Bushido (Star Battle Japanese Sums Fillomino)
(Published on 6. December 2022, 09:00 by Agent)
My first attempt at an object placement type of puzzle. The combination of rules seemed natural after seeing Jesper's Japanese Sums Fillomino, and au voleur's Star Battle Fillomino. I hope you will enjoy!
Rules
- Standard Fillomino rules apply. Divide the grid into regions and enter into each cell the size of its region. No two regions of the same size may share an edge.
- Shade exactly 2 cells in each row, each column and each region. Shaded cells cannot touch, not even diagonally.
- Clues outside the grid indicate the sum of numbers in each contiguous sequence of unshaded cells in that row or column, in the correct order. For a given row or column, either all clues or no clues are provided.
- A "." stands for any digit from 0 to 9, but a number may not begin with a 0. A "?" represents a sequence of unshaded cells whose sum is unknown.
Solution code: Row 4 (from left to right) then row 8 (from left to right)
Comments
on 24. May 2024, 15:52 by ibag
Really a nice mixture!
on 8. January 2024, 22:22 by KNT
wow! extremely memorable puzzle. No idea why i skipped it last year, super great
on 10. November 2023, 12:56 by Christounet
You just know it's a good puzzle when it is so tightly woven that it makes you think repeatedly you've broken it and you did not. Awesome puzzle and solving path. Enjoyed it a lot. Thanks :)
on 24. October 2023, 14:55 by StephenR
Another incredibly clever puzzle with seemingly few clues expertly disposed. More than once I thought I'd broken it as I tiptoed along its narrow path but somehow I never fell over. Even though I handicapped myself at the start by completely forgetting the region rule. Thanks Agent.
on 22. October 2023, 05:49 by Xendari
I struggled immensely with this puzzle for pretty much all of 2023 and it was worth every minute :)
on 26. January 2023, 00:12 by RJBlarmo
Such a fun puzzle! It was very surprising seeing how powerful such a small set of clues ended up being.
-- Thanks RJBlarmo! Indeed this combination of constraints is very strong :)
on 18. January 2023, 01:46 by Mark Sweep
Very nice! The limited number of clues made it quite approachable.
-- Thanks Mark Sweep! Seems a bit paradoxical haha but I see what you mean :)
on 7. January 2023, 11:51 by Myxo
Incredible puzzle, so unique. I loved it!
-- Thanks for solving @Myxo!
on 26. December 2022, 00:15 by Piatato
Very clever rule combo and a great puzzle!
-- Thanks @Piatato, glad you enjoyed it!
on 21. December 2022, 16:14 by Statistica
Das Beispiel ist aber nicht eindeutig lösbar!? Oder übersehe ich etwas?
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Das Beispiel lässt sich wie folgt lösen:
- Verwenden Sie den 2-Hinweis, um die 2-Region zu platzieren, dann den 4-Hinweis, um die 4-Region zu platzieren.
- Verwenden Sie den 10-Hinweis, um die 3-Region in C3 zu platzieren.
- Der .3-Hinweis enthält jetzt nur noch 1 Zelle (R5C3), die nur eine 13 sein kann.
- Die 5. Region hat die Größe 3. Aufgrund des 1.-Hinweis muss sie mindestens eine weitere Zelle in R2 einnehmen, die nicht R2C4 sein kann.
- Die 3-Region muss den Stern in R3C5 nehmen, dann werden die Grenzen der 3- und 13-Regionen erzwungen.
Jedoch ist m.E. 2/4/5/5/5 - 2/4/4/5/5 - 13/4/1/13/13 - 13/13/13/13/13 - 13/13/13/13/13 mit den gleichen Schwarzfeldern auch eine Lösung des Beispiels!? Den vierten Schritt mit der 5. Region ist mir nicht klar...
-- Jede Region benötigt im Beispielrätsel genau 1 Stern und im Haupträtsel genau 2 Sterne. Wenn mir nichts fehlt, hätte Ihre Lösung mindestens 2 Sterne in der 13-Region.
Bingo. Genau die Regel habe ich übersehen. Danke! :-)
on 10. December 2022, 00:10 by Agent
Thank you @ONeill @MagnusJosefsson @Jesper @ascension! Glad you enjoyed the puzzle!
on 6. December 2022, 18:05 by Jesper
Great puzzle, thanks, really enjoyed this combination.
on 6. December 2022, 14:47 by MagnusJosefsson
Awesome puzzle with a really beautiful and spectacular finish! Quite challenging for me, I would say low end 5 stars, with the mid-solve feeling the most difficult.
on 6. December 2022, 11:10 by ONeill
Great puzzle! This ruleset is lots of fun, thanks :)
