Missile Command
(Published on 13. July 2022, 00:44 by Xenonetix)
- Every digit from 1 to 9 appears once in every row, column, and region. 9 regions are to be determined. Every region is a set of 9 orthogonally connected cells. One region border is given.
- Arrows indicate X-German Whispers, where the first seen digit in the respective column or diagonal is the length of a straight German Whispers Line (of length 2 or more, with adjacent digits differing by at least 5), starting from that digit.
- Every cell on an X-German Whispers line belongs to its own unique region.
- Arrows also indicate X-Regions, where the first seen digit in the respective column or diagonal is the total number of regions seen in that direction.
Cracking The Cryptic (with answer check)
Penpa+ (with answer check)
Here's an example puzzle to demonstrate the rules:
Going even more minimalist! Hope you enjoy playing 😄 - Any feedback and comments welcome!
Solution code: Column 5 (top to bottom) with dashes for region borders. (e.g. 123-4-56-789)
Comments
on 23. August 2022, 23:17 by Christounet
Wow ! You really have the thing to create rulesets that allow a very minimal amount of clues ! Thanks ++ again for this.
on 14. July 2022, 07:43 by filuta
such a cool logic along the diagonlas, thanks!
on 13. July 2022, 17:51 by Tilberg
Thank you! Finding the regions was challenging, but after that it still was a tricky irregular Sudoku.
on 13. July 2022, 13:42 by JayForty
Wow! Tricky but very clever logic. Absolutely beautiful puzzle! Thank you!
on 13. July 2022, 11:52 by MagnusJosefsson
Fantastic puzzle, with some absolutely beautiful region logic! Quite challenging, in particular the final irregular sudoku.
on 13. July 2022, 00:57 by LittleBallOfPurr
Lots of beautiful logic in this puzzle, was pretty tricky at times but always fair, just needing you to ask the right questions. Thank-you for the wonderful puzzle!
