Will Shortz Presents Crazy for KenKen Easy to Hard

by Tetsuya Miyamoto, Will Shortz, Miyamoto Tetsuya

Book Overview

Created in Japan by Tetsuya Miyamoto, KenKen has quickly become the successor to sudoku that the world's been waiting for. Like sudoku, KenKen has simple rules and is maddeningly addictive. The puzzles are based on logic and simple arithmetic and are fun for solvers of all ages.
Features: 100 easy to hard KenKen puzzles using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
Puzzle grids range in size from warm-up 3x3s to challenging 9x9s...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312546394
• ISBN13: 9780312546397
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Seriously addictive

If you like logic puzzles like Sodoku, give this a try. I am nuts for it. It scratches your brain in a new way.

Crazy for this book!

I love Sudoku, and now I love KenKen. KenKen has some of the same principles as Sudoku: each number can only be used once in each row, once in each column. KenKen contains very simple arithmetic--good practice for young folks, good way to stave off dementia for those of us who are "of a certain age". The equations can be in a straight line (up-down, or across), or they can turn a corner, or be t-shaped. The configuration of the problems adds a level of interest that keeps you engaged. This book, like all of Will Shortz's books, is very well organized. The easy puzzles really are easy, and the difficulty increases as you go through the book. If you like KenKen, you will love this book. If you haven't tried KenKen, but you like Sudoku, this book would be a great introduction.