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Tricky Logic Puzzles for Adults: 130+ Difficult Puzzles to Challenge Your Brain Paperback – February 25, 2020

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It's only logical—boost your brainpower with more than 130 logic puzzles for adults.

It's time to give your mental muscles a real workout! Stuffed full of clever and cunning challenges, this collection of logic puzzles for adults is perfect for puzzlers looking to prove (and improve) their skill.

Featuring a variety of puzzle types—including Sudoku, Masyu, Logic Grids, and Nonograms—these easy-to-understand (but tough-to-solve) puzzles will help keep your mind sharp as you remain engaged and entertained for days to come. Brainpower on!

This exciting book of logic puzzles for adults includes:
  • 130+ puzzles—Find a plethora of logic puzzles for adults all packed into one portable package.
  • True brain-busters—Stretch your abilities with puzzles that are designed to be tough—even for master puzzlers!
  • Plenty of options—Banish boredom with several types of puzzles, including math-focused Calcudoku and innovative Cryptic Puzzles that require both code breaking and creative thinking.

Test your mental acumen with this collection of truly challenging logic puzzles for adults.
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Calcudoku

A Calcudoku puzzle uses the numbers 1 through 4 for a 4-by-4 puzzle, 1 through 5 for a 5-by-5 puzzle, and so on. Like in sudoku, each row and column must contain each number exactly once (creating what mathematicians call a Latin square). But, unlike a sudoku puzzle, none of the numbers are provided. You need to use logic to place the numbers in each cell according to the clues given in each “cage.”

Sudoku

The name “sudoku” is an acronym, coined in the 1980s for a longer Japanese phrase that translates to “the digits must be single.” The first sudoku-type puzzles appeared more than 100 years ago in a French newspaper, but sudoku as we know it didn’t show up in American puzzle books until the late 1970s.

The rules are simple: Fill in the numbers 1 through 9 within the grid so that each number appears exactly once in each row, column, and 3-by-3 subsquare.

Masyu

Masyu (pronounced “MA-shoo”) is a Japanese word meaning “evil influence.” The objective is to draw a loop (consisting of horizontal and vertical lines) that passes through each box that contains a circle. When the line passes through a black circle, it must turn 90 degrees while passing straight through both adjacent squares. The rules for white circles are the opposite. The line must pass straight through white circles but must turn 90 degrees through one or both adjacent squares.

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“This isn't your standard book of logic puzzles. Not only will it teach you to master and enjoy some of the more traditional styles of logic puzzles, it also provides a seamless onramp to the more open-ended 'cryptic' puzzles that you'd find in the increasingly popular world of puzzle hunts, such as those found in Puzzled Pint or DASH. —Rich Bragg, founder of ClueKeeper, a platform for creating and playing puzzle hunts

“Steven Clontz's delightful
collection of 130 original puzzles is addictive. I knew in advance that I would love the Calcudoku (aka KenKen) puzzles, which come in various sizes. They are great at challenging our logical reasoning skills and our ability to do elementary arithmetic. But I didn't anticipate falling for Masyu and Nonograms. The LogicGrid puzzles brought back fond memories of my childhood. The Cryptic puzzles are indeed baffling. Overall, this collection is sure to tease and please.” —Harold Reiter, Professor of Mathematics, UNC Charlotte

About the Author

STEVEN CLONTZ is the author of Tricky Logic Puzzles for Adults. In addition to serving as one of the directors of Mathematical Puzzle Programs (MaPPmath.org), his puzzles have been featured at the National Museum of Mathematics in New York and other venues across the world. Follow Steven on Twitter @StevenXClontz.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rockridge Press; Illustrated edition (February 25, 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 180 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1646111451
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1646111459
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Dr. Steven Clontz is a mathematician, educator, researcher, and puzzler. His puzzles and games have been featured by the National Museum of Mathematics and the international puzzle events DASH and Puzzled Pint. More information may be found at his website Clontz.org.

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Tricky Logic Puzzles for Adults is filled with 6 different types of puzzles. Sudoku, Masyu, Nonogram, Calcudoku, Logic grids and Cryptic puzzles. The author Steve Clontz explains each puzzle, what it’s name means and how to work the puzzle. He gives tips and tricks to help you out to start. The book starts with the puzzles being at an easy level and then progressively gets more difficult. I have to say I remember the Logic Grids from school. If you know someone who loves puzzles or someone who’s under the weather I think this would be a great gift. There are 130 different puzzles so there is sure to be something for everyone.I received this book to review from the publisher and I think there’s a great variety of puzzles within it. I’m under no pressure to leave a review I’ve done so on my own accord.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2024
Bought this for my husband( he loves soduko and other puzzles). He told me this book is really good and hard enough where it doesn't bore him like other logic puzzle books do. He was impressed and that's saying something.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2024
Great logic puzzles. Will keep you entertained
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Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2023
This is a great book for anyone wanting to dip their toe into different types of logic puzzles. As an experienced puzzler, there were a handful within the last 1/4 or so that I had to erase and start over, but overall this wasn't as difficult as I hoped. The Sudokus were particularly easy, and some of the last cryptic challenges were less difficult than they were unintuitive.

On the plus side, I was only able to catch one obvious typo in a name spelling (Dean/Dan), but shouldn't lead to confusion in solving the puzzles. No logical errors as far as I could tell.

I bought this book under the impression that it was all logic grids, but am actually happy with the variety, as it introduced me to Masyus and reacquainted me with nonograms.

If Dr. Clontz released a similar book focused on puzzles as difficult as the last portion of this one, I would definitely purchase it.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2024
Interesting puzzles
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Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2023
So much fun. I got this as a Christmas gift and it's great. Definitely has some challenge while also being accessible. If you like logic puzzles this is a great book to buy.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2024
Fun number and math-related puzzles in this book.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2023
The books were great but it turned out that both copies I ordered had a few puzzles half done by someone.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2024
Very Satisfied

Top reviews from other countries

Brian Nicol
5.0 out of 5 stars Truly challenging.
Reviewed in Canada on December 28, 2021
It is hard to find good logic books and this is great.
Dr Stephen Ford
1.0 out of 5 stars It ain't logic
Reviewed in Australia on June 12, 2023
This is sudoku not logic. Do not buy unless that's what you want.
Amazon Customer
1.0 out of 5 stars Unresponsive and frustrating
Reviewed in Singapore on October 5, 2021
The book is titled Logic Puzzles. However, some puzzles inside rely on Trial and Error instead. I wanted to be fair and contacted the author first, but he ignored all my emails. Hints, especially the Cryptic Puzzles, just gave the final solution but noway of finding out the initial solve did I do it correctly. Once stuck, you are stuck for good.

What is the point in putting a website, a Twitter, and a name when people tried to contact him and he can't even see/reply?
LucyGunner
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and enjoyable
Reviewed in Canada on March 24, 2022
Enjoyed it worth the money
Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 7, 2023
Does what ur says on the tin.
Excellent book for my husband to get stuck into