Battle With The Archers 40: Unity III - The Ultimate Order
(Published on 6. August 2023, 09:02 by Playmaker6174)
+ A beautiful memory.
This is the 40th puzzle of my Battle With The Archers collection. It's also one of the results from a particular nerd-snipe project, where I explored some symmetrical setups using a combination of pill arrows and renban line.
To be honest, I've never set with pill arrow before and till now I can see why I've never done so, it's much more complicated to set than it looks at first glance. Ultimately, I got a few finished grids at the end and I think this one stands out as my favorite out of them.
The solve path requires a few careful thoughts early on but should be entirely logical and manageable in my opinions. I hope you enjoy!
Rules:
- Normal Sudoku rules apply: every row, column and 3x3 box contains digits from 1 to 9 each once.
- Digits along an arrow must sum to the digit in the circle cell or the two-digit number in the pill attached to that arrow. In case of two-digit numbers, they're read as from left to right.
- Digits along a purple line don't repeat and they form a set of consecutive digits in any order.
Puzzle:
F-puzzle link - Penpa plus (alt. link) - Sudokupad (alt. link)Good luck and have fun solving!
Solution code: Row 2 (left to right), 9 digits long
Comments
on 7. July 2024, 23:12 by GeorgeTheToad2
36 down 4 to go. This was amazing and I found it easier than expected but still plenty of interesting logic considering how symmetric the grid is. Thank you.
on 2. June 2024, 04:31 by KNT
wow, super impressive construction, and fun solve!
on 17. May 2024, 07:36 by Christounet
Good fun, beautufl symmetry ! Thanks :)
on 19. September 2023, 09:31 by Crusader175
Wow. Brilliant construction!
on 17. August 2023, 00:19 by BaumJames
Loved it!!! Amazing puzzle.
on 16. August 2023, 12:04 by samuel1997
This is the most symmetrical puzzle I have ever seen in my life! Very stunning!
on 10. August 2023, 08:33 by Playmaker6174
Thank you all so much for the lovely feedback! I'm glad to hear the enjoyment from everyone there :)
on 8. August 2023, 04:31 by zegres
This was brilliant!
I love how clever and well constructed this puzzle is!
Well done Playmaker.
on 7. August 2023, 22:04 by farodin64
Double size circles = Double fun!
on 7. August 2023, 15:43 by Ragna
Fantastisch! :-)))
on 6. August 2023, 18:35 by kporadzinski
For over 40 minutes I was convinced that there is no way to solve this puzzle. When I saw the solution for the middle three rows and then the way to arrange the numbers on the bottom renban line, I had to conclude that the author of this puzzle was pure genius.
Absolutely fantasic puzzle. I'm not sure that three stars isn't too low rating for this.
on 6. August 2023, 13:52 by Lorenz
Beautiful!
on 6. August 2023, 11:32 by Myxo
Stunning aesthetics, and absolutely wonderful logic!
on 6. August 2023, 10:59 by Steven R
Very nice!
on 6. August 2023, 10:51 by Piatato
Awesome! :)
