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Bigger than Sudoku, Kakuro reigns supreme in Japan
Here's the puzzle that knocked Sudoku from the top spot and became Japan's favorite number game. You'll find a total of 95 puzzles created by the team at Nikoli, who were responsible for Japan's Sudoku craze.
Simple addition and subtraction can help the Kakuro novice get started with this fascinating and addictive puzzle. But players will quickly move into ever more complex brainteasers without the need for any mathematical calculations.
Each puzzle is crafted by hand for the key ingredient that makes puzzles enjoyable—the sense of communication between solver and author.
Graded from easy to hard, and with an easy-to-follow basic tutorial, The Way of Kakuro has everything you need to become totally enthralled with the new king of puzzles.
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This simple and challenging game of logic is one of the most popular number puzzles in Japan. With a little basic addition and subtraction to get you started, your hand will soon be flying over the page as you take on the Kakuro challenge!
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About the Author
NIKOLI is Japan's leading publisher of pencil puzzles, originator of the Sudoku craze in Japan, and creator of Kakuro, Japan's leading number logic puzzle. Here, Nikoli's best-selling Kakuro series is brought to you in English for the first time.
"It is our dream that Nikoli's handmade pencil puzzles will be welcomed warmly all over the world."
—Maki Kaji, the Godfather of Sudoku and President of Nikoli
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