Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806941995 ISBN 13: 9780806941998

Publisher: Sterling, 2000

Join the ranks of the geniuses, and leave behind the merely brilliant! Try to figure out 20 tough types of puzzles like the ones found at international puzzle competitions. These are puzzles that require no verbal skills to solve; you just need your logical brain. How hard can they be? Simple arithmetic and a sharp pencil (with a full eraser) are all you need, plus paying close, close attention. Start by following twisting paths made by worms crawling across triangular grids. Then forecast weather patterns by detecting rain cloud patterns in a numbered diagram. Find lost fleets of ships in grids where only a few different shapes are visible. Rearrange dominoes according to a diagram (problem is, the edges of the tiles have been removed). More fun awaits you with hex loops, skyscrapers, lighthouses, and other suddenly fiendish objects.

About the Author:

Dave Tuller lives in Boulder, Co, and Michael Rios lives in Schaumburg, IL.
Michael Rios was born in Chicago, Illinois, and has spent most ofhis life solving and constructing puzzles for fun.  He is an IT SystemsEngineer with a penchant for Linux and open source software.  Mike hasworked in the telecommunications and financial industries and has been a government contractor at a national lab.  Mike enjoys tabletop/hobbyboardgaming, playing racquetball, recreational programming, and spending time with his family.
Mike's first published work was atage 12.  It was a response to a Games Magazine puzzle based on BurmaShave signs; he mailed five letters on five consecutive days to themagazine, which then printed those letters in scrambled order as apuzzle.  Since then he has been published in Games Magazine and GamesWorld of Puzzles, and has authored or co-authored many variety puzzlebooks and sudoku books.  Michael currently lives in Oswego, Illinois,with his wife Theresa, his children Becca and Peter, and Kiki theQuasi-Wonder dog.