Hidato fun 10: 203 New Logic Puzzles

by Gyora M Benedek

Overview

"Now a new number puzzle called Hidato(R) is poised to steal Sudoku's spotlight." - Puzzle Master Scott Kim, Discover magazine.

"Beguiling number puzzles that offer a change of pace from Sudoku. . . . Amusing and engrossing." - Kirkus Reviews.

"Instead of the arithmetical deduction of Sudoku, Hidato . . ., is more of a workout for spatial reasoning skills; the trick is to figure out the right path through points on the grid from among all the possible pathways." - Kirkus Reviews.

Hidato is a pure logic puzzle that's easy to learn but difficult to master, making it the perfect challenge! Like Sudoku, Hidato features the compelling combination of easy-to-follow rules and increasingly difficult puzzles. Each Hidato puzzle starts with a grid partially filled with numbers. To succeed, just finish filling the grid with consecutive numbers connecting horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. It sounds so simple. Why not give it a try, and see for yourself why Hidato is rapidly becoming the new brain teasing craze!

Challenging, exciting and fun, Hidato number sequence puzzles can be solved using 100 percent logic. There's no math or guesswork required. All you need to reveal the secret solution is careful thought and lots of determination!

Each volume of the Hidato fun series presents 203 brand-new Hidato(R) puzzles at five difficulty levels, giving hours and hours of fun and entertainment. And now, two bonus "I dare you" puzzles to wreck your mind. New volumes are made available on the first of each even month (Feb., April, June, Aug., Oct. and Dec.).

Hidato is featured worldwide in magazines, newspapers, books, online, mobile and more.

Because Hidato helps develop logic skills, the Davidson Institute of Science Education, the educational arm of the world-renowned Weizmann Institute of Science, recently granted Hidato puzzles to outstanding kids participating in their math and science online programs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781514148150
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	05/31/2015
Series:	Hidato Fun , #10
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.34(d)

About the Author

Dr. Gyora M. Benedek is a prominent computer scientist. In his spare time, he invents and develops games and logic puzzles, including the worldwide hits Lights Out, NimX and iTop.

Dr. Benedek invented Hidato while scuba diving in the Red Sea.

Editorial Reviews

2015-08-15
Beguiling number puzzles that offer a change of pace from sudoku. Benedek, an Israeli computer scientist and game inventor, offers another passel of hidato puzzles of widely varying difficulty. He starts with a bare-bones rundown of the rules: each hidato is a grid, with some of the boxes filled in with numbers; the object of the puzzle is to fill in the rest of the boxes with numbers that connect in numerical order with two of their neighbors vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. The starting number (always 1) and ending number (the same as the total number of boxes in the grid) are given, and when the puzzle is finished, the numbered boxes form a continuous, meandering pathway of consecutive numbers leading from the first box to the last. Instead of the arithmetical deduction of sudoku, hidato (from the Hebrew word for "riddle"), is more of a workout for spatial reasoning skills; the trick is to figure out the right path through points on the grid from among all the possible pathways. The solution requires imagining how chains of boxes might spread and curve across the page to connect the boxes already filled-in and pruning the many possibilities; the resulting tangle of geometric strategy has something of the feel of a game of go. Benedek includes easy puzzles that will gratify beginners and proceeds to "Medium," "Hard," and "Very Hard" levels (solutions are included in the back), ending with two fiendish puzzles labeled "I dare U." These last are torturous epics that can absorb a puzzler for hours: the experience starts with a baffled search for a foothold; then, a time of exhilaration as numbers come more readily; anxiety and growing frustration as the last, most difficult regions of the grid resist all efforts; a profound exhaustion; rage at the world and all its snares; and finally, a numbed despondency that doesn't long suppress the hunger for more puzzles. Amusing and engrossing.

Kirkus Reviews