Yin-Yang-Yong

by Marty Sears by Marty Sears

CASE 3902

Yin-Yang-Yong

Not graded: we can’t read all its rules yet

The brief

  • Somedoku: Fill each cell with a digit from 1-9. For every row 'n' and column 'n' there are exactly 'n' unique digits. The remaining cells are filled with repeats.
  • Yin-Yang-Yong: Divide the grid into three regions. A region is an area of orthogonally connected cells. No 2x2 area may be entirely in one region.
  • Identical digits may not appear in different regions.
  • German Whisper (green): Adjacent digits on a green line have a difference of at least 5.
  • Nabner (yellow): No two digits anywhere on a yellow line may be consecutive (or the same.)
  • Entropic (orange): Any group of 3 adjacent cells on an orange line must contain one low digit (1, 2 or 3), one medium digit (4, 5 or 6) and one high digit (7, 8 or 9.)
  • Same Difference (turquoise): Adjacent digits on a turquoise line always have the same difference. This difference must be determined for each turquoise line.
  • X: Digits joined by an X sum to 10.
  • Blue Arrow: A digit on a blue arrow indicates how many region borders (separating two regions) are seen in the direction of the arrow. (Region edges at the outer perimeter of the grid don't count.)