Incremental Whispers
(Published on 31. August 2024, 01:53 by yttrio)
This is my fifth puzzle exploring German Whisper lines with various modifier cells, with difficulty likely somewhere between 2 and 3 stars. Links to the previous puzzles in this series are below:
Whisper Doublers (doublers)
Vampire Whispers (vampire/prey)
Ger Whis (halvers)
Whispering Negativity (negators)
Rules:
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
German whispers: adjacent digits along a line must differ by at least 5.
Additionally, nine cells in the grid are "incrementers", which count as their value plus one for the purpose of the whisper lines (so an incremented 2 would act as a 3, for example). There is exactly one incrementer in each row, column, and box, and they form a set of the digits 1-9.
Solution code: The digits in the 9 incrementer cells, starting with the incrementer in row 1 and working down to end with the incrementer in row 9
Comments
on 31. August 2024, 18:45 by Franjo
Interesting idea + very nice setting = delightful puzzle. Thank you very much for creating and sharing this gem.
on 31. August 2024, 15:00 by mihel111
Original ruleset. Very well done.
Thx, yttrio
on 31. August 2024, 12:51 by Snookerfan
Great puzzle! Thank you
