32:03 Twice as Nice by NotVeryNeat: Definitley still rusty! Arrow Kropki WatchCASE TAPE · SOLVE
Equality Cages 119: Friendly, Hostile, and Neutral Cages : Return of the Friendly Sudoku Puzzle
23 Mar 2024 · 1,008 views
32:06Case notes
Today's Puzzle:
Continuing with gUBBLOR's excellent Equality Cages series, this time with a twist that uses the "Friendly" cell rule set.
P.S. I thought this was a 3* puzzle. My surprisingly quick solved led me to confirm its difficulty rating, and it is indeed 2*!
Link to Play Along:
Equality Cages 119: Friendly, hostile, and neutral cages by gUBBLOR https://tinyurl.com/SudokuSleuthEqualityCages119
Rules:
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.
Equality cages: Cages must have an equal number of low (1,2,3,4) and high (6,7,8,9) digits AND an equal number of even (2,4,6,8) and odd (1,3,7,9) digits. Equality cages can never contain 5. Digits may not repeat in a cage.
Friendly, hostile, and neutral: - Green cages contain only friendly cells. Friendly cells have to match either their row, column, or box. I.e. if R1C6 was friendly, it would have to be 1, 6, or 2 (as it is in row 1, column 6, and box 2). - Red cages contain only hostile cells. Hostile cells CAN NOT match their row, column or box. I.e. if R1C6 was hostile, it could never be 1, 6, or 2. - Yellow cages are neutral, and exactly half the cells are friendly, and the other half are hostile.
Chapters
More tapes
Same kind of mystery, another tape.
CASE TAPE
32:03 Twice as Nice by NotVeryNeat: Definitley still rusty! Arrow Kropki WatchCASE TAPE
41:25 A Perfect Time by Edd: A Great time to be Back! Killer Thermo WatchCASE TAPE
29:20 EXclusiVe 3 by NurglesGift: A very novel Sudoku variant! Killer Little killer Watch