Tourists in Rome
(Published on 30. March 2024, 15:24 by StartUp21)
Tourists in Rome
This retroactively serves as the tutorial for Roman sum lines, as a result I am gonna attempt to keep track of my puzzles that feature this ruleset.
A German and a Dutch walk into a Roman bar.
The first orders a cup of green tea, the second a glass of orange juice.
The latter whispers to the former: "How do you like your digits in a Sudoku? I like when adjacent ones are at least 4 apart."
The other in astonishment: "Only 4? I wish them to be at the very least 5 apart."
"Where would you put your 5s then?" a local who was enjoying a glass of red wine overheard the two of them, "Digits should come in pairs or alone, and every three adjacent groups should have one that sums to 5, one that sums to 10 and one that sums to 15."
"That's ridiculous!" exclaimed the two foreigner.
The roman laughed: "Can we at least agree that normal Sudoku rules should apply?" and they all laughed in agreement.
Flavourless rules:
- Normal Sudoku rules apply.
- Dutch whispers line: Adjacent digits on an orange line differ by at least 4.
- German whispers line: Adjacent digits on a green line differ by at least 5.
- Roman sum line: Red lines can be divided into segments of 1-2 cells each, with each segment containing an XV (15) sum, an X (10) sum or a V (5) sum, and with every 3 consecutive segments containing one of each. (i.e 2373965 can be divided into 23-73-96-5 [V-X-XV-V])
If this is your introduction to Roman sum lines, I hope it was a useful learning tool! Anyhows, if you enjoyed the Sudoku, let me know in the comments.
Solution code: Column 5
Last changed on on 30. March 2024, 15:50
Solved by SKORP17, CrippledLamp, tiredsudoku, teuthida, agueybana, SudokuHero, Woody03130, k2u5as, blackjackfitz, br3akingp01nt, ThePedallingPianist, marty_sears, Ratfinkz, heliopolix , gdc, zrbakhtiar, sorryimLate, QuiltyAsCharged, Crul, THef of Time, PippoForte
Comments
on 21. April 2024, 01:44 by marty_sears
loved this! very pleasing flow to it, and some lovely deductions
on 21. April 2024, 01:44 by Ratfinkz
Stunning puzzle!
Last changed on 21. April 2024, 03:50
on 3. April 2024, 19:23 by blackjackfitz
Another very nice puzzle! Several very beautiful and intricate pieces of logic.
on 30. March 2024, 15:50 by StartUp21
The Dutch whispers line was wrongly described
