King Kublai and his archers
(Published on 1. March 2026, 20:16 by Killer Joe)
Someone asked for more “Kings”… so I made another one.
Here is King Kublai and his archers.
Hello.
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Each box has a King represented by the digit that matches its box number. The digits needed to complete an entropic set and a modular set are rooks.
Entropic sets are low (123), mid (456), high (789).
Modular sets are mod1 (147), mod2 (258), mod0 (369).
(In box 1 the digit 1 is the King and 2, 3, 4 and 7 are rooks because 2 and 3 complete the entropic set and 4 and 7 complete the modular set.)
There is only one King in each row, column and box. Additionally, the nine King positions form a disjoint set, meaning no two Kings may occupy the same relative cell within their boxes (for example, two Kings cannot both be in the top-left cell of their respective boxes).
No King must be in check by a rook within the same box.
Digits on an arrow sum to the digit in the attached circle.
Have fun.
Solution code: Row 9, first 6 digits.
Comments
on 11. April 2026, 20:18 by anothermember
First time doing a "Kings" rule puzzle so I struggled to get started but then I picked up a few tricks.
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And there are quite a few of them.
Thx for playing! Appreciate your comment. Grts, Jonesy.
on 15. March 2026, 19:55 by abadx
Quite easier than it seems at first glance. Original setting and clear solve path. A bit boring end game, but ok nevertheless
on 10. March 2026, 12:04 by Kirra
Much simpler than first anticipated. Very interesting ruleset
on 6. March 2026, 11:04 by bboom
Smoothest of the kings puzzles for me. Helps that I'm starting to understand the restraint better of course, but this one felt like it had a clearer solve path. Very nice and indeed not too difficult.
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Thanks for your comment. I very much agree. I did a lot of case checking on many different arrow shapes so you wouldn't have to. Grts -Jonesy.
on 2. March 2026, 14:48 by kublai
Thank you!
on 2. March 2026, 11:34 by DaFunkyMonk
Really enjoying this ruleset!
on 2. March 2026, 02:18 by Killer Joe
I ment to post this as a 2 star puzzle. It may end up as a 3 star but it's actually easier than it looks at first. The placement of the arrows should keep case checking to a minimum. Hope you enjoy!
