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Battlefield Sudoku #3: Uncharted

(Eingestellt am 15. Juni 2020, 02:07 Uhr von Big Tiger)

Standard Sudoku Rules apply to the final numerical layout.

The Battlefield Basics: On this ancient battlefield, 36 armies fought: 9 from each horizontal direction, and 9 from each vertical direction. Each army advanced X cells, with X being the first number at their end of their row or column, and counting the first cell as part of their advance.

Where two opposing armies overlapped, there was a bloody battle and resulting casualties. Where two opposing armies ceased advancing and declared a truce before a battle could ensue, lives were thankfully spared.

The Numbers outside each row and column indicate the sum of either the casualties or the lives spared, but do not indicate whether it was a battle or a truce.

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Setter's Diary :: June 15, 2020 :: I have ventured to create a Battlefield that relies solely on the outlying numbers, with no pre-colored squares to aid the solver (i.e., "uncharted"). Mr. Seeliger demonstrated this was possible, so I figured it was time to try it. I can't tell you how much graph paper is in the trash because of the attempts that were unsolvable, couldn't be disambiguated, etc.

And as a novice solver, I found that proving this one was a number-crunching slog. The more expert solvers tend to fancy those puzzles that have a tricky but organized flow of logical revelations. I can't promise that here, but maybe the experts will find a flow I did not observe while frying my brain to make this work! I look forward to how you rate this one, and any comments.

Lösungscode: Row 2 then Column 2

Zuletzt geändert am 21. Oktober 2020, 10:00 Uhr

Gelöst von japoorva, Greg, Ninja94, r45, Narayana, SirWoezel, dm_litv, Jesper, Yohann, geronimo92, Nylimb, Prongs, Mody, ch1983, NikolaZ, zorant, MatthewDonovan, Richard, DiMono, tinounou, marcmees, polar, Realshaggy, PixelPlucker
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am 27. Dezember 2020, 19:51 Uhr von marcmees
One mor BaTtle won. Nice. thanks.

*** Going back to ancient history I see. :-D Thanks!

am 1. Oktober 2020, 22:52 Uhr von DiMono
Man I'm out of practice with battlefield. I completely forgot that one of the options for the 9 row was a thing for the longest time. On the bright side, it means I accidentally proved it as the only possible solution once I remembered it was there, so the solve was pretty quick after that.

Speaking of battlefield puzzles, have you checked out my Fight For Lunch battlefield/sandwich hybrid yet? https://logic-masters.de/Raetselportal/Raetsel/zeigen.php?id=0004A6

am 17. Juni 2020, 19:48 Uhr von Big Tiger
Thank you for the compliments! It is a happy feeling to have created something solvers are enjoying. Although ... the solves on this one are not very many - too hard, or are people tiring of the Battlefield already? Ha ha.

am 17. Juni 2020, 00:27 Uhr von Jesper
Loved it! This Sudoku type is so much fun.

am 15. Juni 2020, 05:21 Uhr von Greg
Took me a while but brilliant puzzle. Kept me thinking all the way to the very end.

am 15. Juni 2020, 05:12 Uhr von japoorva
Battlefield Sudoku is a really cool variant. Amazing creation @Big Tiger. This particular one was great! Loved it.

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