XV*Magic 5
(Eingestellt am 30. Dezember 2024, 19:44 Uhr von NurglesGift)
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Cells connected by an X must sum to 10.
Cells connected by an V must sum to 5.
All X's and V's are given.
There is a 3x3 magic square somewhere in the grid.
(A magic square is a 3x3 square with the digits 1-9 where all rows, columns and diagonals have the same sum)
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Feel free to recommend this puzzle to anyone.
Feel free to take special rules for your own puzzle.
Feel free to give feedback.
Bless you!
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Lösungscode: give the digits of column 2 (top to bottom)
Kommentare
am 31. Dezember 2024, 20:56 Uhr von Bionic Cheese
Great stuff , more please !
am 31. Dezember 2024, 03:17 Uhr von TheNineElements
Solve Time: 30:24
I rated this 3/5 difficulty.
Very much enjoyed this addition to the series.
This one felt easier than the previous (XV*Magic 4), but was still a very nice puzzle with a fun solve path. This one didn't seem to require an early deduction of the magic square location (I didn't thoroughly attempt a full coloring before placing the square), but I did use it earlier in the solve this time around because I focused on placing it from the get-go.
Placing the square was definitely easier than the previous puzzle, but still used some beautiful logic to deduce it's location. I think it only took me ~5 minutes to place the square, and from there I modified my coloring strategy accordingly. I am finally getting familiar with these puzzles and the tricks I have learned have been very cool!
I have thus far enjoyed this ruleset a lot and the whole idea of using a magic square to disambiguate a full XV puzzle is just such a nice combo and the two rules just work together so nicely.
Love this series, glad you published another before the new year :) Thanks for sharing!
NurglesGift: you are quickly becoming one of the best XV variant setters, and definitely one of my favorites
am 31. Dezember 2024, 00:46 Uhr von TheNineElements
For anyone curious about the below comment from @gbrljt, look up 'ROT13' on google ;)
Warning: **Possible spoiler**
am 30. Dezember 2024, 22:02 Uhr von gbrljt
Absolutely stunning from start to finish; From figuring out the location of the 3x3 magic square to the shift from a uvtu/ybj cnevgl chmmyr into a rira/bqq cnevgl chmmyr. Kudos.
