WELCOME TO WEBKENDOKU.COM
At webkendoku.com you can play this highly addicting logic and math puzzle game KenKen in both online and printable formats for free.
It is loosely based on killer sudoku and goes by a number of names including KenKen™, kendoku, kenduko, cancan, square wisdom, minuplu, calcudoku, and/or latincalc. It is also similar to a crossword or jigsaw puzzle since it requires trial and error to solve.
The game is available in 3 formats, a 4x4, 6x6, and 8x8.
There are also iGoogle Gadgets available to add to any website including your Google homepage. For more information, visit wikiHow or go directly to Google's directory for the 4x4 gadget and 6x6 gadget.
RECENT NEWS
Jan 20 09 - based on a couple requests, we created a "no-op" (no operations) version of the game, if you wanna give it a try, visit http://www.webkendoku.com/no-op
Jan 9 09 - created a load game, you can find it at http://www.webkendoku.com/load
Jan 4 09 - to match the yesterday we added more 6x6 games today too, there are now over 250 games available to play, enjoy
Jan 3 09 - just added more 4x4 games today, there are now over 250 games available to play, enjoy
for more updates, visit our
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ABOUT THE GAME KENKEN™
KenDoku is a mathematical and logical puzzle based on KenKen™ and loosely similar to sudoku.
Puzzles can be solved by combining the four main mathematical functions of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. To train the brain the puzzles are offered without any instruction. There are important keys to be found but no fixed starting place and no method of progression that can be learned as a strategy. The brain is forced to dart between competing theories. It's impossible to solve puzzles without the scientific process of trial and error and that's the rationale behind these puzzles.
KenKen™ was invented by a Japanese mathematics teacher Tetsuya Miyamoto and introduced to The Times via Robert Fuhrer of Nextoy and Chess Champion Dr. David Levy and recognized for its depth and magnitude by The Times features editor, Mr. Michael Harvey. KenKen™ brain training puzzles are a trademark of Nextoy, LLC. Toy inventor Robert Fuhrer, founder of Nextoy, discovered KenKen (aka KEN-KEN) in Japan as the original books published by educational publisher Gakken Co., Ltd. as Kashikoku naru Puzzle, and has been instrumental in introducing them to the western world.
OBJECTIVE
Depending on the size of the grid, fill-in the table with the appropriate numbers where:
- 4x4 tables use only numbers 1-4
- 6x6 tables use only numbers 1-6
- Each row contains exactly one of each digit with no repeats
- Each column contains exactly one of each digit with no repeats
- Each bold-outlined group of cells contains a clue with a number and symbol. The symbol represents the mathematical operation and the number represents the result.
- For example, if the clue for a group of 2 blocks is "7+", some possible answers could be 1+6, 3+4, or 2+5
HOW TO PLAY
- Review the table and each cell
- When you've identified the value of a cell, click in the cell and type your answer
- If you get stuck, you can click the hint button
- Continue answering to fill-in the table
- You can change an answer by clicking in the cell and deleting your old answer
- If you mess up, you can click the start over button the clear the table
- When you're done, click the check answer button to see if you got it right
- Click the new game button if you wanna play another game
EXAMPLE
The example below uses only addition to simplify things.
"1" - single block are always the clue
"2 & 1"- sum of 3, 1's cannot repeat in the first row
"3 & 1" - 3 is the last number in the first column, plus 1 equals the clue of 4
"2 & 3" - 2 is the last number in the bottom row, plus 3 equals the clue of 5
"3 & 2" - last number in the first and second rows and the middle column, and add up to the clue
ABOUT US
This KenKen and KenDoku adventure started in late November 2008.
My girlfriend found the game KenKen™ in a local newspaper. Having both been fans of sudoku (although she was significantly better than me), we immediately took a liking and interest to this new type of game. We played KenKen games as often as we could and always looked for the local newspaper to play another game, especially when we were at coffee shops where newspapers were plentiful and many times free.
This interest rapidly grew into an obsession. Newspaper versions were not enough. A quick search of the interwebs yielded few results and proved ineffective as KenKen printable versions burned a lot of consumables like paper, ink, and electricity (we're trying to live a little greener). To ease the addiction, we set out to make our own interactive, online version. And in less than a month this site, webkendoku.com, was born. We hope you enjoy this site and the game as much as we do.
But, we could not have possibly done it alone.
First and foremost, I want to give credit and thank my wonderful and amazing girlfriend. Thank you for your patience and understanding, I know there were a lot of late nights. And thank you for your loving support, without you this would not have been possible.
I Love You!
I'd also like to thank the following:
dynamicdrive.com forums :
thanks to the help coding
js-kit.com :
thanks for the comment service
BLOG
This page is not yet available.
We are currently looking for a lightweight, inline blog solution. If you have any recommendations, drop us a line in the comments
. Until then, we have a presence on blogger/blogspot at
http://kendoku.blogspot.com/ and a presence on twitter at
http://twitter.com/kendoku (and the stream below).
Until then, play another game.
PRIVACY POLICY
The privacy of all visitors to webkendoku.com is important to us.
At webkendoku.com, we recognize that privacy of your personal information is important. Here is information on what types of personal information we receive and collect when you use and visit webkendoku.com, and how we safeguard your information. We never sell your personal information to third parties.
Log Files
As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. The information in the log files include your IP (internet protocol) address, your ISP (internet service provider), the browser you used to visit our site (Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, etc), the time you visited our site and which pages you visited throughout our site.
Cookies and Web Beacons
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We also use third party advertisements on webkendoku.com to support our site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program) information including your IP address, your ISP , the browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed. This is generally used for geotargeting purposes or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited.
You can choose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings, or by managing preferences in programs such as Norton Internet Security. However, this can affect how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites. This could include the inability to login to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts.
CONTACT US
Twitter :
http://twitter.com/kendoku
Blogger :
http://kendoku.blogspot.com
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