Louis XV sudoku
(Published on 9. August 2021, 14:47 by filuta)
You might find it hard to believe, but the image below is a sudoku self-portrait of at that time 14 years old French king Louis XV, which makes it in turn the first documented XV sudoku. In fact, historians now appear to agree that, whatever you think of Louis XV as a ruler (or an artist), it is now time to acknowledge, there would be no XV in this or perhaps any other sudoku if it wasn't for him.
Unfortunately, f-puzzles and even penpa were yet to be invented in the 18th century and so unsurprisingly cannot accommodate this historical puzzle, therefore no link this time.
Also, in a way, this is a sequel to one of my previous puzzles which you can find here.
Solution code: column V and row V (without a comma or a space)
Comments
on 18. August 2023, 16:51 by ltwalker
Very cool puzzle! Took a minute to fully understand what I was missing.
on 3. September 2021, 21:05 by Matt81
Awesome puzzle! Had to come back and solve it again.. What a fun idea to include the authentic self portrait! :)
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Yeah, as someone mentioned on youtube, Louis XV wikipedia page needs an update.
on 24. August 2021, 23:33 by Krokant
A good laugh and a good puzzle. :)
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Thank you, happy you liked it.
on 23. August 2021, 00:20 by rl_2203
sehr coole Aufgabenstellung
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Danke schön.
on 21. August 2021, 08:07 by djorr
I solve nearly all puzzles on mobile phone so I was bummed when there was no link to the puzzle (since I cannot create the puzzle on my phone). Then I forgot about it for some time... :/ but now after ctc gave the link, I finally solved it. Thank you! Fun puzzle.
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Happy to came back to it and thanks for your comment too.
on 21. August 2021, 03:25 by dumediat
What a fantastic idea! A very approachable puzzle as well, which I am perfectly happy with. Thank you for sharing this with us!
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Thank you, happy you liked it.
on 10. August 2021, 23:05 by Tom1i
I really liked this one. Hope it gets a rating.
Just an FYI: On one of my very first puzzle on this site, I added the tag 'English knowledge' and was kindly informed, that that was only used when in-depth knowledge of English history or language was required for a solve. You shouldn't remove it, since no one else mentioned it - just info for future puzzles.
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than you, happy you liked it. yeah, I wasn't sure about the tag, thanks for letting me know.
on 10. August 2021, 12:53 by kolot
Very funny puzzle. Nice picture! :)
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Thank you, well, years of drawing with my kids finally paid off.
on 10. August 2021, 07:43 by henrypijames
I find it troubling when the rules of a puzzle is itself a puzzle. Not a fan of that at all.
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Here applies the same I think as with my other puzzle, but in this case, the mystery part is really easy, and I think immediately confirmed after finding the principle.
on 9. August 2021, 19:43 by Playmaker6174
I really laughed out loud at this one, funny stuffs :)
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I'm happy to hear that, and thank to you as well for joining my celebration.
on 9. August 2021, 16:18 by Piatato
I love the humor that you put into your puzzles! Just brilliant!
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Thank you and also thank you for joining my celebration.
