What kakuro fan could resist this huge collection? Featuring 940 grids in varying levels of difficulty, it has more than enough to satisfy even the most avid enthusiast. Half sudoku, half crossword, language-free kakuro is set to become the next worldwide puzzle phenomenon. The basics are simple: just fill in the empty squares using numbers from 1 to 9 so that the sum of each horizontal set of squares equals the clue on its left, and the sum of each vertical set of squares equals the clue on the top. No number can appear more than once in any sum. An introduction explains all the rules, gives good solving tips, and takes beginners through a sample puzzle.

Kakuro is a puzzle type in which sums are given and solvers must deduce the numbers in the individual boxes. This title is suitable for hardcore kakuro devotees.

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.

What could be more appealing to Mensa members--or anyone who enjoys a good challenge--than a cunning test of intelligence and logic? That's exactly what these 250 puzzles provide. The trick to kakuro is in making it all add up: the game begins with a grid that looks like a crossword, except that some squares contain small numbers in the corner. Fill in all the empty boxes using the numbers 1 to 9 without repeats so that the sum of each horizontal set of digits equals the number in the black triangle to its left, and the sum of each vertical set of digits equals the number in the triangle above it. The kakuro puzzles start out simple...and get more difficult as the book progresses.

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.

Welcome to volume 2 of the series! This is not just another book of Kakuro or Cross Sums puzzles. This is a book of BIG and DIFFICULT Kakuros, which will definitely test your solving skills! There are 200 "crosswords with numbers" in here. The first 150 puzzles are your standard, but difficult, Kakuros in different sizes, from small 8x8 to some really big ones such as 18x18 or 15x20. The final 50 puzzles are Kakuro variants, including consecutive Kakuro, non-consecutive Kakuro, odd-even Kakuro, greater-less Kakuro and last but not least, Kenkuro! Half of the puzzles are labeled HARD and the rest are MEDIUM, with a very few EASY ones, which are there just to warm you up. So, get ready for a serious challenge which will provide hours and hours of fun! ENJOY!

Kakuro is already sweeping Japan--it's a phenomenon even more addictive than sudoku--and now it's here. An ingenious blend of numbers and logic, kakuro offers the supreme challenge for puzzlers of all ages. It's played on grids of various sizes, offering different levels of difficulty. The object is to make each row add up to the number given at the top (for down rows) or the left (for across rows). Like sudoku, it uses only the numbers from 1 to 9, each appearing no more than once in each row. Here are 200 irresistibly engaging puzzles, graded from "Easy" to "Fiendish," plus tips on how to master them. Win or lose, it always adds up to fun.

From krazydad, constructor of the wildly popular and addictive puzzles published in The New York Times as Two Not Touch, here are 360 of your favorite Star Battle puzzles. These puzzles will provide a healthy diversion for you in these challenging times, and help you make it to the other side with your sanity intact! Includes an instructive and pithy tutorial.

Looking for a new challenge now that you’ve mastered sudoku? Kakuro might be just what you need, and Kakuro For Dummies is a great place to start! A kakuro puzzle is a grid consisting of interlocking horizontal rows and vertical columns of squares, called blocks. You fill in the empty squares with numbers that match the clues and work both horizontally and vertically. Sound simple? Guess again! Kakuro uses the logic of sudoku plus some basic math skills. But relax—Kakuro For Dummies explains the clues, combinations, fixed values, and candidates—all the pieces of the puzzle. Like its sudoku counterpart, Kakuro For Dummies includes 240 puzzles from breezy easy to diabolically difficult. It demystifies the process, walking you through completing your first puzzle with illustrations and explanations that show the logic involved. You’ll get your feet wet with more than 100 easy puzzles, sharpen your skills on120 in the medium –to-difficult range, and if you’re brave enough, go head-to-head with nine devilish ones that’ll keep you awake nights. In no time, you’ll find yourself as addicted to kakuro as you are—or were—to sudoku, and having twice as much fun! You do the math.

When you buy this book you get an electronic version (PDF file) of the interior of this book. Hoshi Sudoku is a fun and addicting logic puzzle game. Hoshi Sudoku is Sudoku reshaped into a throwing star. This book is ideal for you if you love to solve difficult Hoshi Sudoku puzzles. You do not need to wade through tons of easy Hoshi Sudoku puzzles before getting to the real brain teasers. Once you pick up this book, you won't be able to put it back down. You have been warned! Hoshi Sudoku - Hard is a collection of 276 puzzles: 216 hard Hoshi Sudoku puzzles 60 extra logic puzzles Hoshi Sudoku consists of six large triangles. You must place the numbers 1-9 into the triangular cells of each large triangle. Every line, even an uncontinuous line, contains every number only once. I guarantee that every logic puzzle in this Hoshi Sudoku puzzle book has been carefully checked to ensure that each puzzle has only 1 solution. None of the puzzles in this book will appear in any of the other English PuzzleBooks.net books.