Training on the Orient Express
(Published on 2. November 2023, 14:01 by ThePedallingPianist)
Play on CTC
F-puzzles
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Draw a "train" in the grid. The train is a line of orthogonally connected cells that cannot loop or branch, and can touch itself diagonally but not orthogonally. Its "carriages" are 2-cell Killer cages. The first carriage sums to 3, and thereafter each carriage's sum increases by 1 going along the train until the last carriage, which sums to 17.
Cells with grey circles are not on the train. A digit in a grey circle shows how many 'train cells' neighbour that circle orthogonally and diagonally.
Solution code: Row 1 (top row), left to right
Comments
on 12. July 2024, 22:28 by wuc
Great ruleset and approachable. Loved solving thx.
on 10. April 2024, 14:38 by ThymePass
That was a fun ride. Choo-Choo!
on 24. March 2024, 09:20 by CcmarvMD
First ever drawing puzzle, absolutely loved it!
on 30. January 2024, 19:12 by cascadeshiker
Lovely puzzle. Thanks. Nice to find an approachable path building puzzle. I'll have to try the harder one next.
on 9. January 2024, 16:14 by OGRussHood
This puzzle definitely scratched my train-building itch as a champion Ticket to Ride player.
on 9. January 2024, 11:45 by Crusader175
Beautiful puzzle! So much fun to build the train. :)
on 15. November 2023, 01:27 by ThePedallingPianist
f-puzzles link updated - thanks to gdc
on 6. November 2023, 11:37 by Snaques
What a great puzzle!
Took me a while to grasp all the rules. Especially the fact that the numbers you add to the empty grey circles also serve a purpose really opened it up after being stuck for a while.
on 3. November 2023, 17:53 by DevonTheBroXD
This was a really fun solve! Nice setting :))
on 3. November 2023, 03:48 by BKKGarrett
Absolutely loved this one! Thank so much for making it!
on 3. November 2023, 03:09 by ViKingPrime
Very interesting solve, with several surprises sprinkled throughout.
on 2. November 2023, 23:08 by Jreg
Okay, so I did this puzzle and then tried out the OG. I completely loved both!
on 2. November 2023, 21:50 by vitaminz
The last train disambiguation gave me so much joy
on 2. November 2023, 14:08 by marty_sears
Really enjoyed this - not too difficult but very elegant and smooth throughout. I look forward to giving the harder one a go soon
