Equality Cages 101: Introduction to Equality Cages
(Published on 31. October 2023, 18:47 by gUBBLOR)
The next puzzle in the series:
Equality Cages 102: Renbanification
All my series:
Equality Cages
EquaLite Cages
Shifter Lines
Shifter Dots
Rules:
Normal Sudoku rules apply. Place the digits 1 through 9 in each empty cell. Digits must not repeat within the same row, column, or box.
Equality cages: Cages must have an equal number of low (1,2,3,4) and high (6,7,8,9) digits AND an equal number of even (2,4,6,8) and odd (1,3,7,9) digits. Equality cages can never contain 5. Digits may not repeat in a cage.
Kropki dots: A black dot between cells indicates cell values with a 2:1 ratio. A white dot between cells indicates cells with consecutive values. Not all dots are shown.
XV: Adjacent cells connected with an X must sum to 10. Adjacent cells connected with a V must sum to 5. Not all X's or V's are shown.
Solve here:
Sudokupad
Video featuring the puzzle:
Sudoku Sleuth
BremSter Puzzles
Solution code: Row 4 left to right and column 5 top to bottom - no spaces.
Comments
on 29. June 2024, 19:08 by Luuk de Kat
Really enjoyed the puzzle, but kept making the same mistake over and over again and again... Abolutely loved it!!
on 9. March 2024, 18:26 by gUBBLOR
Added links
on 8. March 2024, 20:48 by cozoq
Lovely introduction to this ruleset!
on 12. December 2023, 23:10 by gUBBLOR
Added some links
on 21. November 2023, 15:08 by Viccis
A wonderful first sudoko for me. It was always clear what to do next. A very smooth puzzle and introduction was very clear.
on 21. November 2023, 07:09 by gUBBLOR
Added video link to the puzzle being solved
on 6. November 2023, 19:49 by whtshername
Nice puzzle, I am really enjoying the equality cages!
Edit: Details on the solution code are available again. Thanks
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Thanks for the feedback so I could fix the issue and for the update. Glad you're enjoying the cages :)
on 6. November 2023, 10:55 by gUBBLOR
Added video link to the puzzle being solved
on 3. November 2023, 15:43 by ark29
Really enjoyed this. Took me a little while to understand the rules, but I loved the idea of a 101
on 3. November 2023, 05:42 by Montikulum
Very enjoyable ruleset!
on 1. November 2023, 18:41 by Schwupel
Its so fun to see the ruleset implemented by someone else. Great puzzle!
on 1. November 2023, 15:48 by DarrenBurnett
My first time that I can remember using this rule set. Very nice puzzle.
on 1. November 2023, 10:44 by DarrenBurnett
My first time that I can remember using this rule set. Very nice puzzle.
on 1. November 2023, 05:16 by Tingo
I had not seen the equality cages rule before this puzzle. This is quite the fun rule. Nice job on setting this puzzle! Every clue lead nicely, the flow was great, and it wasn't tedious. Truly a fun puzzle. Thanks for setting and sharing. Great work on puzzle #1!
on 31. October 2023, 22:55 by Sniglett
Thanks for letting me test this for you, it turned out great for your first puzzle!
on 31. October 2023, 21:28 by michael_787
This is a lovely restriction, and this easy puzzle serves as a useful introduction. Keep them coming!
on 31. October 2023, 20:16 by jcelia
Very fun ruleset and a well-crafted puzzle to highlight some useful logic. I only wish that we had a way to more easily visually distinguish these from traditional cages (though I could imagine someone coming up with a nightmare where some cages are traditional and some are equality and it is a necessary condition for the solve to figure out which is which).
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Thank you so much, considering it's my first puzzle I'm quite happy with the result. It's funny you say that, because I had 2 normal killer cages in the first version to get to a unique solution, but it was suggested I replace those with XV or kropki dots in order to not make the puzzle too confusing, and that gave me the same idea for a potential nightmare to create in the future.
on 31. October 2023, 20:10 by Soothsayer
Very nice. Thank you for setting!
on 31. October 2023, 20:04 by aerenhart
Thank you for the introduction to this ruleset! It was quite easy to understand.
