Sudoku template

Grey_Wolf · 02-05-2006, 08:08 AM

I have been trying to figure it out. But at least I've made a template.

http://www.geocities.com/greywolf1735/Sudoku2.doc

Try it out.

***Jonathan*** · 02-05-2006, 09:44 AM

4 9 1 | 3 8 6 | 2 5 7
6 5 2 | 7 4 1 | 9 3 8
8 3 7 | 5 9 2 | 4 6 1
- - - - - - - - - - - -
7 8 4 | 9 6 5 | 3 1 2
9 6 3 | 1 2 7 | 8 4 5
2 1 5 | 4 3 8 | 6 7 9
- - - - - - - - - - - -
3 7 8 | 6 5 9 | 1 2 4
5 2 6 | 8 1 4 | 7 9 3
1 4 9 | 2 7 3 | 5 8 6

Grey_Wolf · 02-05-2006, 10:30 AM

How long did that take?

Telcontar_Dunedain · 02-05-2006, 11:50 AM

4 9 1 3 8 6 2 5 7
6 5 2 7 4 1 9 3 8
8 3 7 5 9 2 4 6 1
7 8 4 9 6 5 3 1 2
9 6 3 1 2 7 8 4 5
2 1 5 4 3 8 6 7 9
3 7 8 6 5 9 1 2 4
5 2 6 8 1 4 7 9 3
1 4 9 2 7 3 5 8 6

Took me about 15 minutes.

Grey_Wolf · 02-05-2006, 12:31 PM

A new one. Of my own making. Hope it works.

Link in post above.

**Nurvingiel** · 02-05-2006, 08:43 PM

Holy crap. How do you guys do it!? I worked on one for half an hour and I didn't get very far. The only thing I did was narrow down what numbers could be in each of the blank squares.

Can you share some tricks with me?

The only thing I really know about Sudoku is the rules. Each of the bold-outlined 3x3 squares must contain the numbers 1 through 9 with no repeats. Same with each row, and each column of the 9x9 square.

And Sudoku is of Japanese origin.

And that I stink at it.

The Globe and Mail publishes a Sudoku game every Saturday IIRC.

Curubethion · 02-05-2006, 10:03 PM

Best thing to do: mark down all of the numbers that can be in a certain square. Obviously, the squares with only one number must be that number. If needed, do some guessing.

**Nurvingiel** · 02-05-2006, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curubethion

Best thing to do: mark down all of the numbers that can be in a certain square. Obviously, the squares with only one number must be that number. If needed, do some guessing.

I did do that, but I found there were at least 4 possibilities for every square. How do you know which one to guess at? There's only 1 answer, so you only have a 1 in 4 chance of guessing right. If you're wrong, you'll only find out 1 hour later when the very last square doesn't work.

***Jonathan*** · 02-06-2006, 03:48 PM

Well you should really try to avoid guessing. It depends on the difficulty of the Sudoku but often you can solve it without having to guess at all.

**Nurvingiel** · 02-08-2006, 06:45 AM

So somewhere in the Sudoku grid is a square you can narrow down to one option, which than narrows down the other options, etc?

I'm looking at the original one and I just can't see a square like that.

Grey_Wolf · 02-08-2006, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nurvingiel

So somewhere in the Sudoku grid is a square you can narrow down to one option, which than narrows down the other options, etc?

I'm looking at the original one and I just can't see a square like that.

Meaning that mine is extremely difficult version.

Telcontar_Dunedain · 02-08-2006, 01:23 PM

Are you looking at the one in the link now or the original one?
If you are looking at the original one and want a hand then look at the spoiler beneath and it'll say an easy one to start with.

Look at the bottom row of boxes and try and work out the 5 for the bottom-middle.

hectorberlioz · 02-08-2006, 07:04 PM

Oh! A Sudoku club!

I've been doing those puzzles for quite a while now. I've done a few five stars

**Nurvingiel** · 02-08-2006, 10:38 PM

Thank you Telcontar! GW, you're just mean.

Here's one I scanned from an old Globe and Mail. I didn't realise they printed a Sudoku game every day. Fun!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...oku/sudoku.jpg

Grey_Wolf · 02-09-2006, 01:59 AM

Sorry

. I'm no good myself at this. I began one of these, but couldn't finish it.

**Nurvingiel** · 02-09-2006, 04:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grey_Wolf

Sorry

. I'm no good myself at this. I began one of these, but couldn't finish it.

Are you saying you're not good at Sudoku!? After that death one you made us, I assumed you were an expert.

I'm trying to solve the one I posted, and I think I'm going to get it.

I copied the numbers into the template you made GW, and now I'm narrowing down which numbers can go in the squares.

I've already determined the possibilities, now I'm just narrowing down the squares to one! Booya.

Grey_Wolf · 02-24-2006, 11:20 AM

NEW GAME TRY IT OUT!!

http://www.geocities.com/greywolf1735/Sudoku2.doc

THE LOWER ONE IS NEW!!

02-05-2006, 08:08 AM	#1
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Sudoku I have been trying to figure it out. But at least I've made a template. http://www.geocities.com/greywolf1735/Sudoku2.doc Try it out. Last edited by Grey_Wolf : 02-05-2006 at 01:00 PM.

02-05-2006, 10:03 PM	#7
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	Best thing to do: mark down all of the numbers that can be in a certain square. Obviously, the squares with only one number must be that number. If needed, do some guessing. __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

02-06-2006, 03:48 PM	#9
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	Well you should really try to avoid guessing. It depends on the difficulty of the Sudoku but often you can solve it without having to guess at all. __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

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