Samurai X

When it comes to samurai sudoku, we need to take a longer time to solve the puzzles. It is very difficult than conventional sudoku which has 9 x 9 grid. Based on the word "samurai" - which means "loyal militants with sharp-edged swords" in Japanese, the word used is just to symbolize the difficulty of solving the sudoku game. A samurai sudoku has five overlapping sudoku grids. The rules of the game is similar as the conventional sudoku puzzle. You just have to insert one correct digit in every row, every column; and every 3 x 3 box.

 In order to solve samurai sudoku, you have to start solving conventional sudoku first. Keep practicing on solving these puzzles first before you leap to the most difficult level. In fact, most people took several days to solve a samurai sudoku. If you are very skillful player, you can solve samurai sudoku within 1-3 hours. It is important to be mentally fit to solve difficult puzzles within short period of time.

 Get yourself a printable sudoku software to print out more puzzles for training session. It is wise that you get sudoku solver as well. These softwares are available for downloads on the internet. Do not get to stress out on solving these puzzles. You can proceed with the unfinished puzzles later after a short rest. If you prefer solving multiply sets of samurai sudoku, just spend a bit of your money to purchase sudoku books online.

 While playing samurai sudoku, consider every possibilities of numbers in each 3 x 3 boxes as these boxes are interconnected to each other. Apply the basics of the problem solving such as elimination of "pairs"and any other solving techniques.