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Crosswords, mazes, jumbles… So much has changed in the world of logic gaming. Each has had their time to shine. And as an organization full of part-time puzzlers, we dread the day when the sun will eventually set on number placement games like Sudoku. However, with the advent of computer-generated puzzles such a time almost seems inevitable to the avid gamer.

Fortunately the art of puzzle making has not been lost to time. Masters like Tetsuya Nishio continue to slave over grids crafting deviously entertaining games infused with his unique sense of style and logic. And in his most recent release, Sudoku Plus Volume Five, Nishio takes logic gaming to new levels of precision and artistry. Gamers start off with 101 handcrafted Sudoku puzzles, and are then directed to a collection of Nishio’s True Arrow puzzles, each one so painfully pleasant gamers beg for more.

So while no one can accurately foresee the future of your typical number placement series, all signs point to double-happiness for puzzlers who continue to demand more from their Sudoku.

At Vertical, our puzzles are made from 100% pure mind mass, not from concentrate. Hand-crafted by the number placement master himself, Tetsuya Nishio’s Sudoku Plus: Volume 3 is the newest in our line of pocket puzzle books. Walk the fine line between fun and frustration, ABCs and 123s, with 101 more sudoku puzzles followed by ten of Nishio’s newly-minted linear logic stumpers: Alconne.

The Sudoku Plus series has been designed to strike the perfect balance between difficulty, price, and portability. Practical and presentable, both commuters and puzzle aficionados alike will get mileage from the variety of problems to solve. Challenge boredom by picking up Sudoku Plus: Volume 3 now.

Last month, when Vertical unleashed master puzzle crafter Tetsuya Nishio’s latest—and possibly greatest—series of puzzle books, we reveled in the realization that even logic games could be looked at through artistic eyes.  For his newest volume of Sudoku Plus, Japan’s supreme puzzler has devised his most devilish game yet.  And it is completely void of digits one through nine!!

Looking just as smart as they play, each volume of Sudoku Plus contains 101 delightfully devious hand-crafted sudoku puzzles and 10 bonus puzzles bound to twist the realms of logic gaming. Designed with practical puzzlers in mind, our pocket-sized puzzle books have quickly become must-haves for commutes or as gifts. This second volume features another Nishio original: End View, destined to have even veteran puzzlers re-learning their ABCs.