Help! My flatmate is a Camel!
(Published on 27. February 2025, 23:30 by Lorena)
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Kropki camels are TonberryJava’s creation. Follow him on twitch!.
Dutch Flat Mates are Flinty‘s creation. He has a whole series about them that you should definitely check out.
Rules:
Sudoku: Place the digits 1-9 once in every row, column and marked 3x3 box.
Dutch Flat Mates: Every 5 in the grid must have a 1 directly above it or a 9 directly below it. It may have both, but it doesn't need both.
A camel’s move in fairy chess is like an elongated knight move: it can jump three squares horizontally and one square vertically or three squares vertically and one square horizontally.
Grey Kropki Camels: Any cell a camel’s move away from a camel cell has to contain a digit that is either consecutive or in a 2:1 ratio with the digit in the camel cell.
There are exactly seven camel cells in the grid. Two of them are shown (marked with 🐫), the others are hidden. All the hidden camels are in odd-numbered boxes and contain the digit of the box that they live in.
That’s it, happy solving!
Solution code: Row 9, left to right (9 digits without spaces)
Comments
on 16. May 2025, 10:37 by ninjamunk
I love it when a new rule, in this case camels and camels moves, are easy to understand and makes for an interesting puzzle with a nice flow. Really enjoyable!
on 4. March 2025, 16:32 by wuc
Great puzzle. I was very afraid that the negative camel constraint must be used all the time. But all flowed nicely. Great fun thx.
on 4. March 2025, 14:16 by Visumation
Very nice puzzle. All fun to solve
on 4. March 2025, 14:01 by steelwool
That's a very satisfying solution path, with amusing and interesting rules, and not tricky at all. Thanks very much, very enjoyable.
on 1. March 2025, 09:44 by marcmees
Fun solve. Thanks
on 28. February 2025, 19:04 by Chelo
Masterpiece Lorena!.. Hat off, thank you for sharing it!..
on 28. February 2025, 13:21 by Flinty
Nice :) I can imagine this being very tricky to set, and it comes together well. Thank you.
on 28. February 2025, 09:51 by .proxz14
Never have I ever wanted a pet camel more than I do now, thanks for the puzzle and the inspiration
on 27. February 2025, 23:37 by Myxo
Amazing puzzle! A miraculous grid that leads to a smooth and interesting solve.
