Renbans' Odds
(Published on 1. July 2021, 20:38 by Bondye)
Rules:
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Renban Lines: Digits along a line must be a consecutive string but may appear in any order (1342 is a valid example.)
Odds: Digits within a grey circle must be odd.
F-puzzles link: https://f-puzzles.com/?id=yduu9ao8
Solution code: Row 5 of the completed grid
Comments
on 26. September 2021, 19:12 by DiMono
I'd say it's about a 2/5 difficulty if you know the pattern. I could definitely see it being a bit harder if you have to work it out from scratch. The givens are very well chosen.
on 5. August 2021, 06:59 by Bondye
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on 7. July 2021, 20:14 by Bondye
In response to Pibonacci
I am very glad that you gave this puzzle a try despite your previous experiences with the Renban constraint, and Thank you for the kind words. I will continue setting puzzles to the best of my ability.
Happy solving
on 6. July 2021, 21:37 by Pibonacci
I didn't really enjoy any of the previous Renbans I did by other setters that seemed to get lost in the fiddly work too often. Mostly stopped doing them, discarding the puzzle type, but gave this one a try. Glad I did.
The Renban lines here worked beautifully for both halves of the solve.
Took me 24 minutes, but I think 2 stars is too low for some of the more global geometry arguments required. It's definitely a 5/5 stars rating puzzle though!
