Kingsbane 2
(Published on 20. August 2025, 03:26 by Mykaterasu)
Standard Sudoku rules apply;
Place the digits 1-9 such that there are no repeats in each row, column and box.
Anti-King
Cells a chess king's move away must not contain the same digit.
Palindrome
The grey line indicates a palindrome, whereby the sequence of digits along the line must be the same when starting from both ends.
Parity Lines
Each digit on any line (either the grey palindrome or the red lines) must be adjacent to at least one digit of the opposite parity along their respective line (i.e. if r5c5 is odd; one or both of r4c5 and r6c4 must be even). Not all possible parity lines are given.
Parity Pairs
The number clues around the outside of the grid show the sum of the first odd and first even digits on that side of their designated row, column or diagonal. (For instance, the "11" to the top left of r1c1 denotes that along the NW to SE diagonal starting from r1c1 downwards, the first odd digit encountered plus the first even digit encountered equals eleven, and likewise for the 5 clue for column 1 from bottom to top).
"With that he smote his King through the breast;
And all they three in that pen
Fell on him and stabbed and stabbed him there
Like merciless murderous men."
The King's Tragedy - Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Place the digits 1-9 such that there are no repeats in each row, column and box.
Anti-King
Cells a chess king's move away must not contain the same digit.
Palindrome
The grey line indicates a palindrome, whereby the sequence of digits along the line must be the same when starting from both ends.
Parity Lines
Each digit on any line (either the grey palindrome or the red lines) must be adjacent to at least one digit of the opposite parity along their respective line (i.e. if r5c5 is odd; one or both of r4c5 and r6c4 must be even). Not all possible parity lines are given.
Parity Pairs
The number clues around the outside of the grid show the sum of the first odd and first even digits on that side of their designated row, column or diagonal. (For instance, the "11" to the top left of r1c1 denotes that along the NW to SE diagonal starting from r1c1 downwards, the first odd digit encountered plus the first even digit encountered equals eleven, and likewise for the 5 clue for column 1 from bottom to top).
"With that he smote his King through the breast;
And all they three in that pen
Fell on him and stabbed and stabbed him there
Like merciless murderous men."
The King's Tragedy - Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Solution code: Column 5 as read from top to bottom.
Last changed on on 20. August 2025, 03:36
Solved by Megalobrainiac, blueberrypug, ManlyPebbles, Dentones, SKORP17, Joyofrandomness, dr_nectar, War
Comments
on 20. August 2025, 14:08 by Mykaterasu
@blueberrypug from testing I would have to agree, I would love to rate it a 4.5/5 if I could but I erred on the side of easier rather than the hardest difficulty available. Saying that however, I'm quite curious to see what difficulty the community decides on myself.
on 20. August 2025, 08:37 by blueberrypug
very nice puzzle; had to start over several times. for me a 4star takes about 45-60 minutes, but this took m well over 3 hours at least, so I think this leans more towards a 5 personally
