Mensa Kakuro
- ISBN13: 9781402739378
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
What could be more appealing to Mensa members—or anyone who enjoys a good challenge—than a cunning test of intelligence and logic? That’s exactly what these 250 puzzles provide. The trick to kakuro is in making it all add up: the game begins with a grid that looks like a crossword, except that some squares contain small numbers in the corner. Fill in all the empty boxes using the numbers 1 to 9 without repeats so that the sum of each horizontal set of digits e… More >>
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February 8, 2010
Tags: Kakuro, Mensa Posted in: Puzzles and Games
5 Responses
i ordered my book and i waited almost 3 weeks for the mensa kakuro book and i still have not recieved my book. I am very upset and dissatisfied with my service. i was able to receive the other book i purchased at the same time, but recieved the book a week later.
Rating: 1 / 5
I consider myself good at puzzles. Not excellent, not a master, but pretty good and certainly well above average. I’ve been doing Sudoku and other logic puzzles for years and don’t shy away from the hard ones. Then I came across Kakuro a few months ago. I really enjoy Kakuro much more, so I went looking for a book and bought this one which seemed the best.
Well, it might be the best but it is too advanced for me. The book claims that the puzzles get harder as you go along. I found them hard from the start, too hard. Only buy this book if you are fairly advanced and have a good deal of experience in doing Kakuro puzzles. I’m giving this book a 3 star rating because I think it really is too hard for a newcomer and is not appropriately positioned as such.
Rating: 3 / 5
This volume and the white/green/brown/black belt series are the only volumes I’ve found with well crafted Kakuro puzzles. I would say the first fifty puzzles or so are on par with the green and brown belt books. The last fifty or so are similar in difficulty to the black belt book. I recommend that beginners try the white or green belt book before this one. Sudoku is purely a logic puzzle – not a number puzzle – and employs no arithmetic or math skills. Kakuro combines simple arithmetic and algebraic logic in a way that I find to be much more entertaining. This is the best all around collection I’ve seen for the somewhat experienced to skilled Kakuro fan.
Rating: 5 / 5
I was looking for puzzles that were just challenging enough, not so much that I could NEVER solve them, but enough that it took some good logic. This book of puzzles is exactly what I was looking for.
Rating: 5 / 5
These puzzles are great. There are so many books that have small, easy puzzles. These puzzles are good size and keep you thinking.
Rating: 5 / 5
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