Nikoli publishes numerous magazines and pencil puzzle books.
Publication schedule
- Oct 10, 2010: "Penpa 2011 by Nikoli"
- Nov 10, 2010: "Sudoku with hints to do them"
- Dec 10, 2010: "Puzzle Communication Nikoli Vol.133" and "Gekikara (Super Hard) Sudoku 8"
Puzzle Communication Nikoli
The most advanced pencil puzzle magazine in Japan. The first issue was published in August, 1980. It is a quarterly magazine and Vol. 132 was issued in Sep, 2010. Each issue contains over 30 kinds of puzzles, including some Japanese word puzzles.
Pencil Puzzle Book Series
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The first volume in this series, "Kakuro 1," came out in Sep, 1986. The titles in this series show the kind of puzzle in the volume, and a volume has about 100 puzzles ranging from easy to hard.
This series continues to grow and with reprints the total number of volumes sold exceeds 2 million copies. The series is in a handy pocket sized format, 105 mm wide and 178 mm high (4 1/8 x 7 in).
Puzzle The Giants
The first issue of this annual magazine came out in 1992, and Vol. 23 was issued in January, 2010.
It contains over 25 kinds of puzzles, including a few word puzzles in Japanese. All the puzzles are large sized and it will easily take a year to solve them all.
Penpa Mix
The Penpa Mix volumes are best sellers on "Purchase Nikoli Books" page.
There are all sorts of hot number puzzles in these volumes. Penpa Mix (except Vol.1) include English explanations.
Puzzle Box
The first volume was in 2006, and Vol. 9 was issued in Apr, 2008.
It contains 30 kinds of puzzles, including some word puzzles in Japanese.
Special Numbers
There are a great variety of magazines published by NIKOLI Co., Ltd. Please visit "Purchase Nikoli Books" page and get them!