V King Prime
(Published on 20. April 2024, 13:52 by marty_sears)
Happy birthday to the brilliant setter and lovely chap ViKingPrime.
Rules:
- Fill the grid with the digits 1-8 so that digits don't repeat in a row or column.
- V: Cells separated by a V sum to 5.
- KING: Cells separated by a chess king's move may not contain consecutive digits (but could potentially be the same.)
- PRIME: Any two adjacent cells along a purple line sum to a prime number.
Click here to play on the CTC app
Please leave a comment if you enjoy :)
Solution code: The eight digits along the positive diagonal, from bottom left to top right.
Comments
on 18. February 2025, 03:26 by Clementi
Marty's puzzles are just so consistently good. Even ones like this, that seem relatively straightforward, have a twist in the middle that have you questioning yourself. Did I make a mistake? Miss a rule? The M Night Shaymalan of sudoku setting.
on 6. February 2025, 16:23 by ThymePass
A clever break-in and a solution code that made me laugh. Marty's puzzles are always fun <3
on 8. November 2024, 15:57 by jakestilesowen
This puzzle starts interestingly and then gets interestinger.
on 15. July 2024, 17:47 by ChinStrap
Wonderful! Every time in Marty's puzzles I feel like I have broken it before realizing what I'm staring at is the key to everything. This was nice and smooth.
on 25. April 2024, 01:19 by ViKingPrime
This was a lot trickier for me than the apparent 2-star difficulty but I loved it (once I could wrap my head around it!). You're too kind, Mr. Sears, this was such an innovative puzzle - a wonderful present.
on 22. April 2024, 01:15 by Ragna
I tryed and tryed. Over ours. Now suddently I see, KINGs move, not Horses move. Later on I'll try again, I should better read the rules...
on 21. April 2024, 16:44 by Nordy
Very funny puzzle :) also quite tricky for me!
on 21. April 2024, 00:33 by DamiDeMa
I approached this beautiful world recently and I found this puzzle REALLY funny. Thank you!
on 20. April 2024, 21:08 by RedBarchetta
I read the PRIME rule as: digits on a purple line sum to a prime number; and I clearly struggled for a minute. Very fun, thanks!
on 20. April 2024, 20:52 by Franjo
Yet another lovely joke by the great MS. Loved this. Thanks a lot.
on 20. April 2024, 20:44 by DarrenBurnett
I struggled putting in the correct number of digits for the solution. I kept entering 9 digits
on 20. April 2024, 15:02 by Dr Logic
Really lovely puzzle! Thanks for sharing!
