Catalogue information

LastDodo number
172217
Area
Board games
Title
Sudoku - Het Bordspel
General name
Manufacturer / publisher
Kind of game
Collection / set
Number in collection
Year
2005
Number of players
2-4
Author / designer
Language
Dimensions
25x25x6 cm
Details

Of all the variants currently on the market, this is undoubtedly the best. You can't expect anything else with the author Reiner Knizia (a doctor of mathematics). How does Knizia manage to turn a solitaire puzzle into a game for 4 players? Very easy: He starts from a blank board of 9 by 9 squares. A set of gold-colored cards with the numbers 1 to 9 are spread over the playing squares so that there is exactly 1 yellow card in each row and in each column. This forms the starting position of the Sudoko puzzle. Next to the game board, the other 8 sets of nine numbers are ready face down. Whoever has a turn, takes a number card, looks at the number and tries to place it on an empty space according to the Sudoku rules. Each number may only appear once in each 3 by 3 square, and the numbers 1 to 9 may only appear once in each row and column. The score is determined as follows: the player counts how many other cards are already in the square and how many other cards are already in this row and column. This sum determines his score. These points are indicated by a pawn on a scoring track around the game board. To be clear: the number card you just placed does not count. So it comes down to choosing a place where you can score the most points. The game has a healthy dose of luck. Whoever draws the right card at the right time can score a lot of points. If someone places a number card where it is not allowed and the other players notice this, the card is removed from the game (it does not go back to the stock) and the player must end his turn without scoring points. Can the starting puzzle be solved? In theory yes, but in practice this will rarely happen. But that doesn't matter. The game ends as soon as someone cannot find a suitable place for his drawn ticket. The player who scores the most points at that point wins the game. The back of the game board shows a Sudoku variant of 6 by 6 squares that are divided into 6 rectangles. The junior edition does not work with number cards but with images of 6 different animals. This variant also plays smoothly but has a greater element of luck. Anyone who solves his Sudoku in the newspaper every day and wants to try out this puzzle phenomenon with several players, should not hesitate. This game concept plays well, challenges enough and offers up to 4 players enough excitement to score as many points as possible. Number of players: 1 - 4 Age: from 6 years old Game duration: approx. 45 minutes Content: - 1 double-sided game board - 81 number tokens - 36 animal tokens - 16 round tokens - 4 score markers - game rules

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