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“Widely regarded as the world’s most prolific wellspring of logic games and brainteasers ... if anyone comes up with the next craze, it will be Nikoli”—The New York Times Heyawake is a popular logic puzzle from Japan that’s new to these shores, and will delight sudoku fans. Here’s how heyawake works: Dark lines divide the grid into many different “rooms.” Some rooms contain a number, which indicates the number of black cells inside that room. Black squares may not lie horizontally or vertically adjacent to another black square. The white squares must all remain connected to each other, and no unbroken line of white cells may extend into more than two rooms. Fans of sudoku and other puzzles will discover many exciting strategies that make solving heyawake a uniquely satisfying experience. ...
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“Widely regarded as the world’s most prolific wellspring of logic games and brainteasers ... if anyone comes up with the next craze, it will be Nikoli”—The New York Times Just a few simple rules lead to an endless variety of fascinating logical possibilities with nurikabe. Shade the grid so that it contains a connected “river” of black squares. Each number in the grid is part of a different island, and the number indicates how many white squares that island contains. Also, no 2-by-2 square in the grid may be colored entirely black. ...
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There’s an irresistible new puzzle from Nikoli! For millions of fans worldwide, that’s big news. Nikoli, publisher of Japan’s very first puzzle magazine and popularizer of the mega-hit sudoku, now introduces hashi (Japanese for “bridge”)—a puzzle that asks solvers to draw lines between numbered circles. The rules: all lines must be horizontal or vertical, no lines may cross, and each circle may have only as many “bridges” as its number. Sounds simple…until you try it. Which makes it a perfect new companion to sudoku, today’s most popular logic puzzle. ...
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There's fit...and then there's bikini fit! Here's how to become a "10" in as little as four weeks. Week One starts with a thorough detoxifying, using a special combination of food, drink, and exercise to cleanse pores, balance moisture, and rid the body and skin of trapped poisons. In Week Two, the focus is on weight loss through a safe and realistic diet plan, along with toning and aerobic exercises that will help reduce cellulite and shape a new body. In Week Three, selected dietary and skincare strategies will give your face a new glow. By Week Four, there's a dynamic increase in energy levels, along with the increased confidence that comes from knowing that you're looking and feeling your best. A bikini-fit body is closer than you think!
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It’s a sudoku addict’s dream collection: 200 fantastic puzzles in a range of levels, some simple enough for a child to complete and other brainbusting grids that only a master can handle—but everyone will want to try. Plus, each unique puzzle is generated by hand, not computer, to make a more satisfying experience. It’s so absorbing that solvers won’t know where the time went while they’ve worked their way logically from the Quick and Easy section through Tricky Brain-teasers, until finally reaching and conquering The Ultimate Challenge. Because it’s in a handy pocket-size, too, you can play anywhere! ...
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“Widely regarded as the world’s most prolific wellspring of logic games and brainteasers ... if anyone comes up with the next craze, it will be Nikoli”—The New York Times In akari, the grid must be filled with light bulbs so that every square is illuminated. When a light bulb is placed in the grid, it illuminates every square in a horizontal or vertical line that isn’t blocked by a black square. However, no light bulb may be illuminated by another light bulb, and the bulbs must be placed so that each numbered black square has the correct number of light bulbs adjacent to it. The rules are simple to remember, but create a complex logical world that sudoku solvers will truly appreciate. ...
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Puzzle fans will love hitori. Instead of filling in numbers on a grid, they have to black them out—like playing sudoku backwards! Hitori is a new brainchild of Nikoli, publisher of Japan’s very first puzzle magazine and a superpower in the puzzle world. The rules are simple: 1) No number may appear more than once in any row or column. 2) Starting with a fully filled grid, the solver has to decide which duplicate numbers to knock out. And 3) all numbers remaining at the end have to be connected together. It’s a whole new kind of mind-bending fun. ...
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Confident solvers who think they’ve got Sudoku down cold will have to think again, because these are absolutely the most fiendishly difficult, devilishly baffling Sudokus ever devised…and the biggest, too. Created by hand in Japan—from Nikoli, the company responsible for the puzzles’ popularity in that country—the collection includes megasudokus on a 25 x 25 grid, designed to give even the sharpest minds a workout. True to its title, it’s the ultimate challenge, and one that millions of Sudoku-obsessed fans will find irresistible. And for total newcomers brave enough to high-dive in at the deep end, there’s a quick tutorial to get them started. ...
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Slitherink are engaging logic puzzles with some simple rules and four numbers: 0, 1, 2, and 3. They’re Nikoli’s original creations, known as Sli-Lin in Japan, and they provide endless enjoyment. The grid features scattered dots and numbers; connect the dots with a vertical or horizontal line until you’ve created a single loop with no crossings or branches. The trick is that when you reach a number, its value determines how many lines, or “walls” surround it. For extra solving pleasure, the collection also includes 45 sudoku. Have fun! ...
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No one in the puzzle field has hatched as many new brainteasers as Nikoli, publishers of Japan’s very first puzzle monthly. Now their blockbuster creation sudoku joins forces with a hot newcomer—fillomino. Like sudoku, fillomino has a simple set of rules that allow for endlessly fascinating possibilities. The challenge: fill a grid with clusters of numbers (2s in groups of 2, 3s in groups of 3, etc.) so that no group touches a group of the same size. America’s millions of Sudoku fans will catch on instantly—and they’ll be hooked. ...
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