Current Events > Sudoku + Pencil Puzzle General #4 - Feeling Cagey

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What do [16], [4], and [3 4 4 3] on board mean? The rules didn't mention any of them.

I haven't done this one yet but it looks like an intentionally misleading ruleset for people who have done a hundred of these with similar rules.

help?

look carefully at which numbers are in the cage

this whole puzzle is a great joke

Puzzle 001: ...What!
Type: Comedy Sudoku
Link: https://sudokupad.app/yiaonocy5d

- Each digit in a circle indicates how many times that digit appears in a circle in the puzzle.

I solved it, but I don't know how.

At first, I was hung up on the Cage, unable to make 16 without completely getting blocked by Sudoku. Then I realized the Cage rule doesn't care about numbers, and things went well from there.

Then I got to where I had all the fours and twos in the puzzle, but had a bunch of 1-3 and 5-6 pairs that I couldn't see how they'd be differentiated. I thought maybe it was a part of the joke that any of the four combinations left would work, plugged in numbers, and won! Then tried the opposite and it didn't, and I have no idea why one works but the other doesn't. I don't see any hidden Xs, I don't see any rules that would effect which goes where... help?

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You're missing something here - more specifically, count how many threes and fours there are in circles right now in your solution

trying to work out the break ins on larger puzzles can feel a bit daunting for a newbie.

personally I like the fog puzzles because of this. it sorta limits where you can start, and then once you do start it limits where you can continue, so you never really feel too lost. Still can get stuck, but it's getting stuck by not understanding what to do, which imo feels much better than by not even understanding where to begin

• Normal 6x6 Sudoku rules apply. Place the digits 1-6 exactly once in every row, column, and 2x3 box.
• Region Sum Lines: The thicker blue lines in the grid are Region Sum Lines. The sum of digits on the line is the same within each box.
• Entropic Lines: The thinner peach lines in the grid are entropic lines. Any three adjacent digits along an entropic line are from one each of low(1,2), medium(3,4), and high(5,6) digits. Digits may repeat on these lines if allowed by other rules.

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Puzzle 002: Open Systems
Type: Region and Entropic Lines
Link: https://sudokupad.app/adventure/445-open-system

whut

• Normal 9x9 Sudoku Rules Apply.

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Puzzle 003: Ceci n'est pas un cliche.
Type: Classic

• 0-5 Sudoku Rules - Place the digits 1 through 5 in the grid so that every row, column, and 2x3 outlined region contains each digit once and also contains one blank cell. Blank cells never touch each other, not even diagonally.
• Digits in cages sum to the indicated totals (with blanks counting as 0).

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Puzzle 004: 05 Killer
Type: 0-5 Killer Sudoku

• Normal sudoku rules apply.
• Digits along lines must have the same sum as the digits in the circles at each end.

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Puzzle 005: Starburster
Type: Double Killer