the number game

19^th November 1892   Le Siecele a French newspaper launches a game of magic squares in 9×9 box.  The catch was that each row, column, and 3×3 sub squares should have the same value this made the game purely asthmatic.

6^th July 1895 La France the rival of Le Siecele launches its version of the magic square the 9×9 box again had random numbers and had to be filled, the challenge here was each row, column and diagonal had to contain numbers 1-9

1986 Nikoli the Japanese news paper launched in its current version. By 2005 it had become a rage.

Cross words are replaced by suduko in the agenda of the Patti’s and Thatha’s. Today commemorates the Suduko day, where you can labour over numbers.