6x6 Battlefield Skirmish
(Published on 7. July 2020, 19:20 by DiMono)
Since Battlefield is a new and difficult puzzle type, I made some 6x6 puzzles to help people learn it. This is one of those puzzles.
Normal Sudoku rules apply. Additionally, Battlefield rules apply:
Consider the first X cells and the last Y cells of a row or column where X is the number in the first cell and Y is the number in the last cell. A clue outside the grid gives the sum of the digits where these groups overlap, or the sum of the digits in the gap between the groups if they don't overlap.
The two grey squares contain the same digit.
Solution code: Row 3, Row 4
Comments
on 7. July 2020, 21:43 by DiMono
Added grey squares to remove extensive trial-and-error from the solution. My intended solution path was not as forced as I thought it was before uploading.
on 7. July 2020, 20:10 by henrypijames
A lot harder than you'd think. Again, after working out the sum combinations, I couldn't find an elegant path forward and resorted to try and error instead.
@henrypijames Embarrassingly, I thought the beginning was more forced than it was. I've updated the puzzle to significantly speed up the beginning. Thank you for your comment, without it I would not have realized my error.
