Parity Party X - "Sir Launcelot"
(Published on 7. June 2020, 06:52 by glum_hippo)
You can solve the puzzle at this Penpa link. Also available on f-puzzles. Now also available in the CtC app.
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Special rules of Parity Party: A number at the edge of the grid indicates the sum of cells encountered when moving through the grid from that vantage point, UP TO AND INCLUDING the first odd or first even digit. For example, a 15 at the bottom of a column could indicate something like 7-8, 8-7, 1-3-5-6 or 2-6-4-3 (among others) when reading up that column... but not 1-2-3-4-5 or 2-6-3-4 etc. That is, the parity of the farthest digit must deviate from that of the others.
Note: If the clue is less than 10, it might simply indicate the value of the first cell. That is to say, you could be adding up zero odd and one even number, or vice versa.
Additional rule for this puzzle: cells with a tilde (~) contain the exact average of all cell values that are separated from the cell by a knight's move (cf. chess). Thus R4C8 contains the result you get from taking the average of the 6 digits in R6C7 R6C9 R5C6 R3C6 R2C7 and R2C9.
As a gentler introduction to the 'Parity Party' genre I would recommend the Parity Party Kidoku.
Solution code: Row 3 and row 6, each read from left to right (18 digits total)
Comments
on 10. September 2024, 19:25 by glum_hippo
new penpa link
on 17. March 2021, 10:49 by ffricke
Und wieder eine sehr schöne Variante der Parity Party
on 12. March 2021, 20:05 by abed hawila
What an exceptional puzzle and brilliant construction, deserves every second spent on it. Well done and thank you!
on 22. February 2021, 22:47 by Jesper
Great puzzle! I finally took it upon myself to attempt this one, and though certainly very challenging (I think 5 stars is deserved), it wasn't as difficult as I had anticipated.
on 14. August 2020, 13:53 by glum_hippo
Danke an alle, die einen Kommentar hinterlassen haben.
Thank you all for your kind comments!
on 14. August 2020, 10:43 by Mody
Hat mir gut gefallen :)
on 17. June 2020, 10:24 by Prongs
Toughest puzzle I have done by a long, long way. Massive props for designing this.
on 13. June 2020, 23:15 by Woodsy
Awesome challenge, thanks.
on 7. June 2020, 06:54 by glum_hippo
Please note: there is no king's move constraint in this puzzle (as there was in the last 'Knights Average' puzzle 0003KE).
Übrigens gibt es in diesem Rätsel keine Anti-King Einschränkung wie beim letzten Mal (vgl. 0003KE)
