Nos482
(Published on 27. November 2024, 01:51 by starwarigami)
Normal Sudoku Rules Apply
Within a cage, digits may not repeat, and the sum of their values is equal to the expression in the top left corner.
There are nine vampire cells and nine prey cells in the grid, one of each in every row, column and box.
Every digit from 1-9 appears exactly once in a vampire cell, and exactly once in a prey cell.
Digits in vampire cells steal the value of the digit in the prey cell in the same box and add it to their own.
The value of the digits in a prey cell is 0.
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I was inspired to create this puzzle by Lizzy01's beautifully complex and fiendishly difficult puzzle Dance of the Vampires
Do go take a look at that if you have several hours to spare!
Other puzzles using variations of this rule set can be found by searching for the keyword "Nosferatu"
Please also check out these other challenging puzzles of my own that you may have missed:
Solution code: Row 1 (left to right) - 9 digits, no spaces
Comments
on 29. December 2024, 11:09 by novato
Amazing! Seemed so impossible at the start but came together beautifully
on 29. November 2024, 17:39 by Lizzy01
Very nice!
Thanks for mentioning my puzzle.
on 28. November 2024, 09:08 by marcmees
482 x thanks for this beautiful puzzle.
on 27. November 2024, 15:39 by Franjo
Okay, Mad-Tyas is a fantastic setter as well as a very good solver. For me this was a hard puzzle. But be sure I really enjoyed the two hours of solving this gem. Thank you very much for creating and sharing.
on 27. November 2024, 03:17 by starwarigami
Added Nosferatu keyword
on 27. November 2024, 03:04 by Mad-Tyas
Very nice and quite approachable Nosferatu puzzle! It really makes me happy to see more puzzles with this ruleset :)
