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Tetsuya Nishio


According to The Times of London, "Tetsuya Nishio is the undisputed grand 'puzzle master' of Sudoku: a bespectacled fiend from the darkest suburbs of Tokyo who spends his every waking hour devising abominable new ways to torture our brain cells. His only weapon is logic, but, in his own words, 'It is a knife that kills.' His commitment to deviousness is absolute."

Nishio is a world champion of number-logic puzzles. He reigns as the single-most important figure in Sudoku in Japan. He invented O'Ekaki (Paint by Sudoku) puzzles in the late 1980s, which are steadily becoming as popular as Sudoku. He is...

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Nishio's Big Book of Puzzles: Blue
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Vertical | Games - Puzzles
978-1-934287-77-4 (1-934287-77-6)

November 30, 2010 | $21.00

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Nishio's Big Book of Puzzles: Blue
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781934287774
Our Price: $21.00
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Nishio's Big Book of Puzzles: Red
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Vertical | Games - Puzzles
978-1-934287-76-7 (1-934287-76-8)

September 28, 2010 | $21.00

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Nishio's Big Book of Puzzles: Red
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781934287767
Our Price: $21.00
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O'Ekaki Decadence
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Trade Paperback | 160 pages | Vertical | Games - Sudoku
978-1-934287-75-0 (1-934287-75-X)

April 27, 2010 | $11.95

(Available April 27, 2010)

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O'Ekaki Decadence
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781934287750
Our Price: $11.95
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(Available April 27, 2010)


Like Sudoku, O'Ekaki provides an entertaining test of one's logic, using a grid of boxes as its playing field. But rather than leaving the player with nothing more than a bunch of numbers, O'Ekaki ends with a flourish: an interesting piece of art that evolves as boxes are darkened until the...


Sudoku Plus Volume Five
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Trade Paperback | pages | Vertical | Games - Sudoku
978-1-934287-71-2 (1-934287-71-7)

February 16, 2010 | $9.95

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Sudoku Plus Volume Five
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781934287712
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Sudoku Plus Volume Four
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Trade Paperback | pages | Vertical | Games - Sudoku
978-1-934287-70-5 (1-934287-70-9)

January 12, 2010 | $9.95

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Sudoku Plus Volume Four
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781934287705
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Sudoku Plus, Volume Three
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Trade Paperback | 110 pages | Vertical | Games - Sudoku
978-1-934287-66-8 (1-934287-66-0)

December 8, 2009 | $9.95

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Sudoku Plus, Volume Three
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781934287668
Our Price: $9.95
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The puzzles in Sudoku Plus are conceived by Japan's greatest puzzle mind, Tetsuya Nishio, who takes extreme pleasure in handcreating his puzzles. His latest series, Sudoku Plus provides 101 Sudoku puzzles plus a handful of Sudoku-inspired variant puzzles!

Now, after readers are through with their Sudoku puzzles, they can test out a...


Sudoku Plus, Volume Two
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Trade Paperback | 144 pages | Vertical | Games - Sudoku
978-1-934287-65-1 (1-934287-65-2)

November 10, 2009 | $9.95

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Sudoku Plus, Volume Two
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781934287651
Our Price: $9.95
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The puzzles in Sudoku Plus are conceived by Japan's greatest puzzle mind, Tetsuya Nishio, who takes extreme pleasure in handcreating his puzzles. His latest series, Sudoku Plus provides 101 Sudoku puzzles plus a handful of Sudoku-inspired variant puzzles!

Now, after readers are through with their Sudoku puzzles, they can test out a...


Sudoku Plus, Volume One
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Trade Paperback | 110 pages | Vertical | Games - Sudoku
978-1-934287-64-4 (1-934287-64-4)

October 13, 2009 | $9.95

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Sudoku Plus, Volume One
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781934287644
Our Price: $9.95
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The puzzles in Sudoku Plus are conceived by Japan's greatest puzzle mind, Tetsuya Nishio, who takes extreme pleasure in handcreating his puzzles. His latest series, Sudoku Plus provides 101 Sudoku puzzles plus a handful of Sudoku-inspired variant puzzles!

Now, after readers are through with their Sudoku puzzles, they can test out a...


O'Ekaki Heaven
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Trade Paperback | 160 pages | Vertical | Games - Sudoku
978-1-934287-48-4 (1-934287-48-2)

April 28, 2009 | $11.95

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O'Ekaki Heaven
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781934287484
Our Price: $11.95
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Like Sudoku, O'Ekaki provides an entertaining test of one's logic, using a grid of boxes as its playing field. But rather than leaving the player with nothing more than a bunch of numbers, O'Ekaki ends with a flourish: an interesting piece of art that evolves as boxes are darkened until the...


Sudoku Hell
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Trade Paperback | 160 pages | Vertical | Games - Sudoku
978-1-934287-47-7 (1-934287-47-4)

March 24, 2009 | $11.95

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Sudoku Hell
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781934287477
Our Price: $11.95
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The continued success of Sudoku means that there's a new breed of Sudoku puzzler: experienced, resourceful, and ready for puzzles that transcend the rote specimens one encounters in the daily newspaper, online, or in mass market magazines. It is this sector
of puzzle solvers that grows every day, and the sector for...


Extreme Sudoku
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Trade Paperback | pages | Vertical | Games - Sudoku
978-1-934287-10-1 (1-934287-10-5)

April 22, 2008 | $11.95

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Extreme Sudoku
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781934287101
Our Price: $11.95
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Tired of those machines - generated sudoku puzzles you get in the daily newspaper? Want to take it to the next level?

This collection is not for the faint of heart, Conceived by Master Puzzle Craftsman Tetsuya Nishio, these puzzles are designed to provoke and stimulate even the most storied sudoku veteran.

So...think...


Original O'Ekaki
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Trade Paperback | 160 pages | Vertical | Games - Sudoku
978-1-934287-11-8 (1-934287-11-3)

April 22, 2008 | $11.95

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Original O'Ekaki
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781934287118
Our Price: $11.95
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Like sudoku, O'Ekaki (Paint by Numbers) provides an entertaining test of one's logic, using a grid as its playing field. But rather than leaving the player with boxes of numbers, O'Ekaki ends with a flourish: a fun piece of art that seems to magically appear when you've correctly darkened the final...


Even Higher Sudoku
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Trade Paperback | pages | Vertical | Games - Puzzles
978-1-932234-77-0 (1-932234-77-2)

June 12, 2007 | $12.95

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Even Higher Sudoku
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781932234770
Our Price: $12.95
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Sudoku continues to enthrall the world, but many of the offerings are still computer-made beginner-level puzzles. The new killer sudoku in Even Higher Sudoku pick up where the internationally acclaimed puzzle master Tetsuya Nishio left off. Experience the handmade pitfalls and five new diabolic variations that will refresh and deepen your...


More O'Ekaki
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Trade Paperback | pages | Vertical | Games - Puzzles
978-1-932234-76-3 (1-932234-76-4)

June 12, 2007 | $12.95

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More O'Ekaki
Written by Tetsuya Nishio

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781932234763
Our Price: $12.95
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In this much-awaited collection, O'Ekaki (Paint by Numbers) inventor and international puzzle master Tetsuya Nishio shows us the best of 10 years' worth of logic puzzle that has charmed the entire world. Catch a glimpse of the life's work of on of the most prolific puzzle makers ever, and prepare to...


Higher Sudoku: New Challenging Variations from Japan
Edited by Tetsuya Nishio

Trade Paperback | 160 pages | Vertical | Games - Puzzles
978-1-932234-30-5 (1-932234-30-6)

May 16, 2006 | $12.95

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Higher Sudoku: New Challenging Variations from Japan
Edited by Tetsuya Nishio

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781932234305
Our Price: $12.95
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Sudoku has become synonymous with the word crazy in the USA, b ut the world has yet to see much of what puzzle-masters from Japan have to offer. Higher Sudoku: New Variations from Japan is the definitive edition of puzzles that draws the curtains on a new generation of Sudoku -...


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