Logic Masters Deutschland e.V.

Standard Sudoku Rules apply to the final numerical layout.

Welcome to the Family Fun Center! We have a few rules before you can play!

Ticket Booth and Path: In the center of the arena is the Ticket Booth, and a path travels orthogonally from the booth to the outer wall of the arena. The path is unaffected by the numbers on it; it exists simply to get you safely to the ticket booth without worrying about children landing on you!

Trampolines: Children can bounce from the trampolines in the direction of the arrows and land safely on a rubber mat (unmarked). The number placed on the trampoline indicates how far it will bounce children across the arena. Some rubber mats will be used by more than one trampoline.

Zip Lines: Circled arrows indicate the launch platforms for the zip lines. Children soar over the arena to a landing pad (unmarked) with a digit identical to the launch platform. Numbers on the launch platform do not correspond to the distance traveled, and children will never pass over that digit during their passage along the zip line.

Seesaws: Every seesaw occupies two squares, and the total of the two digits is always 10.

Batting Cages: In each of our three batting cages, the digits in the cage add up to the total in the upper left corner, and no two digits are repeated within the cage.

Benches: For the parents who are tired of keeping up with their children, every 3x3 block has exactly one bench (unmarked), and that bench is adjacent (straight or diagonally) to at least one seesaw.

And so, each square on the grid will be one, and only one, of the following:

The ticket booth
The path
A trampoline
A trampoline rubber mat
A zip line launch platform
A zip line landing pad
A seesaw
A batting cage
A bench

And determining where they are placed is vital to placing all the digits in the grid.

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Setter's Diary :: May 12, 2020 :: In March of 2020 I discovered "Cracking the Cryptic" on YouTube, and the mundane world of newspaper sudoku puzzles was blown out of the water. I learned for the first time of thermometers, sandwiches, kropki dots, and so much more! And so my brain got cooking.

At first it was just Trampolines, then there were Zip Lines, and by the time I was done making sure that it was a puzzle that could be logically reduced to a single unique solution, I had the Family Fun Center. (Benches, for example, were not part of the original plan until I needed something to restrict a few digits on the grid.)

In studying puzzles on CTC and this website, I have learned that many solvers prefer an elegant simplicity. But sometimes I just want a busy puzzle with a lot of clues to sort through, so that's how my first one ended up. I have tested it, and it has a unique solution that is solvable with the given clues.

It all makes sense to me, but I welcome any comments if you find yourself confused by any part of the instructions.