The Magic You Can Do With The Factors Of 12
848** TODAY'S PUZZLE **
It's Saturday so we're continuing with our series of non-sudoku puzzles. Lizzy01 has made a variant of the Meidjuluk genre called Meidjuizy! (We haven't a clue what these words mean!). There are some brilliant ideas in this construction and the whole things solves like a charm.
Play the puzzle at the link below:
https://sudokupad.app/t790muspun
Rules:
Divide the grid into 12 regions, one of each size 1 to 12. Black cells are not in regions. A region may not contain repeated numbers, and it may only contain factors of its size (e.g. a region of size 6 may contain any combination of 1,2,3, and 6, including none of them).
In this puzzle, enter a number into each cell with an arrow (other cells remain empty). That number must equal the number of cells belonging to its own region seen in a straight line in the corresponding direction (not counting itself) before the first cell outside the region (or the edge of the grid).
(For the solution check function to work, in addition to entering the numbers on arrows, enter a 0 in the region of size 1.)
** OUR RECENT "THANK GOODNESS YOU'RE HERE" STREAM **
We had a blast playing this very original and Monty Python-esque game. You can watch here:
https://youtube.com/live/zgaMQV1iLDo
Please be aware that this game does involve a couple of swear words so please don't watch if it may offend you.
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** CLOSING DATE FOR THIS MONTH'S COMPETITION **
September's competition - a sudoku hunt based on Hollywood sandwiches - has just finished. Solution videos will be released shortly.
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There's also a new solve of Jay Dyer's brutal sudoku: Repeat Prescription
Other treats on Patreon include:
- The Lord Of The Rings Sudoku Hunt by Blobz (and Simon's solve videos)
- Simon's solve of Sky-Skyscraper by Phistomefel has just been uploaded for our patrons.
- Mark's latest solve of The Times Club Monthly cryptic crossword
- Mark's latest series of solves of Connections, the daily New York Times puzzle based on the Only Connect wall game.
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iOS:
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Android:
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▶ Contents Of This Video ◀
0:00 Intro music and puzzle intro
1:20 Patreon competition closing date TODAY
2:02 Happy Birthdays & Other messages
5:07 Rules
8:06 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking
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