A Slightly Unusual Ruleset 1.
(Published on 31. July 2023, 13:04 by Bonehead)
This has a slightly busy grid but should be fairly easy, probably 2 stars at a guess. Some of the rules are just for fun. :)
Rules.
Classic sudoku rules apply.
On thermometers numbers strictly rise by at least 8.
Pink lines are a set of consecutive digits in any order and must all contain either a 1,5 or 9.
In cages, the given total in the top left corner is a lie/wrogn.
On the blue line, there are no repeat numbers, except for 1 digit that repeats 3 times.
The corner squares are all different and come from the set 1,2,8,9.
Grey squares are in 7 and 11, written out. This rule is certainly not odd.
The Puzzle.
CTC version with solution check here
F-Puzzles version here
Have fun solving this.. Thank you.
Solution code: Row 4 followed by Column 4 as 18 digits, no spaces
Comments
on 13. July 2024, 10:34 by geronimo92
"Grey squares are in 7 and 11, written out" I dont understand that sentence at all !! Please next time just write "grey squares are even digits" maybe your ratings would be higher....
on 28. September 2023, 12:31 by StefanSch
You should know, that some „strange“ persons give low ratings just because they can. If the puzzle is to hard for them, they can not give ratings.
on 1. August 2023, 13:56 by Montikulum
I had great fun with the puzzle (and I suspect, so did you in setting it) - frankly, I will never understand, why easier puzzles seem to be rated lower just because they are easier. My only suggestion would be to limit the solution code to 9 simple digits (because why longer?), but the Sudoku itself was quite fine as you constructed it.
@Montikulum you are right, my easier puzzles seem to get lower percentages. Just seems to be the way. Also, I may reduce the solution to 9 digits in future.
