Path Puzzles 3rd Ed.

By: Roderick Kimball

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Paperback | 1 March 2019

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174 Pages

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21.59 x 13.97 x 0.94

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The Path Puzzles book. If you enjoy logical puzzles like Sudoku but are bored of the basic filling-in-numbers-in-a-9x9-grid tedium, then check out this creative new puzzle type from Roderick Kimball. Use the numbers outside the grid (which ranges in size and shape from a simple 2x2 box up to a full-page monstrosity consisting of multiple sub-rectangles) to find your way from entrance to exit, as you would a maze. Just when you think you've figured out the basics, Kimball throws in a new twist: multiple entrances where you have to figure out which is the correct one, larger and more challenging grids, and even a bonus section with encrypted clues. The first puzzles are simple enough to hook anyone, but by the end of the book, even seasoned solvers will have found some challenges along the way. There is something for everyone here. The introduction and explanation of the puzzles, including sample solving strategies, is thorough and clear. The section headings contain quotations about paths and mazes. It's not something you see in a typical puzzle book and it adds to the richness of the whole experience. This book is a great gift for puzzle-solvers. Just be prepared for some late nights, because this book is, as the cover says, hard to put down.

Industry Reviews

"Path Puzzles are a fresh alternative to Sudoku."

-The New York Times, 'Number Play'

"Path Puzzles push all the right buttons in your brain."

- John Chaneski, NPR's Ask Me Another Puzzle Guru

"Path Puzzles provides original challenges that test your spatial and logical problem solving skills. Sharpen your pencil and your mind!"

- George Hart, Mathematical Sculptor and Puzzle Creator

"Like many of the best puzzle types, Path Puzzles have a simple, intuitive set of rules -- and like many of the best puzzle constructors, Roderick Kimball keeps finding new ways to make those rules work together to challenge solvers. I enjoyed this book a great deal."

- Francis Heaney, Author of Sudoku in Space and Brain Games for Word Nerds

"Brilliant and addicting! As quick and easy as it is to learn how to solve Path Puzzles -- that's how hard it is to put the book down once you start working through it. Just when you think you're starting to master them, then come the encrypted puzzles -- the most fun of all! If you're into any kind of puzzle-solving, quit reading these reviews and buy the book already -- you won't be sorry!"

-Review by customer Ted C

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