In Vino Veritas
(Published on 3. January 2024, 18:07 by gdc)
This is my first liar/ambiguity puzzle. It uses wine cells that work similar to doubler cells (one per row/column/box with different digits). Only clues that touch wine cells are meaningful. Thanks to the CtC fan discord for testing.
- Normal Sudoku rules apply.
- Digits separated by a black dot are in a 1:2 ratio.
- Digits separated by a white dot are consecutive.
- Digits in a white Quadruples circle must appear at least once in the four cells touching the circle.
- Put a wine cell in every row, column and box. Clues containing a wine cell must be true. Other clues can be true or false (no negative constraint). Digits may not repeat in wine cells.
Example
Here is a 4x4 version of this puzzle (left) and its solution (right). The Wine cells are marked in wine red and all clues touching them are true. Notice how all wine cells must be on the perimeter because the 111 quadrouple could never be satisfied. Wine cells must include each digit from 1-4 exactly once and can't repeat in a row, column or box. The example can be played here.
Solution code: column 8
Comments
on 4. August 2024, 22:03 by fajoogaloo
Loved the break-in, the ending, and the middle bit. Great puzzle :)
on 5. May 2024, 23:29 by monky12334
These kind of ambiguity puzzles feel really daunting for me, but wow. I loved how everything came together with the rule set. It was a joy to solve.
on 2. May 2024, 17:25 by mse326
Great puzzle. It may have just been me but I originally missed, or more like read over, the point of wine digits have no repeats since it was staple onto the end of a different rule. I would suggest putting it in its own bullet point, but again I am very willing to accept that this was a me problem and not really an issue at all.
on 23. April 2024, 15:59 by LehanLehan
Such a wonderful puzzle, thank you very much.
on 5. March 2024, 23:23 by wunder108
Very nice and enjoyable. The link to sudokupad is not working for me, i think its broken
on 26. January 2024, 14:47 by codewizard
That was very sweet! I love when a puzzle feels like you've been on a journey, enriched with new experiences. Thank you!
on 11. January 2024, 15:33 by dskaff
Super fun ruleset! Kept learning more about it as the puzzle went on
on 4. January 2024, 20:47 by Hay-in-needlestack
Crazy, mad, insane and very rewarding.
on 3. January 2024, 21:21 by ViKingPrime
I may be a bit biased as one of the testers but I loved this - very tongue-in-cheek but also a surprisingly logical and methodical solve path. Brillian stuff!
