Cage Dots in the Fog
(Published on 12. July 2024, 15:30 by Elytron)
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Rules:
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Digits along a thermometer strictly increase from the bulb to tip.
- Cells separated by a black dot are in a 1:2 ratio.
- Cells separated by a white dot are consecutive.
- Additionally, if a black dot connects two cages, their sums are in a 1:2 ratio.
- Similarly, if a white dot connects two cages, their sums are consecutive.
- Digits may not repeat in cages.
- Not necessarily all dots are given.
- The grid is partially covered with fog. Correctly placed digits will clear the fog around that cell. No guessing is required.
Solution code: Column 1 from top to bottom (9 digits).
Comments
on 22. July 2024, 16:40 by GorgeousNicko
Rules look perfectly clear and unambiguous to me. Puzzle took me a while, but very satisfying. Thanks.
I thought about rating it as 4* but it isn't really 'hard'. Just took me a long time to spot the obvious!
on 17. July 2024, 02:14 by Elytron
Fixed spelling mistake
on 17. July 2024, 00:19 by ostio456
Gosh that took some real brain power to solve, what a fantastic puzzle! It is beyond me how anyone could craft such a beautiful puzzle. Everyday I am surprised yet again on this website!
on 15. July 2024, 03:38 by cam
Brilliant ruleset. That was fun :)
on 15. July 2024, 03:03 by fajoogaloo
Amazing fog of war puzzle. Keep up the great work! :)
on 14. July 2024, 03:10 by Bulkystapler
Stunning Puzzle, Had a stack of fin. LOL
on 13. July 2024, 16:38 by Franjo
One of the best FOW I ever solved - and there were lots of them! So many nice deductions on the way. Thank you so much for sharing this lovely gem.
on 13. July 2024, 02:24 by OutOfMyMindBRB
What a delightful puzzle - thanks :-)
on 13. July 2024, 01:47 by gdc
very interesting and original logic with great use of the fog!
on 13. July 2024, 01:16 by cozoq
Stunning puzzle!
on 12. July 2024, 23:50 by softie
There was a super cool deduction about 20% of the way through that made me gasp! Awesome puzzle.
on 12. July 2024, 21:24 by OGRussHood
Lovely!
on 12. July 2024, 18:07 by wuc
Cool ruleset. Two tricky slopes. I loved the clever deductions. Great setting thx.
