Chocolate Teapot
(Eingestellt am 26. Januar 2025, 01:18 Uhr von Lorena)
Click here to Play in Sven’s SudokuPad
This sudoku is intended to be the first in an April Fool’s series, hence the early publication date.
Rules: Standard 6x6 sudoku rules apply. Usual sudoku variant rules apply for the following variants: negative diagonal, sandwich sums, killer cages, maximum, minimum, even numbers, little killers, grey palindrome lines, purple renban lines, green German whisper lines, red column indexers, thermometers, V-sums (not all shown) and black kropki dots (ditto). If you’re familiar with all of those, you can stop reading, there are no “hidden tricks” in the rules.
Negative diagonal: digits cannot repeat along the negative diagonal (marked in blue).
Sandwich sums: Values outside the grid indicate the sum of the digits between 1 and 6 in that row or column. (Applies to values without an arrow)
Killer cages: Digits in cages must sum to the number in the top-left corner and cannot repeat.
Maximum: Numbers surrounded by “> signs” are greater than all orthogonally adjacent cells.
Minimum: Numbers surrounded by “< signs” are smaller than all orthogonally adjacent cells.
Even: Cells with grey squares must contain even digits.
Little killers: Digits along diagonals marked with an arrow sum to the number indicated.
Palindromes: Digits on a grey palindrome line read the same forwards and backwards
Renban lines: Digits on a purple renban line form a non-repeating set of consecutive digits in any order.
German whisper lines: Digits in a green German whisper line must have a difference of at least 5.
Red column indexers: A cell marked in red in column X indicates the number of the column where the digit X appears in the row where the red cell is placed.
Thermometers: Numbers on a thermometer strictly increase as they move away from the bulb.
V-sums: Cells joined by a V must sum to 5.
Black Kropki dots: Digits in cells joined by a black dot must have a ratio of 2:1.
Lösungscode: Rows 1 and 2 (12 digits, no spaces).
Kommentare
am 9. Februar 2025, 17:20 Uhr von crhodgkin
What a fun puzzle! I think I found this especially funny (and relatable), as I too tend to over-complicate things that are actually quite simple. :)
——
Reply by Lorena: I love that reading of the puzzle, thank you for sharing!
am 8. Februar 2025, 00:59 Uhr von Ratfinkz
Well, I can see why people loved this so much! Brilliant puzzle that made me chuckle several times!
——
Reply by Lorena: Yay! Mission accomplished! Thanks for the lovely comment.
am 30. Januar 2025, 23:18 Uhr von treb
Lovely. I don't know why the rating isn't higher. Purists, I suppose.
——
Reply by Lorena: That’s very nice of you to say. Dont worry, if I cared about ratings I certainly wouldn’t do the things I do!
am 30. Januar 2025, 15:30 Uhr von mau
haha! this is beautiful.
——
Reply by Lorena: Thank you, so are you!
am 30. Januar 2025, 04:21 Uhr von PersonWhoExists50306
That palindrome doubles as a region sum
——
Reply by Lorena: Guess I need to do a part 2 now!
am 30. Januar 2025, 03:43 Uhr von PhoenixAki
Enjoyed the visual humor, spent almost more time looking at the redundancies than applying actual logic lol
——
Reply by Lorena: Redundancies? What redundancies?
am 30. Januar 2025, 00:16 Uhr von dzamie
The thing about redundancy is that it's all about doing superfluous things in an unnecessary way that's generally optional.
——
Reply by Lorena: You can say that twice!
am 29. Januar 2025, 09:48 Uhr von ghaia
Gotta love the visual horror of this puzzle and its rules, you absolutely jumpscared me with this one. One star difficulty but really fun puzzle!
——
Reply by Lorena: Mission accomplished! Thank you for your nice comment.
am 27. Januar 2025, 23:44 Uhr von cwk
Wow, so many clues, where do I start…oh…
——
Reply by Lorena: You captured it perfectly.
am 27. Januar 2025, 02:54 Uhr von PinkNickels
1:32 fun speed run
——
Reply by Lorena: it took me longer to solve! Thanks for your comment.
am 27. Januar 2025, 00:53 Uhr von Fool on Hill
Ridiculous fun - looking forward to the sequels.
——
Reply by Lorena: Glad you enjoyed it! One of the sequels has already been qualified as “cruel” so consider yourself warned.
am 26. Januar 2025, 13:00 Uhr von Toomas_
Hilarious puzzle! Thanks very much for setting it :D
——
Reply by Lorena: I’m only new at this and comments like yours warm my heart. Thank you.
am 26. Januar 2025, 10:44 Uhr von Joely
"Chocolate Teapot", I just knew this puzzle would have a you know what in the corner.
——
Reply by Lorena: I just had to.
am 26. Januar 2025, 10:18 Uhr von gbrljt
What does redundancy mean again?
——
Reply by Lorena: Being no longer in employment because there is no more work available? Just kidding, I also hate it when people are redundant and say things twice.
am 26. Januar 2025, 10:10 Uhr von VitP
occam's bludgeon: always pluralize if possible
——
Reply by Lorena: You mean occam’s bludgeons?
am 26. Januar 2025, 10:03 Uhr von Myxo
Great :D
——
Reply by Lorena:
I’m honored!
am 26. Januar 2025, 09:12 Uhr von Killer-Ly
What a fun! My fastest sudoku ever (3 min.) and I guess I never before had to laugh out loud while solving a sudoku. I especially love the long ruleset.
Thank you for brighten up my day!
——
Reply by Lorena: Aw what a lovely comment, thank you! Writing the rules felt like writing an encyclopedia!
am 26. Januar 2025, 07:39 Uhr von Playmaker6174
——
Reply by Lorena:
This space intentionally(?) left blank.
am 26. Januar 2025, 07:15 Uhr von larmoejr
Fun puzzle?
——
Reply by Lorena: I tried?
am 26. Januar 2025, 07:03 Uhr von SanFranSam
FInally! One that was easy even for me. Done in less than 7 minutes. Never checked for errors along the way. Whoo-hoo! ;)
——
Reply by Lorena: Thank you for commenting! The next one won’t be as easy mwahahaha.
am 26. Januar 2025, 06:43 Uhr von Tank
Loved it, my favorite clues were the sandwich totals
——
Reply by Lorena: There’s something for everyone! Thank you for the solve and your kind comment.
am 26. Januar 2025, 04:26 Uhr von therealsillypenguin
Not sure why but out of all of them, the index cell made me lol the most. Can't wait for the next installment!
——
Reply by Lorena: That’s my favorite too, I think because it isn’t as immediately obvious as the others. Thank you for your comment, I’ll make sure to keep you posted!
——
New reply by Lorena: The next one is up, but it’s… let’s just say it’s not like this one at all.
am 26. Januar 2025, 02:23 Uhr von MattYDdraig
Beautifully silly!
——
Reply by Lorena: No, you!
am 26. Januar 2025, 02:05 Uhr von Gnubeutel
Funny little thing. This was a good way to finish my day. The given digits in row 4 were not even necessary. But maybe that would have gone against the theme.
——
Reply by Lorena: Thank you for your lovely words! I’d say those digits were about as useful as a chocolate teapot.
am 26. Januar 2025, 01:50 Uhr von Paquet Voleur
Looking forward to the follow-ups of this funny puzzle!
——
Reply by Lorena: Thank you, I’ll keep you posted!
——
New reply by Lorena: The next one is up, but it’s… let’s just say it’s not like this one at all.
