Number puzzles

[Bob78164]

For those interested in number puzzles, check out the ken ken puzzles on the Web site of the New York Times. Today's 8x8 is quite challenging -- I'm somewhat proud of myself that I managed to solve it. --Bob

[SportsFan68]

I'm not even gonna try. Sudoku is about as close to a number puzzle as I get, and it's about as far as you can get from a number puzzle and still have numbers in it.

[andrewjackson]

I did an 8x8. It was yesterday's 8x8 and it took me until today to get it but I did it.

I like these puzzles. Thanks for the link.

[littlebeast13]

Speaking of numbers puzzles.....

lb13

[earendel]

Call me old-school but I have never gotten into sudoku - I'm strictly a crossword puzzle guy. I doubt that ken ken has anything more to offer.

[Bob78164]

Call me old-school but I have never gotten into sudoku - I'm strictly a crossword puzzle guy. I doubt that ken ken has anything more to offer.

I guess it depends on what you mean by "more." The logic available to solve a ken ken puzzle is somewhat richer than the logic available to solve a sudoku. But it's clearly a mathematical puzzle, rather than a word puzzle. --Bob

[MarleysGh0st]

Speaking of numbers puzzles.....

lb13

<sigh>

These gus hunts go by completely unnoticed, these days.



But congratulations, for what's it's worth.

[TheCalvinator24]

Call me old-school but I have never gotten into sudoku - I'm strictly a crossword puzzle guy. I doubt that ken ken has anything more to offer.

I guess it depends on what you mean by "more." The logic available to solve a ken ken puzzle is somewhat richer than the logic available to solve a sudoku. But it's clearly a mathematical puzzle, rather than a word puzzle. --Bob

These are far more challenging that Sudoku.

[ulysses5019]

Speaking of numbers puzzles.....

lb13

<sigh>

These gus hunts go by completely unnoticed, these days.



But congratulations, for what's it's worth.

I'm unimpressed by these paltry numbers. Tell me when we approach a billion.

[Rexer25]

Speaking of numbers puzzles.....

lb13

<sigh>

These gus hunts go by completely unnoticed, these days.



But congratulations, for what's it's worth.

I'm unimpressed by these paltry numbers. Tell me when we approach a billion.

You're gonna hafta get off the terlet and start posting gratuitously if we're gonna approach that number in our lifetime.

[littlebeast13]

<sigh>

These gus hunts go by completely unnoticed, these days.



But congratulations, for what's it's worth.

I'm unimpressed by these paltry numbers. Tell me when we approach a billion.

You're gonna hafta get off the terlet and start posting gratuitously if we're gonna approach that number in our lifetime.

We can't even make it to a million before the Bored we're on breaks down.....

lb13

[ulysses5019]

I'm unimpressed by these paltry numbers. Tell me when we approach a billion.

You're gonna hafta get off the terlet and start posting gratuitously if we're gonna approach that number in our lifetime.

We can't even make it to a million before the Bored we're on breaks down.....

lb13

We need a reliable handyman and not one from the Feng Shui Polytechnical.

[andrewjackson]

Call me old-school but I have never gotten into sudoku - I'm strictly a crossword puzzle guy. I doubt that ken ken has anything more to offer.

I guess it depends on what you mean by "more." The logic available to solve a ken ken puzzle is somewhat richer than the logic available to solve a sudoku. But it's clearly a mathematical puzzle, rather than a word puzzle. --Bob

These are far more challenging that Sudoku.

I don't even do Sudoku any more. I developed a systematic approach to them and I can just grind them out. Barely any logic involved. These Ken Ken require logic.

Completely different than crossword puzzles in my mind. Crossword puzzles require vocabulary and intuitive leaps where you have to figure out what the puzzle writer is asking, IMO, but not much logic.

[andrewjackson]

I got today's 8x8 today!

Progress.