Pack of Aces
(Published on 8. February 2024, 02:20 by mormagli)
Normal Sudoku rules apply. Place the digits 1 through 9 in each empty cell. Digits must not repeat within the same row, column, or box.
Renban: Digits along pink line form an unordered set of consecutive digits
Aces high: the digit 1 can count as either a 1 or a 10. For example, the digits 189 or 123 would make up valid renban, but 129 would not;
The digits 1 and 9 may never be orthogonally adjacent.
Solution code: Row 7 (left to right)
Comments
on 27. June 2024, 18:16 by OGRussHood
It's a mad, mad, mad, mad puzzle.
on 5. June 2024, 18:23 by Puzzle Weasel
A very enjoyable puzzle, thank you. The way the repeated patterns interact was very creative.
on 5. June 2024, 10:39 by picakhu
Absolutely brutal, but a wonderful idea on the enumeration of ways to split the number line.
on 3. June 2024, 14:30 by blueberrypug
id rate it about a 4.5, as im a beginner solver and it took me 90 mins (I often take longer somehow) but I can't not say that the logic was exciting and challenging throughout. simply breathtaking. I imagine this could be way more difficult if you can't figure out how to quite break in
on 3. June 2024, 12:06 by blueberrypug
id rate it about a 4.5, as im a beginner solver and it took me 90 mins (I often take longer somehow) but I can't not say that the logic was exciting and challenging throughout. simply breathtaking. I imagine this could be way more difficult if you can't figure out how to quite break in
on 29. May 2024, 13:17 by mormagli
Raised estimated difficulty to 5* based on solver feedback.
on 29. May 2024, 11:54 by Qodec
What a ride! Amazing how this solves!
on 29. May 2024, 05:18 by ChinStrap
Absolute crime that this doesn't have more solves. Once it clicked it clicked and the rest of the puzzle was just a whirlwind tour through a bunch of 'how could this actually be constrained' beautiful steps of logic.
on 8. February 2024, 08:50 by Fool on Hill
Cool construction. It needed the right thought before I could unlock its secrets and then solved really nicely.
