Pillboxes
(Eingestellt am 10. März 2023, 06:56 Uhr von Allagem)
I was suddenly struck with the idea to combine killer cages and fortress cells late one night when I couldn't sleep. I got out of bed to write the idea down and named it fortified killer cages and the next day I tested some things out and was thrilled to see how much potential this idea held. The first version of this puzzle existed over a month ago, but I went through dozens of iterations trying to find the best possible layout to showcase the combined constraint because I knew I had stumbled onto something amazing. Some versions had more cages, and some versions had cages with missing sums. In the end, however, I settled on this design that had the most visually appealing layout, the smoothest solve, and the greatest variety of interesting deductions that can result from fortified killer cages. It is with great pleasure that I present my most intriguing puzzle to date, Pillboxes!
Yes, these are all the clues needed for a unique solution :)
Update: This puzzle was featured on Cracking the Cryptic! Watch Mark's solve of the puzzle here!Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Fortified Killer Cages: Digits inside a cage do not repeat and sum to the small clue in the corner of the cage. All cages additionally act as fortresses – each digit inside a cage is greater than its orthogonally adjacent neighbors outside the cage.
Lösungscode: Row 5 followed by column 9. (18 digits, no spaces)
Kommentare
am 31. Juli 2023, 12:33 Uhr von anyeyeball
Excellent puzzle. Looking forward to more of this ruleset.
am 17. Juli 2023, 05:26 Uhr von Allagem
Added a link to CtC solve!
am 28. April 2023, 23:40 Uhr von sleeky21
Very nice, fun to get your head round :)
am 19. März 2023, 01:49 Uhr von Agent
Very smooth puzzle, it's surprising that it works so well with only these 4 cages.
am 15. März 2023, 06:58 Uhr von SudokuHero
What a cool ruleset!
am 13. März 2023, 21:26 Uhr von Phistomefel
Very nice puzzle again! Thank you, Allagem!
am 13. März 2023, 20:21 Uhr von Nylimb
Lovely! Thanks for taking the time to find such a nice version.
am 12. März 2023, 22:25 Uhr von Nordy
Fun puzzle, and beautiful minimalism!
am 12. März 2023, 16:47 Uhr von Franjo
What an elegant setting with a really smooth solve path this is! Two stars seem enough, love it! Thank you so much for sharing your work.
am 11. März 2023, 09:27 Uhr von Crusader175
Very nice!
am 11. März 2023, 05:30 Uhr von wisty
Really cool how this resolves with just a few cages! Nice work. And re: the difficulty, imo its a 2 star puzzle with a 2.5 star break-in :)
am 10. März 2023, 17:52 Uhr von jwsinclair
Really nice! And not too difficult. I gave it 3/5, but I won't be surprised at all if it winds up at 2.
am 10. März 2023, 10:52 Uhr von Piatato
Smooth and fun solve, thanks!
