Nori Nori Christmas (Nala’s Adventures #16)
(Published on 1. December 2023, 13:58 by SandraNala)
But now onto the puzzle (that some of you may already know, but I didn’t have the chance to upload it to lmd yet:))
“Nori Nori Christmas“
Christmastime is coming soon and it’s probably not too early to do some baking! Nala is eager to help out with anything, but she may not be the best fit when it comes to cutting out the cookies and placing them on the tray so they don’t touch each other when they go into the oven. She might need some help with that. Would you mind?
Normal sudoku rules apply: Place the digits 1-9 in every row, column and box exactly once each.
Digits in a dashed cage must sum to the value in the top left corner of the cage (if given). Digits may not repeat within their own cage.
Nori Nori Christmas: Shade exactly two cells in each cage. Each shaded area forms a domino (cookie), not necessarily within a cage. Shaded dominoes may touch diagonally, but not orthogonally. A shaded domino functions as a black Kropki dot, i.e. digits in a shaded domino are in a ratio of 2:1. It is possible for unshaded dominoes to be in a 2:1 ratio.
Digits separated by a white sugar decoration dot are consecutive. Not all possible dots are given.
Additionally the grid is partially covered in fog. Placing correct digits will clear the fog from surrounding cells, possibly revealing more clues.
Click to play: Nori Nori Christmas
Solution code: Digits from column 9 (top to bottom):
Comments
on 4. October 2024, 09:42 by BabyfacedBard
I couldn’t stop hearing Simon repeatedly going “nori nori” in my head, but somehow that made the solve even more enjoyable. Very satisfying as always!
on 12. July 2024, 21:43 by wuc
Another new ruleset to me. Great setting. I loved it. Great fun thx.
on 19. March 2024, 06:23 by cozoq
What a great puzzle! First time doing a 'nori nori' style puzzle. I thought it was closer to a 1 star in difficulty. The fog and dominoes and clues all unfold in such a lovely way!
on 28. February 2024, 13:30 by Virux
Your puzzles are amazing. I'm hooked!
S&N: awww thank you! <3
on 22. February 2024, 15:53 by ninjamunk
Did not understand the cookie-restriction at all! Good thing I could watch the CtC-explanation. Then it was pretty straight forward from there.
Good puzzle still!
on 15. January 2024, 01:24 by Bingobobcat
I liked how each of the next steps in the puzzle involved different constraints as you went along. Finding new "eiliminations" based on the cookie constraint and looking at partial cages was a lot of fun!
on 19. December 2023, 09:49 by KingIsulgard
Lovely puzzle.
on 5. December 2023, 14:46 by mihil99
This was such a delight to solve! Also so much love for the advent calendar, I look forward to my mornings when I solve them :)
Sandra here! Aww thank you :) I’m so happy to hear that enjoy the puzzles and make good use of the calendar!
on 2. December 2023, 18:44 by tobymgk
I love all your creative ways of using the fog constraint! This was very fun to solve.
on 2. December 2023, 15:43 by filz
I've got a Déjà vu now - didn't I solve this already and remember it being lots of fun?
[Ah - probably with the ctc youtube link!]
on 1. December 2023, 22:44 by Snaques
Another lovely Nala puzzle!
I have to admit, I was pretty confused about the shaded cell rules. Could the whole domino be in one cage? Can there be dominoes outside a cage? I mean I guess I understood them correctly, but wasn't very confident going into the puzzle.
Figured I'd give it a go and see how it turns out and it turned out lovely so all good in the end.
This has got to be the most exciting christmass calendar I've ever had. Can't wait for tomorrow.
Sandra here! Thank you for the feedback! Happy to hear that you still enjoy our puzzles! And sorry to hear that the rules were confusing on this one. I was hoping that it was clear enough to say „not necessarily within a cage“ to state that dominoes can, but don’t have to be, entirely within their cage and that the 23 cage would function as a small teacher to start the puzzle :) happy you still got on with it!
