Roman Invasion
(Published on 18. September 2022, 12:22 by Zilou)
Rules :
1. Cells separated by a V sum to 5,
2. Cells separated by an X sum to 10,
3. At least one V and one X were not given.
4. Clues outside the grid give the sum of cells along the indicated diagonal.
Solution code: First line, no separator (length=9)
Comments
on 12. October 2022, 13:49 by Hatseflats
Very nice puzzle, shame i had to use some bifurcation in the end to solve the puzzle. Rule 3 didnt provide me with an answer in this situation since both the X and the V would be correct. For the rest a lovely puzzle with a fun solving path.
on 20. September 2022, 11:13 by Zilou
Hi all,
I am the author of this puzzle.
Thanks for your feedback, I left the deadly pattern intentionally, with rule 3 intended to solve it (only one of the 2 choices had hidden Vs), but I can see it was not the best decision I've made.
I'm new to creating puzzles (this is my 2nd submission), so any advice about what to do (and what not to do) is really appreciated.
Also, I failed to find how to create puzzles with the CtC interface. Does anyone know how to do it ?
Thanks, that community seems awesome.
Zilou.
on 19. September 2022, 20:03 by Tingo
This is a fun puzzle until the very end. I would suggest a change to rule 3, where instead of it being "at least one V and one X were not given" to only limiting it to one type of roman numeral...i.e. "At least one V was.." or "At least one X was...". This would make it uniquely solvable.
on 19. September 2022, 13:42 by Schesam
I used Rule 3 exactly once, when i had every number in the grid except 4, which formed a deadly Pattern. On top even that couldnt resolve it, cause i had the Option to form a 14 or a 64 in both directions, both cause of rule 3. So i had to guess - my first guess for the 64 was wrong, turned that into 14 and it was correct.. So no unique solution imo
on 18. September 2022, 15:25 by Hydalin
Really nice colouring puzzle. Did not find another approach then a very colourful one^^
