- Normal Sudoku rules apply.
- Pirate Sudoku: The digits 5 represent treasures which are protected by pirates (digits 1 to 4) from commoners (digits 6 to 9). Each treasure is orthogonally adjacent only to pirates and never orthogonally adjacent to a commoner. In other words: Any digit orthogonally adjacent to a 5 has a value of at most 4.
Here you can solve the puzzle online:
Solution code: Row 4 followed by Column 5, from left to right resp. from top to bottom (18 digits in total)
on 2. May 2024, 22:15 by Lenivaya_Joppa
Nice puzzle with a nice flow! Thank you, dear sujoyku! :)
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Thank you for your comment, Lenivaya_Joppa! I am glad that you enjoyed the puzzle and liked its flow.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 18. April 2024, 21:30 by Franca
Tolle Idee und eine nette Geschichte mit den Piraten und den Schätzen. Hatte viel Spaß beim Lösen.
Viele Grüße Franca
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Vielen Dank für deinen Kommentar, Franca! Es freut mich, dass das Rätsel dir Spaß gemacht hat. Nur um klar zu sein: Die Piraten-Variante (und die dazu formulierte Geschichte) habe nicht ich entwickelt. Ich habe diesen Rätseltyp in der letztjährigen Qualifikation zur deutschen Sudoku-Meisterschaft kennengelernt und es hat mir so gut gefallen, dass ich ein eigenes Rätsel mit diesen Regeln erstellen wollte.
Viele Grüße, sujoyku
on 23. August 2023, 11:49 by phs
Wow, it took me 5 attempts (at least) before I managed to solve this puzzle without goofing along the way. There must be something specially slippery with this variant rule :-)
Thanks for the great puzzle.
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Thank you for your comment, phs! It is nice that you gave my puzzle a try and did not let the difficulties throw you off. Congratulations on the solve! I think that the puzzle is not very hard, but it is always a challenge to adapt to a new rule set. I learned about this variant in the qualifier for the German Sudoku Championship and liked it so much that I wanted to set such a puzzle myself. I am glad that you enjoyed the variant as well.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 17. August 2023, 20:35 by Cyrion
Ich hatte nie einen Piraten-Sudoku gesehen. Eine tolle Variante!
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Vielen Dank für deinen Kommentar, Cyrion! Schön, dass es Dir Spaß gemacht hat.
Viele Grüße, sujoyku
on 15. March 2023, 14:20 by erik
Fun rule set, I definitely made some mistakes in my first attempts and then "got it"
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Hey erik, thank you for commenting! I am glad that you enjoyed the rule set.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 1. March 2023, 16:38 by EyemaPlumm
Nice, gentle introduction to the ruleset - enjoyed it.
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Thank you for your feedback, EyemaPlumm! I am glad that you enjoyed the solve.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 28. February 2023, 23:58 by WithIceCream
Super fun ruleset; thanks for sharing!
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Thank you for your kind comment, WithIceCream! I am glad that you enjoy the rule set.
Kind regard, sujoyku
on 28. February 2023, 19:13 by LoverOfPi
Smooth, nice rule set.
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Thank you for your comment, LoverOfPi! I am glad that you enjoyed the puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 27. February 2023, 22:11 by Fisherman
Very smooth and relaxing.
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Hey Fisherman, thank you for giving the puzzle a shot and commenting! Very nice to hear that the solve felt smooth and relaxing for you.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 27. February 2023, 21:23 by Arlo Lipof
Quite easy, but real fun! Thank you.
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Hey Arlo Lipof, thanks for your comment! I thought I first upload an easy one so that everyone can get used to the variant. I might construct a harder one (or some mix of a Pirate Sudoku with other variants) in the future.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 27. February 2023, 20:54 by Tingo
Very enjoyable variant. Thanks for designing and sharing this puzzle!
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Thank you for your nice comment, Tingo! I am glad you enjoyed the puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku