Erinnert Euch Des Königs
(Published on 23. March 2024, 23:44 by LeaVulpina)
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RULES
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Identical digits may not be a chess-king's-move apart.
Adjacent digits along German Whisper lines must differ by at least 5.
Digits along the arrow must sum the two-digit number in the arrow's pill. Digits may repeat if allowed by other rules.
Digits joined by a black dot must be in a 2:1 ratio. Not all dots are necessarily given.
Solution code: Row 5
Comments
on 14. June 2024, 20:30 by PinkNickels
Admittedly, this took me much longer to break in than i would like to admit, but once it clicked, it seemed so obvious! Nice concept and great setting!
on 25. March 2024, 20:17 by Fra314
This is stunningly beautiful and so clever, what a gorgeous puzzle!
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Response from Lea: Thanks a lot! =)
on 24. March 2024, 01:28 by sujoyku
Thank you for setting and sharing this great anti-king puzzle, LeaVulpina! The whispers lines felt super thematic and it was really elegant how the arrow (in addition having the same shape as the whisper lines!) worked in the end. Superb setting!
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Response from Lea: Thank you so much! =) I was definitely pleased to find the arrow reduces the grid to two solutions.
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Thank you for your reply, Lea! So you added the black Kropki dots only as last disambiguators? I really enjoyed their role in the solve. (If I remember correctly they helped me early on to distinguish between the two polarity groups.)
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Response from Lea: The bottom-left dot is there for exactly that - to disambiguate the polarity early on. The puzzle is unique without it, but the solve path is... messy at best lol. Weird how much difference one black dot makes.
on 24. March 2024, 00:12 by Wuschel
Beautiful construction!
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Response from Lea: Many thanks! =)
