How to Play Sudoku Games

This is a How-to on playing Sudoku

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Pencil
• Sudoku puzzle, Easy is best for beginners
• Time
• Patience

1. 
   See the red 7? Now try the other numbers.

   Taking the above picture, I will highlight the areas I'm talking about.
   
   First, lets take the top left 3X3 box. You need a 2, 4, 6, 7, and an 8. Let's attempt to put a 7 into one of the boxes. If you notice, there's a 7 on the top row and on the bottom row. (see the darkened circle) So the only place left for a 7 in the first box is the middle row. Now make sure there's not a 7 on either of those rows. Oops, there's one 7. The red 7 is in the right spot

2. 
   See the red 4? Now try the other numbers.

   Lets try the number 4. There's a 4 in the first row down. (see the diamond haze) So the 4 can only be put in either the top middle box or the bottom middle box. However, there's already a 4 in the bottom row across. So the red 4 is in the correct spot.

3. 
   See the red 6? Now try the other numbers.

   Lets try the number 6. As you can see, there's a 6 in the first row down. (see the checkerboard spot) There's only one more spot in the 3X3 box. The 6 goes there.

4. There are two spots left. Let's try one of the other numbers. 8? hmmm..... 2? Uh oh. We have a problem. There are no other 8's or 2's in either rows to go by. Other than guessing, which I wouldn't recommend, we need to move to another 3X3 box.

5. 
   See the red 1?

   Lets go to the bottom right 3X3 box. As you can see, using the number 1, there's only one spot available that doesn't have a 1 in that row. I added a red 1.

6. 

   Keep doing this with each 3X3 box. In the end, it should look like this.

Tips & Warnings

• This is just one way of solving this puzzle. Many people have their own way.
• Looking in the beginning of a sudoku puzzle booklet will give you further instructions
• It really isn't as hard as one might think it to be. Start with the Easiest puzzles first.

[carolina18]

on 5/19/2009 You can try those tips with the sudoku puzzles found at http://www.domo-sudoku.comPatience needed !Carolina