Sudoku

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Who here does these puzzles? I love the Will Shortz books. Ironic that he is the crossword editor for the New York Times, but the NYT doesn't have Sudoku.

I love doing these.I mentioned them on here recently and no one seemed interested or thought they were "math".I think they thought my passion for them was boring or strange....for an aspie?Guess that makes me pretty normal.Do you have a certain technique you use.I have just learned how dto do them and am very methodical...check the 9,then8,then...etc.I have huge memory problems,cant hold numbers in my brain for more then a few seconds,so ,the harder puzzels,I will write down the possible answers at the top,very lightly,to help me remember.Hard to explain.

Here is a link to the best site I've found for intermediate and advanced techniques for solving the more difficult Sudoku puzzles. http://www.angusj.com/sudoku/hints.php
What you are describing when you lightly write in the answers is called penciling. I use the bottom of the squares to enter numbers in small print, eventually crossing out candidates. I'm certain even the world experts at Sudoku don't memorize the numbers. Nevertheless, that would be super advanced and very challenging indeed. Sudoku is a process of elimination game. I would think every aspie would love this game.

Thanks for a link.This was way over my head.I did get to do some of the puzzles and it is cool to have ones that already have the "possible options" listed.Seems like aspie paradise....I don't understand why there aren't more aspies into this game.I am still doing the beginning puzzles but I sure find it relaxing and fun.

You now don't need to use your brain to solve Sudoku puzzles:

http://sudoku.sourceforge.net

I did for a while.

I love doing them. It was how I kept myself busy at work durning the summer between fires. Also, I find them relaxing to do. Plus, they help me think better and look at things in a new light.

Yes i like them.
I think that their weakness is that when you reach a certain level they become 'samey'.
I remember having to spend hours and hours completing the tougher ones. Nowadays, (given a pencil and eraser), i can finish most within 30 minutes. Once you have a 'full bag of techniques', there is nowhere else to go (unless you start to get competitive and use a stopwatch - not my idea of fun).
I recommend that you discover the techniques for yourself, rather than read about them.

I like the 'killer' sudokus. There is plenty of shelf-life left in these for me.

Also, someone has just given me a 'greater-than' sudoku. Not had any time to spend on it yet; they look promising.

I always do them when I'm travelling, especially if I'm nervous, as I can become so absorbed in working out the numbers that I lose all knowledge of where I am until I finish it.

I always get stuck with the really hard ones though and have to resort to looking in the back and choosing one number to look at and work it out then.

It took me a while to get the hang of them, but now I love them. I am more of a word person than a numbers person. I love crosswords and word games of all kinds.

I'ma fan.

I love sudokus.

I've done thousands on http://websudoku.com/
At hard level of course

I do sudokus every day. My friends think I'm crazy because of it. It can become an addiction (especially in my case), but it gives ya a headache after a while. Still, I keep comin back for more

I wrote a sudoku solving program. I enjoy making the computer program that does it for me and seeing it work.

awesome. the quantum physics degree holder in our family wouldn't even engage me when I told him I had beaten sudoku. so I told his 15 yo daughter instead. and she was smart enough to understand what I meant. though I don't think sudoku is really her thing. she just knows her dad is into it. they must talk. I bet he beat it too.

I find Sudoku fun, as well as Word Searches.