Poison or Antidote?
(Published on 17. April 2023, 04:00 by XeonRisq)
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Region Sum Lines: Digits on a blue line must have an equal sum within each region is passes through.
- Renban Lines: Digits on a purple line must be consecutive, but in any order and may not repeat.
- German Whisper Lines: Adjacent numbers on a green line must have a difference of 5 or greater.
- F-puzzles link - link to solve online
- SudokuPad link - link to solve online
Solution code: Row 3 followed by Column 8
Comments
on 21. March 2024, 19:08 by PinkNickels
As close to perfect as a puzzle can humanly get. Just amazing. Thank you for an amazing piece of setting!
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WOW .. I'm humbled by such generous feedback. I am thrilled you enjoyed the puzzle and grateful for your kind words.
on 18. August 2023, 01:29 by Ragna
Very fun puzzle! Very nice construction about the Region Sum Line in box 5.
Thank you for your time :-))
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You're very welcome, and allow me to extend my gratitude for taking the time to give this puzzle a try. Glad you enjoyed it, and appreciate the kind words and solve.
on 23. April 2023, 21:18 by LehanLehan
Wonderful flow of logic, it's a gem. Thank you very much, it was a great pleasure to solve.
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You're quite welcome, and thrilled you enjoyed the solve path in this one.
on 19. April 2023, 09:31 by mercierus
Very nice one, I had 2 possible solutions until I read the comments and saw there were actually 2 renbans and not 1.
Thank you for the puzzle XeonRisq
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You are quite welcome and really appreciate the feedback and the solve.
on 18. April 2023, 23:35 by marty_sears
This was brilliant! Really loved the aesthetic and the theme. Would love to see this on Cracking The Cryptic
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Thanks alot for the kind words and taking the time to give this one a spin. It would be interesting and fun to watch either Mark or Simon give this a shot!!
on 18. April 2023, 02:15 by Calvinball
I love it when a puzzle so pretty is even better to solve. Super smooth solve path and somehow the difficulty level felt consistent from start to finish.
You should be proud of this one.
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Appreciate the solve and I'm humbled by your gracious feedback. I was rather happy with the interactions between the lines, but I'm proudest of the joy the puzzle brought to the solvers.
on 18. April 2023, 01:04 by spatzle
love this! had so much fun solving it!
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That's just about the best feedback I could receive. Glad you had fun with this one.
on 17. April 2023, 21:46 by GeorgeTheToad2
Great puzzle, the poison and antidote worked miracles.
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LOL, nice one.. Glad you enjoyed the puzzle and thanks for the solve!!
on 17. April 2023, 20:02 by baku
Brilliant construction. Smooth solution, but kind of hard to initially crack. The interactions between different cells throughout the grid is superb. Thanks for sharing.
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You are quite welcome and I do appreciate the feedback and solve. The interaction between the poison/antidote (renbans/whispers) and the bottle around them (region sum line) is what convinced me to post this up here. Glad this turned out to be an enjoyable puzzle for the solvers..
on 17. April 2023, 18:44 by Paquet Voleur
Very nice and smooth solve, and quite an approachable puzzle as well. Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks alot for the kind words. There was a version where there was another given digit in box 6, but I realized that it was unnecessary and without it, the puzzle got much more interesting. Initially I had a bit of a tough time deciding on the difficulty because of where it was at with the extra given. Anyway, glad you enjoyed the puzzle!!
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People also mentioned the beauty of the unsolved puzzle, and I'd like to take the time to mention I totally agree with their enthusiasm. It is indeed quite impressive to see this light and simple yet elegant and eloquent design forming a uniquely solvable puzzle.
on 17. April 2023, 18:36 by MacZidane
Sometimes you just dismiss what's right in front of you, opened the puzzle thinking the whisper lines would be the last to be solves given their size, when in fact they were instrumental in disambiguating the region sum lines around them, d'oh!!
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Thanks for the solve and the detailed feedback. The point you make is one of my favorite aspects about this puzzle; discovering the little gems that you just aren't expecting..
on 17. April 2023, 16:02 by Paquet Voleur
If there are two short renban lines, maybe rewording the directive would be appropriate: "digits on A purple line..."
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Done. Didn't notice the wording beforehand.
on 17. April 2023, 14:52 by Tilberg
It's only one Renban line, right?
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Two short two-cell renban lines.
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Thanks! It sounded ambiguous in the instructions ("the purple line"), but not anymore.
