Comments on: Where have all the Kakuro books gone?

By: jbum

jbum — Sun, 24 May 2009 07:37:19 +0000

In case you haven’t stumbled upon them yet, I have tons of Kakuro puzzles on this very site, right here:

http://www.krazydad.com/puzzles.php

By: Paule and Rachel

Paule and Rachel — Sun, 24 May 2009 06:59:24 +0000

thank you for this info. We have been searching for kakuro everywhere -except on line – and wondered what happened? Any suggestions on how to get books back on the shelves? i once had a book which combined sudoku and kakuro in one puzzle, very fun!!! Also enjoyed loco sudoku and concentric circle type sudoku. don’t find these either.

Mahalo, Paule and Rachel

By: Sophia Garcia de Leon

Sophia Garcia de Leon — Sat, 09 May 2009 02:29:07 +0000

My group of friends are addicted to Str8ts. Especially the really hard ones. I am not sure why the talk is always about Kakuro, Slitherlink, KenKen etc. If a puzzle has a chance to compete with Sudoku Str8ts is the puzzle.

By: jbum

jbum — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:11:22 +0000

Futoshiki would be cool. I’ll add it if I get a few free days…

By: becky

becky — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:53:21 +0000

They print a daily Kakuro puzzle next to the Sudoku in the British Guardian newspaper. I’ve tried to get into it, but I find it a lot more frustrating than Sudoku. Kakuro seems to either require a lot of memorisation (to learn the unique sets of numbers that can fit in certain combinations), or a lot of on-the-spot math (to work out what numbers fit), whereas puzzles like Sudoku and Slitherlink require a lot more “pure” logic which is what I find challenging.

I can’t remember if I’ve asked this before, but what about Futoshiki? :-)

By: Gemini6Ice

Gemini6Ice — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:09:53 +0000

See, I get bored with the same puzzle type OVER AND OVER again. I like variety. That’s why I especially love the penrose slitherlinks you came out with.

I think the casual solver who picks up the newspaper or follows a fad likes comfort solving. Hardcore puzzlers and gamers like variety.