Stranger in a Strange Land
(Eingestellt am 24. Februar 2025, 10:58 Uhr von Wuschel)
- Normal Sudoku rules: Place the digits 1-9 in each row, column and box, without repeats.
- Yin Yang: Shade some cells so that all shaded cells are orthogonally connected, and all unshaded cells are orthogonally connected. No 2x2 area is fully shaded or fully unshaded. The value of a shaded cell is one greater than its digit, the value of an unshaded cell is one less than its digit.
- Region Sum lines: Box borders split blue lines into segments, the sum of the values on a segment is the same for each segment. Different lines may have different totals.
- Kropki pairs: On a black dot one value is double the other. On a white dot values differ by 1. Not all dots are necessarily given.
I also created a version with dynamic fog to guide through the solve.
Lösungscode: Shaded cells in column 5, followed by unshaded cells in row 5
Kommentare
am 28. Februar 2025, 11:05 Uhr von DonQuichopp
I thought with the dynamic fog it's more like a 3 star. The interaction between the different rules is mindbending ;-) it took me a lot of writing down to see the possibilities, but I feel I don't deserve the solve of a 4 star puzzle, hahaha.
Took me about 4 hours my average time for 3 stars.
Thank you for the puzzle!
am 28. Februar 2025, 00:19 Uhr von rubencubed
very nice flow, and nice brain wrinkles. I got a little bogged down in all the possibilities for the middle line, but otherwise quite enjoyed it!
am 27. Februar 2025, 00:52 Uhr von Serkles
My first time solving a Cracking the Cryptic Puzzle! Loved it.
am 26. Februar 2025, 19:54 Uhr von Voidslime
Very unique and rewarding! mentally tracking possibilities was hard but never overwhelming.
am 26. Februar 2025, 16:32 Uhr von oskode
Incredible!
am 25. Februar 2025, 20:58 Uhr von madhupt
Very smooth and enjoyable!
am 25. Februar 2025, 12:28 Uhr von gfoot
Well set, a nice blend between rules, and while not too difficult overall, the effect on kropki dots was particularly challenging for me! I stuck to the non-fog version.
am 25. Februar 2025, 11:13 Uhr von 9Rookienumbers
I went back and forth between the two versions. It was brutal, confusing, and I kept making mistakes until the very end: my brain was so fried it took me 4 attempts to punch in the right solution code. Loved it.
am 24. Februar 2025, 21:58 Uhr von softie
I really enjoyed going back and solving the puzzle again with the fog! It was really interesting to see how my first solve path had depended on combining some clues and Sudoku logic that were not available with the fog present.
am 24. Februar 2025, 18:36 Uhr von henrypijames
The title alone is triggering PTSD in me - probably anyone who's gone through Friends in Unknown Lands. But at least this isn't a CC.
am 24. Februar 2025, 16:12 Uhr von wuc
Did the no fog version. Awesome ruleset. Lots of math. Loved it thx.
am 24. Februar 2025, 15:53 Uhr von Snookerfan
Great and very fun puzzle, although the ruleset made the scanning quite hard. Thank you!
