I am crazy for a game called Sudoku.
And this is not just some minor obsession.
Logic-based puzzles such as this have been something I've loved. Especially when I can just sit down and think through them without much in the way of interruption.
I know these puzzles have been around for some time now and I have seen them before, but I just never bothered to try them out. This past weekend, while Katie and I were working the gym, I found one in the Daily Herald and tried it. Katie was knitting so I played my little game and now I'm hooked. I've played through about three or four of them since Saturday and have even downloaded a shareware version on my Palm Pilot.
Here's the basic layout for a Sudoku gameboard...
The goal is to fill in the board (several numbers are pre-entered) so that each row, column, and 3x3 square contains the numbers 1-9. The numbers 1-9 may not be repeated within a single row, column, or 3x3 square (yes, this should be obvious; but who knows if you, dear reader, feel like thinking today; it is, after all, Monday).
And to have discovered this joy just before I go on a plane trip on Thursday is like uncovering my own little buried treasure.
I'm in OCD Heaven right now.
