Why Does He Need A Camera To Solve The Sudoku?!
0*** KICKSTARTER - JUST HOURS LEFT ***
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*** TODAY'S PUZZLE ***
We complete the trilogy of sudokus today from Florian Wortmann involving minesweeper clues! The puzzle is called Bridging The Mines but it's more like about five puzzles in one grid. This one has so much to recommend it and why does Simon need a picture of his screen?!
Play the puzzle at the following link:
https://sudokupad.app/crqk2uytmu
Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits joined by a white dot are consecutive. Digits joined by a black dot are in a 1:2 ratio (ie one digit must be double the other). Not all dots are given. For each line, one attached circle contains an odd digit and the other circle contains an even digit. The odd digit indicates the number of odd digits along the line (not including itself), and the even digit indicates the number of even digits along the line (not including itself). Shade some cells such that all shaded cells are orthogonally connected and all unshaded cells are orthogonally connected. No 2x2 area may be fully shaded or fully unshaded. The circles also act as "minesweeper" clues. Cells containing a circle are always unshaded, and their value is the number of shaded cells in the surrounding 3x3 area (i.e. the up to eight cells that touch the circle either orthogonally or diagonally).
*** OUR DECEMBER COMPETITION & SIMON'S BONUS SOLVES ***
100 4x4 Snackdoku pack from the Skunkworks was released on 1 December as our monthly reward.
Simon's solve of Broken Secrets by TotallyNormalCat was also released yesterday. You can try that puzzle here: https://sudokupad.app/jMg44R2tpb
There's also Mark's latest battle with The Times' Club Monthly Special cryptic crossword.
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*** NEW GAS PACK: VOLUME 2 IS OUT ***
The new GAS (Genuinely Approachable Sudoku) pack is out on all platforms here:
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/2363130/Cracking_the_Cryptic__GAS_Volume_2/
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cracking-the-cryptic/id1629992934
60 original puzzles by Clover, Bill Murphy and Philip Newman!! Earn party hats and dinosaurs with these brand new puzzles!
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iOS:
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Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1706870/Svens_SudokuPad/
Android:
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ALSO on Amazon: Search for “SudokuPad”
▶ Contents Of This Video ◀
0:00 Theme music & puzzle Intro
1:15 Chants Of Sennaar
1:56 A Summary Of Our Year On YouTube
4:24 Kickstarter: Just Hours Left
6:05 Happy Birthdays
8:14 Rules
12:43 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking
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