Carnival Games - High Striker, Ring the Bell
(Published on 8. January 2026, 07:00 by BartoktheMagnificent)
Welcome to the Carnival!
Today's carnival game will be High Striker; swing a hammer, ring the bell, and win a prize!
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Row 9 is filled with targets of various colors that serve as the targets for the solver to hit with their hammer. The number placed on each target represents the "strength" of the swing, and indicates the length of the vertical line that extends from the target, including the target cell (see column 5 for an example).
Green targets indicate German whisper lines, adjacent digits on the line must differ by at least 5.
Red targets indicate parity lines, digits on the line must alternate between even and odd.
Gray targets indicate thermometers, on which digits must strictly increase from the bulb. The target in row 9 will serve as the bulb end of the thermometer.
Cells on the same type of line positioned a knight's move away in chess cannot contain the same digit.
Puzzle can be played online here: High Striker
Solution code: Please enter the digits from row 4.
Comments
on 9. January 2026, 01:20 by KyleBaran
Great puzzle! Missed the last part about grey lines and got baffled for a bit but it was some good clean logic
on 8. January 2026, 09:03 by ragmat12
Wow, an excellent puzzle. Loved that epiphany moment when you realize what the last row's limitations are! Great setting
