Renban Run-on
(Published on 2. September 2024, 05:47 by RedBarchetta)
Rules:
Place the digits 1 to 9 once each in every row, column, box, and purple renban line.
X/V: Digits sharing an X sum to 10. Digits sharing a V sum to 5. All X/V clues are given.
Kropki Dots: Digits sharing a white dot are consecutive digits
Links:
Solution code: Row 7 digits left to right.
Comments
on 5. September 2024, 16:25 by ClayLovesLogic
Very fun puzzle. Link to my solve.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp484Dhk6d8
on 4. September 2024, 03:27 by RedBarchetta
Thanks all. I thought about cages instead. And really was looking for defining extra regions. I'll work up another one with lines / cages only that is a bit more challenging. I appreciate the feedback!
on 3. September 2024, 23:10 by phs
Very enjoyable puzzle. Only little disappointment is that the negative constraint is very little used, which goes against economy. But this is aesthetics, nothing to do with the enjoyment for solvers. Thanks for sharing.
on 2. September 2024, 23:28 by The Bard
I would like to offer some constructive feedback. Something to consider in future puzzles is that the renban lines everywhere became visually distracting. You could have used cages instead and gotten the same effect without the overwhelming visual business of the puzzle.
Do know that the solve was very enjoyable.
on 2. September 2024, 21:46 by Inge
Very nice puzzle!
on 2. September 2024, 21:42 by SenatorGronk
Cute, but solvable without using the renbans at all.
on 2. September 2024, 18:16 by permafrostyx
yay
on 2. September 2024, 18:14 by sujoyku
Nice approachable puzzle! Thank you for sharing, RedBarchetta!
on 2. September 2024, 15:58 by sfield
Good solve. I first used coloring as a high-low puzzle. When that ran out, I used letters and solved it completely with letters except about 7 or so cells left to disambiguate. I saw the kropki dot on the left that would resolve all those letters, but waited until I had all the letters done to use it. Then I replaced all the letters with numbers forced by that one kropki and the negative constraint disambiguated the last few cells. The 9 digit long renbans were a nice way to help with both the high-low distinctions as well as the particular digits.
on 2. September 2024, 11:19 by Hajuhn
Didn't find too hard at all, started out colouring expecting to have to colour the whole puzzle but got a number pretty quickly and it all worked out easily from there
on 2. September 2024, 08:42 by wuc
Without colorado techniques like using lettets probably 3 stars. For me rather 2 stars. I had to use renbans only rarely. Fun solve for my first coffee today thx.
on 2. September 2024, 06:23 by RedBarchetta
Updated link with Kropki rule.
on 2. September 2024, 06:19 by RedBarchetta
Added Kropki Rule
