Another Murder Mystery (0-9 Challenge)
(Published on 13. May 2024, 19:55 by The Bard)
Sherdoku Holmes we need you again! A new numeral killer is on the loose and we need your help to solve who the killer is.
Place all the digits 0-9 in each row, column, and box but one digit in each was murdered and will not fit. The victims vary and can even be the same value as the killer.
Box 1 The Library - German Whispers: adjacent digits must be at least 5 apart.
Box 3 Pool Room - Quadruples: digits in the small circle must appear in one of the surrounding cells.
Box 5 Game Room - Arrows: Digits along the arrow must add up to the digit in the attached circle.
Box 7 The Office - XV: Digits separated by a X must add to 10, and digits separated by a V must add to 5.
Box 9 The Gym - Renban: Digits along the purple lines are consecutive in some order.
Box 2,4,6,8 Hallways - Odd/Even and Palindrome: Digits in a circle must be odd, digits in a box must be even, and digits along the grey line read the same forward and backwards. For this puzzle 0 is considered even.
Secrect Passages - Little Killer: digits along the indicated diagonal add to the value provided.
As before, you will find one last cell where the killer takes his last victim, know this: the killer left a note saying “There is nothing to be added to my life therefore I kill those who can take from me.”
This is a sequel to my previous Murder Mystery puzzle which you can find HERE.
If you like this puzzle you may enjoy some of my other puzzles too, click HERE to see the other puzzles I have made.
Solution code: Column 6
Comments
on 13. July 2024, 07:09 by QuiltyAsCharged
I love this series, including the final riddles! I'd be excited to see Sherdoku take on a more challenging case sometime
on 4. June 2024, 12:36 by geronimo92
Dont agree and dont understand how people can say that murder mystery is not logic.... that was very clear and approachable... better to solve it by yourself than watching painful Sleuth video i think...
on 19. May 2024, 14:36 by Hay-in-needlestack
This antropomorphisation of digits is offending, numbers are not murderers. Nice puzzle otherwise.
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Clearly you haven’t heard why 6 was afraid of 7, because 7, 8 (ate), 9. Nor have you watched the “Numberblocks” or “Number Factory”. Anthropomorphized digits have a very real history, and it stands to reason that some of them go bad.
The Bard
on 18. May 2024, 22:22 by The Bard
Once again, a big thank you to Sudoku Sleuth for picking up this puzzle for their channel.
If you would like to watch the solve go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzVtwWqIpM4&t=96s
on 16. May 2024, 13:37 by AshBrown
Lovely puzzle. Got stuck then it all unravelled
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Glad to hear you got it unravelled. I always have mixed feelings about people getting stuck, because I never know if that is a good thing or not. :)
The Bard
on 15. May 2024, 00:46 by Snaques
I absolutely loved this. Such an intriguing cocktail of different rulesets.
I also didn't realize the 0 is even notion and messed up couple of times. Once I actually googled it, I realized it is also stated in the rules.
What comes to the riddle, I didn't mind it as it wasn't too difficult. I could see an issue if it was something that would require more experience with riddles.
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Happy to learn you liked it!!
The Bard
on 14. May 2024, 14:48 by SudokuFan
This is NOT a logic puzzle if there is a riddle element! This should have the "Mystery" tag because the puzzle isn't solvable purely logically
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Does that mean you do or don’t like it?
Also, riddles are actually logic puzzles they just do not use formal logic that can be easily expresses into an equation. Riddles rely on informal logic utilizing various other properties of logic that include critical thinking, abductive reasoning, inductive reasoning, inference, and others.
But your point is taken, in the sudoku formal logic world this is not the expectation.
The Bard
on 14. May 2024, 12:29 by PatJoyce
Epic puzzle!! Absolutely loved this! Thanks a million!
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As always, it was my pleasure. Happy to share.
The Bard
on 14. May 2024, 06:14 by speedyjohn
Very nice puzzle. Smooth solve without feeling too breezy. I liked the riddle for the final cell, but I could see it being an issue for people with a language barrier.
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Always glad when people like the puzzles.
The language barrier is my top concern for doing the little riddle. I have debated back and forth about the little riddles, but having a few puzzles out there with this kind of riddle verses all of the other puzzles that don't can be a nice little change.
The Bard
on 13. May 2024, 23:41 by The Bard
Correction to rules
on 13. May 2024, 23:39 by stonetim
This was super fun! I like the little riddle at the end to disambiguate.
In my head I wasn't thinking of 0 as an even number for Square cells, so got stuck a couple of times before reading the clues more carefully.
Also, there is a clue for "marked diagonal", but there isn't any so presumably a small copy + paste error?
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Thank you for pointing that out. I reread the rules 5 times and still missed that. :)
The Bard
on 13. May 2024, 22:23 by Smartacus
I like having a little riddle to find the last killer cell.
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Thanks for the feedback!!
The Bard
on 13. May 2024, 22:15 by The Bard
To all solvers: Do you like haveing the final cell to be resolved with a written clue to identify the killer, or do you just want the puzzle to resolve?
Please let me know your feedback for future puzzles.
on 13. May 2024, 20:38 by PinkNickels
Love these! Thanks for making another!!
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It was my pleasure!
The Bard
