Sudoku Help - Guides

We've taken care to produce as much help and assistance as possible in the way of tips, online help and guides. The guides use a custom puzzle to display various aspects of the game - the rules of the game, solution strategies and how to use Sudoku Dragon. To select a guide just click on the Select Guide list and select from one of the following options:

The list gives a brief description of all the available guides, simply select the guide from the list and press Start or double click on the item.

Topics include :

How to solve a puzzle with Sudoku Dragon.
Marking possibilities with Sudoku Dragon.
Solving a gentle 4x4 puzzle step by step.
Solving a gentle 9x9 puzzle step by step.
Solving a moderate 9x9 puzzle step by step.
Solving a complete moderate 9x9 puzzle step by step using the 2 out of 3 strategy.
Using the only square allocation rule.
Using the only choice allocation rule.
Using the naked twin exclusion rule.
Using the excluded sub-group rule.
Using the hidden twin exclusion rule.
Using the hook rule.
Using the naked chain rule.
Using the naked triplet exclusion rule.
Using the alternate pair allocation rule.
Using the X-Wing exclusion rule.

You can run the guide step by step using the Next and Back buttons. To let the tutorial run through automatically use the Play and Stop buttons. To go back to the start again press the Rewind button.

The panel to the left of the buttons gives a description of the current step and how far through the current guide you have progressed.

Press Close at any time to exit the guide and go back to the puzzle.

Running a SudokuDragon guide

This page is part of the extensive help system for Sudoku Dragon 2. This information is for the version that is only available for download from Microsoft Store. For information on the legacy Sudoku Dragon please refer to the separate help system.