Shendoku™ the first true game for SuDoku addicts is unleashed on the world

One thousand years ago a famous polymath, astronomer, cartographer and all round genius named Shen Kua was a passionate game player. His passion was GO, the ancient game of skill and chance played on boards of 19x19 squares, but also other sizes including 9x9, the same as in the SuDoku puzzle.

Shen's innovations included the grid reference system for maps, and it was this fact that inspired the development of a game - based on the SuDoku puzzle - that involves several of Shen's innovations, including the grid references, to form what Shen himself may have developed had the SuDoku puzzle been around in his time.

In honour of Shen, the game is named after him. SHENDOKU™ is an original concept that transforms the puzzle of SuDoku into a genuine two-player - or more - game of skill, bluff and cunning. It can be played anywhere and is available in various forms, initially as a book. In development are games for the PC and mobile phone, in single player and multi player versions, and most excitingly in a format being developed that involves allocating players a personal code for playing and registering their scores on regional, national or global scoreboards.

The object of this development is to generate a means for selecting players for a TV Game Show format, currently being refined by the original development team, and soon to be available to production companies. More information on this can be sought via the Shendoku.com website.

The first Shendoku book is now available at Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com

Look out in the coming weeks for a board game version to hit the Internet. Shendoku.com will be the source for information and news of new releases will be posted at shendoku.blogspot.com

Let the games commence...