Great puzzles
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
I like the puzzle size in this book. They are full page size puzzles and take a while to solve. They are not filled with black spaces so you have quite a few combinations to solve. It makes puzzle solving a pleasure!
If you like Sudoku, you will be challenged with Kakuro
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I like to consider myself a puzzle lover, and even though I haven't mastered Sudoku (I'm a second-degree brown belt), I switched over to Kakuro in the hopes of improving my problem-solving "a-ha" abilities. Kakuro is similar to sudoku but incorporates more of a numerical crossword puzzle framework. At times I feel like I'm relearning arithmetic; even though the equations are the sum of single digits, there are numerous combinations which make you feel like you're a first grader (aka "how could I have added 1+2+3 and get 7?"). The great thing about this series is that on the last page of the book, there is a list of unique combinations, which are key to solving the puzzles (e.g. a three-digit combination for 24 can only consist of 7+8+9). You will find yourself relying heavily on this sheet because, after all, the numbers will soon start to blend together, but in a good way. Another side effect from kakuro is that when I returned to my sudoku puzzles, I found that I was challenged again, and that is just as good of a feeling as solving the puzzle itself.
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