Jigsaw Sewing
(Published on 21. September 2023, 09:00 by dodomos)
Divide the grid into regions, each consisting of nine orthogonally connected cells. Each row, column and region must contain the digits 1-9 once each.
The numbers inside the killer cages do not repeat. One or more regions may appear within a killer cage. Different regions occupy the same amount of cells inside each killer cage.
A white dot joins consecutive digits. Only ALL possible white dots INSIDE REGIONS are given.
A black dot joins digits in a 1:2 ratio. Only ALL possible black dots ON REGION BORDERS are given.
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I did it! But is it worth 200 points?
The puzzle below is an example puzzle using the same rules and the answer is given. You can delve deeper into the rules of Killer Cage.
Of course, there is logical solution to the example. You can try to solve them if you are interested.
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How I came to spaceland, and what I saw there?
Solution code: Row 1 and Row 3
Comments
on 17. March 2024, 16:35 by dodomos
Change link from tinypuz to sudokupad short link.
on 13. November 2023, 07:54 by Bankey
Fantastic puzzle. Thanks, @ dodomos:).
on 23. September 2023, 04:41 by coreng
Thanks for the clarification. This was a wonderful puzzle with a fitting title :)
on 23. September 2023, 03:54 by zhall12570
Would rank this higher than 3 stars; but it was great fun, and smooth sailing after the initial difficult break-in!
on 22. September 2023, 16:12 by dodomos
Added an example puzzle.
on 22. September 2023, 02:38 by coreng
Can you clarify the rule: Different regions occupy the same amount of cells inside each killer cage.
Does this mean that if I have a region and it only enters 1 cell of a cage, then all other cages it enters (if any) can only take 1 cell?
Or does it mean if region A takes 2 cells in a cage, then region B must take the other 2 cells. And similarly if region A takes 2 cells, then I can't have region B take 1 cell and region C take 1 cell.
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Your second understanding is correct. I will look into creating an image that makes it easy to understand the rules.
on 21. September 2023, 17:11 by dodomos
When I remembered this question, I realized it was timed to be set for October 20 ......
I'm very sorry for this error and will check it carefully afterward ......
