Too many twos
(Eingestellt am 29. Mai 2025, 19:05 Uhr von palpot)
This puzzle was created to celebrate the 2-year anniversary of Setting Saturday — a weekly setting challenge hosted by Scojo on his Twitch and Discord channels. When I first joined, I was a beginner setter often struggling to find inspiration. The weekly prompts pushed me to explore new ideas and step outside my comfort zone, helping me grow into a more confident and creative setter.
Thank you, Scojo, for providing such a motivating and consistently challenging space for setters. And a special thanks to Flinty for test-solving and helping refine the puzzle’s aesthetics.
I hope you enjoy the solve!
Solve online: SudokuPad
Rules:
Normal sudoku rules: Place the digits 1 to 9 in each Row, Column, and 3X3 box.
Twofers: Every row, column, and 3x3 box must contain exactly one Twofer cell. Each Twofer cell must contain a different digit. The value of a Twofer cell is 2 regardless of the digit it contains.
All the following standard constraints apply and refer to values: Killer cages, Renban, Kropki, Entropy Line, Arrows, Equal Split Line, XV, Ten Line.
Killer: Digits in cages must not repeat (values can), and the values in the cage sum to the small number in the top left corner of the cage.
Renban: Digits on a purple line must form a set of non-repeating consecutive Values in any order.
Kropki: Cells separated by a white dot must contain consecutive values. Cells separated by a black dot have a 1:2 ratio. Not all dots are necessarily given.
Entropy line: Each set of three consecutive values on a Peach entropy line has to contain a low (1,2,3), a medium (4,5,6), and a high value (7,8,9).
Arrows: Values on arrows sum to the Value in the attached circle.
Equal Split Lines: Dots split lines into segments with equal sums.
XV: Values in cells separated by an X sum to 10. Values in cells separated by a V sum to 5. Not all X's and V's are necessarily given.
Ten Lines: The Grey line must be divided into one or more contiguous groups of cells that each of their values sum to 10. These groups of cells cannot overlap.
Lösungscode: Values in row 2 from left to right.
Kommentare
am 19. Juli 2025, 02:08 Uhr von Nemefish
The puzzle says I solved it but the solution code isn't working. Then I realized I needed to enter values and not digits.
Either way, it was a super fun puzzle, or more like 9 mini puzzles in one.
am 3. Juni 2025, 23:23 Uhr von dzamie
Oh this was so cool! The kropkis were easiest to start with for me, but most of the boxes have decent hints to start refining which digits can be where, or what digit gets 2'd.
The notes line was VERY helpful, thank you for including it. Being able to not just mark down which box 2's which digit, but also keep track of which digits are applicable, made this puzzle bearable.
am 1. Juni 2025, 22:58 Uhr von Syzygy
This was fantastic! One of my favourite puzzles I’ve ever completed on here! Thank you so much for setting this, you have done a great job
am 1. Juni 2025, 10:39 Uhr von Syzygy
This was fantastic! One of my favourite puzzles I’ve ever completed on here! Thank you so much for setting this, you have done a great job
am 31. Mai 2025, 22:16 Uhr von LeaVulpina
Wonderful, wonderful puzzle! And I was quite impressed with just how far I managed to get through the puzzle having completely forgotten that the twofers were one-per-row-column-and-box.
am 31. Mai 2025, 13:59 Uhr von Jensa
Quite brilliant, though a tad harder than 2 stars if you ask me!
am 30. Mai 2025, 18:54 Uhr von farodin64
Very nice puzzle. I crashed in 1st try, because I thought - also after solving ~2.900 puzzles - that the digits on a renban must be in strictly order. Funny brain! :-)
am 30. Mai 2025, 14:59 Uhr von VitP
the SETTER put in a lot of EFFORT here (eg. with the play aid). the SOLVER will need much effort as well
am 30. Mai 2025, 12:28 Uhr von EmX68
Loved it to the very end!
am 30. Mai 2025, 06:43 Uhr von Dermerlin
marvelous puzzle !
am 30. Mai 2025, 04:30 Uhr von rameshsrivats
One look at the grid and I knew this would be fun. It was.
am 30. Mai 2025, 04:23 Uhr von Exigus
Loved it. Even though I forgot the rules and thought there was a Dutch whisper line in box 4 which gave some trouble. Great puzzle, thanks!
am 29. Mai 2025, 21:30 Uhr von wuc
Very nice puzzle. I like the row for notes below. Great fun thx.
