Whose Doubler Is It Anyway?
(Published on 23. August 2023, 12:30 by ViKingPrime)
PUZZLE:
RULES:
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
• Killer: The value of digits within a cage must sum to the number in the top-left corner. Digits must not repeat within a Killer cage.
MODIFIER:
• Doubler: There are 9 Doubler cells contained within the grid comprised of a set of the digits from 1-to-9. Each row, column and box contains exactly one Doubler cell.
for Killer values
Doublers contribute twice the value of the digit in that cell to cage totals.
• Stadiometer: From left-to-right, the digit of each Doubler cell indicates the row location of the Doubler cell in the next column (e.g. if there is a Doubler at R1C1 that is an 8, there is a Doubler at R8C2).
INTRODUCTION:
What a great show that was... I still miss it.
Here are the other entries in the "Stadiometer" series, for those interested:
"Rolling Hills (Killer)"
An example puzzle will follow to better illustrate the rules.
Have fun!
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Solution code: The digits along Row 4, left-to-right, then along Column 6, top-to-bottom.
Comments
on 11. March 2024, 19:47 by QuiltyAsCharged
Fantastic puzzle! I loved the Stadiometer rule, and it's so clever how it works together with the other rules.
on 25. August 2023, 11:18 by Mantis
Like the rule set a lot! Took a second to get used to it, but then ended up a very fun solve!
on 25. August 2023, 01:30 by samuel1997
Fascinating and interesting!
on 24. August 2023, 23:59 by Snaques
Man this was fun. Took me a while to wrap my head around the interaction the stadiometers have, but once I did it made so much sense.
The box was also pretty amazingly complex and rewarding at the same time.
Thanks for a sweet puzzle Prime!
on 24. August 2023, 21:18 by prodigis
Very nice concept for a rule and a lovely puzzle.
on 24. August 2023, 13:49 by Bankey
Fascinating puzzle. Thanks, @ ViKingPrime :).
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Right back at ya <3 -- VKP
on 24. August 2023, 04:34 by fitzie
had to use some intuition and not logic to move past box 4. Hopefully someone does a video of this one so I can find out the logic. (edit: replayed it with a logical solve for box 4. if I found it the right way, it was very clever)
on 23. August 2023, 21:41 by Christounet
Cool puzzle ! I'm enjoying this little serie. Thanks :)
on 23. August 2023, 16:16 by Snookerfan
Lovely puzzle with a nice ruleset, which gave interesting deductions. 3 stars max in my opinion though. Thank you!
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That's what I thought at first, went with the advice of my tester. I'll adjust - glad you enjoyed <3 -- VKP
on 23. August 2023, 13:54 by m0rkoli
I think this was my first stadiometerpuzzle. Loved it!
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That would be because they didn't exist before XD I'm so glad you liked it! -- VKP
