How Can These Sudoku Rules Ever Work?
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*** TODAY'S PUZZLE ***
Today Simon attempts a puzzle he's wanted to try for a while but has been slightly scared of given its reputation. It's called Numbered Regions, it's the work of the brilliant Jesper Josefsson and the ruleset is absolutely mad. How can this have a solution?!?! Let's see...
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Rules:
Divide the grid into regions, each consisting of nine orthogonally connected cells. Each row, column and region must contain the digits 1 to 9 once each. The digit in the top-left cell of a region (its leftmost cell in its highest row) is its “region number”. All region numbers are different. If a cell with the digit X in a region with the number N contains an arrow, then the cell X steps away in the indicated direction belongs to the region numbered N+1. Not all possible arrows are given.
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https://logic-masters.de/Raetselportal/Raetsel/zeigen.php?id=000CBD
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