What is NEXT after Sudoku and Kakuro?
The next challenging logic number puzzle is already made available for book ordering from world wide webs.
Whereas Sudoku is purely the placement of numbers; and although Kakuro is involving calculations but with irregular shapes, but this first of its kind and two-in-one logic number puzzle is the combination of these two.
This is about a newly created Hoverdia Eighteen puzzle book which is written by Alvin Lim and is published by BookSurge Publishing on 11th June 2007. It is made available for worldwide ordering from www.amazon.com and www.borders.com search under ISBN 9781419668159 or logic number puzzle.
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.
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.
Besides these, there are two more Hints in helping you to decode the entire puzzle.
You may log on to its official web site http://www.hoverdia.com for a FREE BOOK VIEWING. Online version (Free download and playable game will be available very soon.
