Sudoku Variants Series (344) - Lockout Lines
(Published on 27. October 2021, 00:00 by Richard)
Sudoku - Lockout Lines
Inspiration for this type comes from riffclown and tallcat.
Solve online in F-Puzzles (thanks virtual!)
Apply classic sudoku rules.
Digits in cells with diamonds that are connected by a line have a difference of at least four. Moreover, digits on a line connecting diamonds cannot have a value that lies between the digits in the diamonds or that equals them. On a line digits may be repeated.
Solution code: Row 4, followed by row 6.
Comments
on 31. October 2021, 22:54 by uvo_mod
Label ergänzt.
on 31. October 2021, 13:05 by Eisbär
Liked this one very much! But a slight mistake could be made easily :-)
on 29. October 2021, 02:38 by tallcat
Delightful puzzle making good use of the lines! Thank you :)
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Thanks tallcat! That's nice to read, especially from you as (co)inventor of the variant! :-)
on 28. October 2021, 19:37 by riffclown
Nicely Done!
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Thanks riffclown; for the nice idea as well! :-)
on 27. October 2021, 21:30 by ibag
@Raumplaner: Danke! ;-)
Wunderschönes Rätsel!
on 27. October 2021, 20:09 by MichaelDyrud
Very nice puzzle, thank you! I enjoyed how it used multiple aspects of the Lockout restrictions.
on 27. October 2021, 17:00 by ElimGarak
I struggled, I struggled a lot, I almost gave up and then I realized it is not In-Between Lines...
on 27. October 2021, 16:24 by Raumplaner
Vielen Dank für dieses schöne Rätsel. Sehr gut auch die deutsche Formulierung der Regeln für Lockout Lines.
on 27. October 2021, 15:19 by Mr.Menace
Very elegant puzzle, enjoyable pieces of logic throughout! Thanks for this
on 27. October 2021, 04:55 by Richard
Added link for online solving.
Thanks virtual! Also for the funny twist on my name (stalk instead of stolk); sometimes I feel like stalking authors for nice and fresh ideas to include in SVS! :-)
on 27. October 2021, 00:21 by virtual
I took the liberty of re-creating this puzzle in f-puzzles for ease of solving:
https://f-puzzles.com/?id=yeo3ervp
