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If you like Sudoku then try...

If you like Sudoku then try...

The Rubik's Cube may have gone the way of the dodo, but there are plenty of other mind-stretching games that are poised to take its place. We've rounded up seven of the funkiest and most brain-boggling - and remember, if any of them become the Next Big Thing, you heard it here first...

Futoshiki

Futoshiki


Did you know Sudoku was actually a US invention called Number Place, before it became popular in Japan under the name Sudoku? Futoshiki, however, is the real deal, hailing direct from the Land of the Rising Sun, where it’s now the second most popular logic puzzle. No prizes for guessing which is first.

Like Sudoku, it’s based on a number grid and doesn’t require any real mathematical skill. 'Greater than' and 'lesser than' (> and <) symbols prompt you to arrange the numbers one to five in rows and columns with no repeats. Futoshiki’s been billed as the next big thing, so make sure you get in on the act now...

 
 
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