3 Vs: Vibe Versus Vision
(Published on 30. May 2026, 16:34 by gadgetgreen)
I tried to create another approachable "3Vs" puzzle with a more deterministic feel. Enjoy!
Inspired by the beautiful "XOV" series from The Bard.
Modified Sudoku rules apply: Place the digits 0-9 in each row, column, and box. However, there will be one digit in each that does not fit. This digit can vary between rows, columns, and boxes and needs to be determined by the solver.
XV: Digits separated by an X sum to 10, those separated by a V sum to 5. ALL Xs AND Vs ARE GIVEN!
Renban: Digits placed on purple lines must be a non-repeating set of consecutive digits in any order.
Region-Sum: Along each blue line, the digits in every box it passes through have the same sum.
Solution code: Row 5
Comments
on 19. June 2026, 08:40 by CharlesK
This was great! Though it might be worth clarifying that each renban "lollypop" is one contiguous line rather than a line of 8 and a line of 3. Would have saved me some confusion at the beginning
on 1. June 2026, 12:00 by VitP
getting the 0s & 5s is easy enough. the rest is definitely not level 2
on 31. May 2026, 16:28 by abihummel
I love this series, and The Bard's XOV series, so much!
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Thank you! That is a good motivation to keep going (:
Gadgetgreen
on 31. May 2026, 02:50 by kisukeA
Most beautiful puzzle I have solved up to date, thank you so much for setting it.
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That is a crazy statement! Thank you very much!
Gadgetgreen
on 30. May 2026, 20:01 by sparkymanu
That was very fun, thank you for submitting !
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Thank you! You're welcome!
Gadgetgreen
