The History Of Sudoku Board Games
Sudoku is a game that has become the latest addiction across the globe. This is a phenomenon that has touched people of all ages equally. This game was published in Japan for the first time in 1984. Today, this game which is played by young and old alike, has become an addiction of an epidemic proportion.
The Background of The Sudoku Board Game
The Sudoku game is generally played as a puzzle which is printed on a paper and filled in with a pencil or pen. What you see today as the "Japanese game" was actually invented by Leonhard Euler who was a famous Mathematician in Switzerland in the 18th Century. At that time this game (which was not a game) was known as the "Latin Square". Euler was inspired to work on this square by the "Magic squares" of China which had all the rows and columns add up to the same number.
Euler's work was picked up by an American by the name of Howard Garns and published in his magazine, Dell in 1979. At that time this game was titled "Number Place". The name "Sudoku" originates from Japan (not the game) when the leading paper Nikoli published it in 1984 under their copyright.
How To Play a Sudoku Board Game
Contrary to popular belief you need not be a master in math to play and win with a Sudoku board game. Though the game involves numbers and logic, it does not require you to calculate anything - other than your strategies. Your aim when you play a Sudoku board game is to fill in all the cells in the 9x9 grid with numbers 1-9 in such a manner that none of the numbers repeat themselves in a row or column.
The Sudoku board game has only three simple rules:
1. There are three grids of 3x3 in the grid of 9x9 of a Sudoku game. The numbers 1-9 should be filled in each of the mini grids.
2. None of the numbers 1-9 should be repeated across or in any columns.
3. None of the numbers 1-9 should be repeated horizontally or in any rows.
The game is easy but it requires a lot of practices until you are able to "see" the connection in the placement of the numbers. You need to watch closely which number has been used in a cross-section between row and column and you will find your answer. As you learn about the game you would aim to solve more and more complex Sudoku games and this is when you get completely addicted to it. It is a wonderful addiction - do not fight it.
