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Sudoku Samura-i puzzle

Here’s a new layout of Samurai Sudoku – a Samura-i, or Samurai I if you prefer! There are 7 grids here – 3 each at the top and bottom and then one in the middle too. Place 1 to 9 into each row and column of these 7 grids, as well as 1 to 9 into each bold-lined 3×3 box.

Just to re-emphasise this, there are no grids with top-left corner at offset 3 across, 3 down or at 3 across, 9 down.  There’s just the absolute centre grid and then the top row and bottom row of 3 grids each.  (Maybe this is a bit confusing – feel free to comment if you think so!)

Good luck! :)

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  • #1 written by Spittledung
    about 15 years ago

    I really like the layout.

    However, I am in agreement that it is NOT elegant. I was doing the puzzle and I had to hit the brakes many times “Wait, that 3×3 zone is NOT a sudoku.” It felt against the grain, especially when the same digit showed up twice during a row in one of those non-zones.

    I am going to try the new one and see if it feels better.

  • #2 written by Christine
    about 15 years ago

    I enjoyed this one too, though like Spittledung, had to keep reminding myself which were sudoku grids and which weren’t. Eventually I drew round the centre 9 x 9 grid in colour to make it stand out from the others and that helped. Still, there’s nothing like something out of the ordinary to keep you on your toes!

  • #3 written by Gareth Moore
    about 15 years ago

    Yes, if I make a puzzle like this again – where you can’t actually tell just by looking exactly what the constraints are – then I’ll need to work out some way of marking them. I used to draw purple boxes around them and/or use extra-bold lines, so maybe I’ll implement that again.

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