Cute Mischief - A 6x6 Irregular Sudoku Pack
(Published on 21. October 2021, 20:41 by Playmaker6174)
For people who still want to check out my Battle With The Archers series, you can click on here.
Rules: Normal irregular 6x6 Sudoku rules apply: every row, column and bold region contains digits from 1 to 6 each once.
Normal variant rules apply, including: thermometer, kropki (difference/ratio), X-sum, arrow, renban, antiking killer.
As the pack goes on, the estimated difficulty also tends to increase, this criteria may be different based on everyone's opinions. The overall estimated difficulty of entire pack is judged by the average of all 6 of them.
1) Thermometer (2/5) : Digits along a thermometer must strictly increase from the bulb to the tip end.
2) Kropki - difference/ratio (2.5/5): A white dot with digit in it implies the respective difference relationship between the connected cells, a black dot implies the 1:2 ratio relationship between the connected cells. Not all black dots are given.
3) X-sum (2.5/5): Clues outside the grid show the total of the first X cells from their corresponding direction, where X is the value of the first cell.
4) Arrow (3/5): Digits along an arrow must sum to the digit in the circle cells. Digits can repeat if allowed by other rules.
5) Renban (3/5 - 3.5/5): Digits along a line form a set of non-repeating consecutive digits in any order.
6) Rainbow - Antiking Killer (3/5 - 3.5/5): Digits within a cage can't repeat and must add to the small number written in the top left. Cells that are a King's move away (in chess) mustn't contain the same digit.
Puzzle:
F-puzzle: Thermo - Kropki - Xsum - Arrow - Renban - Rainbow
Penpa+: Thermo - Kropki - Xsum - Arrow - Renban - Rainbow
CTC app: Thermo - Kropki - Xsum - Arrow - Renban - Rainbow
Good luck and have fun solving!
Solution code: Four corners of the entire grid from each of the puzzle in the order, specifically (r1c1-r1c6-r6c1-r6c6) from each of the puzzle in the order in the rule set, 24 digits long total with no space
Comments
on 29. October 2021, 17:35 by uvo_mod
Labels angepasst.
on 25. October 2021, 03:21 by zetamath
These were absolutely fabulous, great work!
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Thank you! Happy to see you have such a great time with it :)
on 24. October 2021, 22:53 by abed hawila
Very enjoyable collection with some tricky steps ;)
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Thank you, glad you made it through and enjoyed the whole trip :)
on 23. October 2021, 17:08 by SudokuExplorer
Superb collection of interesting and fun mini treats!
It was a nice surprise that a X-sums puzzle could solve with only 3 clues. I enjoy irregular sudokus, so they were all a delight to solve. Thanks a lot for making them! :-)
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Thanks for your lovely feedback! Indeed I was surprised at how X-sum puzzle turned out, at this point I think 3 clues is perhaps the smallest possible (if not having any givens). Overall this pack was a real joy for me to do :)
on 23. October 2021, 14:44 by DVFrank
Very nice collection! I especially enjoyed Renban and Rainbow (which was somehow the easiest for me). Thanks! :^)
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Thank you! Haha, I guess you've been familiar with them for a while, glad you enjoyed the pack :)
on 23. October 2021, 08:17 by Playmaker6174
Thanks everyone for the lovely feedback! Glad everyone had a really great time with it, I’m so proud of this pack too :)
on 23. October 2021, 06:07 by grkles
These were fabulous! (And some were really tricky...!)
on 23. October 2021, 05:51 by RockyRoer
Cute mischief managed to take me a long time… but I got them! Xsums was my favorite.
on 22. October 2021, 23:52 by Playmaker6174
Changed estimated difficulty for the Rainbow puzzle according to solvers.
on 22. October 2021, 19:11 by Niverio
Pretty fun pack. Rainbow and kropki were my favorites.
on 22. October 2021, 02:40 by Bobby
great collection of puzzles!
on 22. October 2021, 00:13 by Piatato
I just had a very nice time solving these! Great pack!
