5 Golden Rings

(Published on 17. December 2023, 05:00 by Will Power)

Normal Sudoku rules apply. ANTI KING-The same number cannot be a chess king's move apart. CELL RANKING- A cell's rank is equal to the number of golden lines that go to the center of the cell (Example: Row 5 Column 5 has 6 lines that go to its center, and is rank 6). WITHIN EACH OF THE NINE 3x3 BOXES, cells with higher rank will always be a higher number than cells with a lower rank. Cells with no golden lines can be any number. KROPKI PAIRS- Numbers with a white dot between them are consecutive. Numbers with a black dot between them are in a ratio of 2:1. Not all possible dots are given. Numbers in cages sum to the number in the top left corner of the cage.

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Solution code: Row 1 and column 3.

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Solved by jaxmetallic, Dermerlin, halftime, asver, Fisherman, metacom, Iluvsodah, geronimo92, mcc, seeppp, keenbowl, flaemmchen, pms_headache, MarthaB, misteroli, JustDoggy, Crul, SKORP17, Gosciola19, ... chanelaw, martin1456, mango, Matthew Humphrey, Martini&Toto, Raistlen, josemadre, Nothere, larinae, timww572, Mr.CHEN, ttennyson115, Blaimi, PippoForte, das, MysticMan, Ponko

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on 22. December 2023, 01:44 by fab_minimal
I also tried this one with fear, but realized how smooth it flows once you get the ruleset

Last changed on 21. December 2023, 20:18

on 21. December 2023, 18:17 by JR_pianoman
Normally unique constraint rules are confusing and hard to remember while solving. This one was quite nice.

@JR_pianoman Thank you for commenting. Sometimes, people need a challenge to think outside the box. 8-) Peace to you. -Will Power

on 18. December 2023, 11:42 by juhish
I think this would have been easier if I had remembered the anti king rule and not got stuck for 15 minutes staring at the screen and scratching my head :D

on 17. December 2023, 23:05 by RedBarchetta
Like everyone else said, at first it looks daunting and didn't make sense to me. But I went ahead and tried it, and it is very smooth and logical. Great puzzle, thanks!

on 17. December 2023, 13:12 by MarthaB
Little moment of concern when first reading the rules, but then you tell yourself, "It's a Will Power puzzle! It will be clear and will all flow together." It did. Thank you for providing this series.

Last changed on 17. December 2023, 14:18

on 17. December 2023, 11:24 by keenbowl
Rules sounded more complicated at first than they really were, it was a very nice and fun puzzle, that went smoothly too.

Only thing I wasn't too sure at first about the ranks was how a straight line through a cell counts, but as I assumed, it counts as 2 lines going to the center.
So R7C7 has the same rank as R8C8 and R9C7.

@keenbowl Yes. A straight line and a bent line through the center are both rank 2. If a straight line through the center only counted as 1, then R5C5 would have only been rank 4, but I stated it is rank 6 in the rules. Thank you for playing and commenting. -Will Power

on 17. December 2023, 10:35 by Fisherman
My Cincinnati Bengals just won an overtime thriller, but somehow, WillPower topped that with this tough golden variant sodoku.

Last changed on 17. December 2023, 10:18

on 17. December 2023, 06:38 by Nagesh
Didn't think could solve it, but tried it anyways. Nice flow.

@Nagesh Thank you for playing and commenting. Did you complete the puzzle? If yes, then please input the solution code so you can rate the puzzle. Peace to you. -Will Power

Difficulty:
Rating:	85 %
Solved:	117 times
Observed:	6 times
ID:	000G5D

Sudoku, Consecutive Pairs (Variant), Ratio Pairs (Variant), Killer (Variant)

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