Do you like Sudoku? Maybe you’ve also played Tetris as a kid? Then, look no further than TEDOKU for your new cosy board game since TEDOKU is the ultimate board game for all Sudoku and Tetris fans.

TEDOKU is my husband’s second published board game. Actually, this is the first game that he signed but it took several years before it got published.

My husband’s been playing board games forever and at some point he started to design them as well. He would come up with great ideas while sleeping or driving and make a prototype of the game. Then, one year he decided to pitch his games at the biggest board games’ fair in the world Spiel Essen. He felt like a kid in the chocolate factory at Spiel Essen fair and continued to attend it and pitch his games every year. When he was about to quit on his dream of becoming a published board game designer he pitched a game that he basically designed just for fun, just for himself. That’s when the miracle happened: Ares games signed a contract with him for TEDOKU.

Of course, he was overjoyed but as it usually happens, several years passed between the signing of the contract and the actual publishing date. In the meantime, his other game got published. TEDOKU was released last year for Spiel Essen and has since been premiered at other board game fairs and conventions. It got a decent amount of buzz.

TEDOKU is a clever „roll, flip and write game“ in which you try to fit special shapes called polyominoes into your own Sudoku-stlye grid. TEDOKU is a cosy game that can be played anywhere: on your travels, in a pub, at home with your family and friends or you can even play it solo. The game components are: a deck of 27 cards, a die, a pad of 50 player sheets and pencils.

How do you play TEDOKU? It’s a fairly simple game to play but it’s got huge replayability since you remove 7 cards at random from the deck at setup. Here’s the official description of the gameplay: “each player has a 9×9 grid inspired by Sudoku, and over 20 rounds, they’ll fill it using dice rolls and card draws. At the start of each round, one card is flipped and the TEDOKU die is rolled. The card designates a grid zone—a row, column, or 3×3 sector—while the die shows which polyomino shape must be drawn. All players use the same inputs, placing the shape so that part of it touches the indicated area. Shapes may be rotated or mirrored, but not overlap or go beyond the grid. If a player can’t place it legally, they skip the round. After 20 turns, players score points for completed rows, columns, and sectors. The highest score wins, with ties broken by the fewest empty squares.”

Our kids are playing TEDOKU regularly. If they can do it, you can do it too. So, now you just need to try it out! You’ll have lots of fun playing it.

TEDOKU can be bought at various board game shops online and offline or directly at Ares games website here.