Hoverdia Eighteen : Logic Number Puzzle Book
This newly created Hoverdia Eighteen puzzle book is written by Alvin Lim and is published by BookSurge Publishing on 11th June 2007.
It is made available for worldwide ordering from http://www.amazon.com and http://www.borders.com search under ISBN 9781419668159 or logic number puzzle.
You may logon to its official web site http://www.hoverdia.com for a FREE BOOK VIEWING.
This puzzle is best represented by 8 long horizontal blocks and 8 long vertical blocks; and consist of 8 small boxes, which give the total of 64 boxes.
All 8 long horizontal blocks and 8 long vertical blocks must contain all of the numbers from 1 to 8 inclusively without repeating any thereof - RULE ONE.
The main puzzle with 64 boxes is also represented by 4 sub-puzzles which are called Quarters and each quarter is made up of 4x4 short blocks.
For RULE TWO in each of the 4 quarters, all the blocks with 4 small boxes must be added up to the sum of 18 (Eighteen) not only horizontally and vertically but diagonally as well.
It is a two-in-one puzzle as this puzzle not only just the placement of numbers like Sudoku but also involving simple calculations like Kakuro.
This puzzle involving logical thinking which lead to better decision making. Improving the mental strength for the youth and acting as a stimulation of the brain cells for the elderly players that might prevent them from the deterioration of memory and functioning of the brain.
Very soon you will be able to decode this puzzle through online version.
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