Puzzles are the most popular pastimes all over the world. You can often see people buried in book, newspapers, and magazine poring over puzzles. Puzzles are a great way to sharpen mind skills while providing an excellent past time.

One of the best played puzzles is the Sudoku. It is an addictive number puzzle game that is taking the the whole world by storm. It is quickly becoming one of the most famous puzzle games ever created.

It is played using a 9 x 9 grid that is divided into nine equal squares. The aim of the puzzle is to place the numbers from 1 to 9. Each number must appear only once in every row, column and in 3 x 3 squares. 

A Sudoku puzzle game usually begins with a set of numbers already given in the puzzle. Depending on the given numbers and the placement of the numbers, this determines the complexity level of this puzzle. The puzzle normally differs from the simple or easy down to the difficult level of play. Sudoku puzzle is solved using logical skills. Although numbers are involved in the game, no mathematical skills are required.

For beginners, here are steps which can be helpful in solving the easy sudoku. Be sure to follow each step carefully and correctly to have a better chance of solving the puzzle.

1.  Upon Solving, think carefully and cleverly. Once you already know that you cannot have two same numbers in each row, column or 3 x 3 boxes, it will be a good help or hint which you can use to get another number in the series. Remember the more difficult the Sudoku is, the lesser chance to start the game easily.

2.  In solving an easy Sudoku, the first thing you must keep in mind is to look for the possibilities. Possibilities are the numbers that are possibly just around. Beginning at 1, make an imaginary line on the boxes in the 1’s row and column. When you see that only one box is left in the nine-square block, you will know that it is a possibility.

3.  Carefully work on the numbers until the number 9. Since you already placed some of the numbers, this must help you to get other numbers which has more possibilities.

4.  If you are trapped, go back but ensure to look at the other numbers. Once that happens, it is assured that you had missed something on the puzzle. That thing is normally where you need to be active again. If on the process you still cannot find the “missing number”, begin by labeling each block with everything which has a chance to be on the box.

5.  It would be advisable that you begin a game in the newspaper. Most of the newspapers in the country already have Sudoku puzzle games. Most of the easy puzzle games are out during Monday and Tuesday. While the difficult puzzles are out on the following days.

The basic technique most players use in playing the Easy Sudoku is by going through every number and by trying to place as many numbers as the puzzle permits. You have to observe the numbers on the rows and columns to make sure that there are no same numbers present.

If you are working your way on the numbers 1 to 9, ensure to think about going through the same process again. Then, look at the squares to know the numbers you can use to prevent other numbers from filling in.

Try to train your mind well in looking at the numbers in all 3 x 3 boxes, columns or rows. In this way, you can easily spot the missing numbers which you need in each 3 x 3 boxes, columns or rows.

Lastly, if it is your first time to play the game, be patient. It may be an easy Sudoku but it is not as simple as what you may think. It still requires great logical skills and careful thinking in order to win and complete the puzzle.

If you follow the above steps that would just help you with making you a Suduko wizard.

Those are just some of the websites that offer users daily Sudoku puzzles.  Feel free to search the net for a lot more of these websites.  The following are some of the newspapers all over the world also offer daily Sudoku puzzles.

•  Clarin (Argentina)
•  Diario Perfil (Argentina)
•  The Australian
•  The Courier Mail (Australia)
•  Daily Telegraph (Australia)
•  Sydney Morning
•  The Age (Australia)
•  Le Soir (Belgium)
•  Het Belang van Limburg (Belgium)
•  De Standaard (Belgium)
•  O Estado de Sao Paulo (Brazil)
•  Toronto Star
•  El Tiempo (Colombia)
•  El Colombiano
•  B.T. (Denmark)
•  Nordjyske Stiftstidende (Denmark)
•  Ekstra Bladet (Denmark)
•  Helsingin Sanomat (Finland)
•  Le Parisien (France)
•  Handelsblatt (Germany)
•  Die Welt – Kompakt (Germany)
•  Frankfurter Rundschau (Germany)
•  Elefthrotypia (Greece)
•  Ta Nea (Greece)
•  Apple Daily (Hong Kong)
•  am730 (Hong Kong)
•  The Standard (Hong Kong)
•  Fréttablaðið (Iceland)
•  Irish Independent
•  Irish Times
•  The Jerusalem Post
•  Yedioth Ahronoth (Israel)
•  Ma’ariv (Israel)
•  Haaretz (Israel)
•  Il Secolo XIX (Italy)
•  La Republica (Italy)
•  Dagens Nœringsliv (Norway)
•  Adresseavisen (Norway)
•  Correio da Manhã (Portugal)
•  Metro (Portugal)
•  Destak (Portugal)
•  Slovenske novice (Slovenia)
•  Beeld (South Africa)
•  La Vanguardia (Spain)
•  Le Temps (Switzerland)
•  Le Matin (Switzerland)
•  Berner Zeitung (Switzerland)
•  Bangkok Post
•  Newark Star–Ledger (USA)
•  The Buffalo News (USA)
•  Chicago Red Eye (USA)
•  Los Angeles Times (USA)
•  The Washington Post (USA)
•  USA Today
•  The Boston Globe (USA)
•  San Francisco Chronicle (USA)
•  Seattle Times (USA)

There are tons of other US newspapers that offer daily Sudoku puzzles.  Be sure to check your country’s national and local papers if they offer daily Sudoku puzzles.