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SSSS: Skyscraper Shuriken Samurai Sudoku
Posted on June 5th, 2009 2 comments
Skyscraper Shuriken Samurai Sudoku puzzleI’m glad yesterday’s Shuriken Samurai went down well, so today I’ve upgraded it to a Skyscraper puzzle (following Christine’s request for more Skyscrapers!). This is, I think it’s fair to say, quite a bit harder than the basic Samurai yesterday was – but then any puzzle with a title this hard to say quickly really shouldn’t be able to be solved quickly either…
The rules are the same as yesterday (place 1-6 into each row, column and 2×3 box of the 13 underlying 6×6 Sudoku grids) but with the addition of Skyscraper constraints: place numbers so that the given number of digits can be ’seen’ from each external Skyscraper clue outside the grid. From the vantage point of each Skyscraper clue look along the adjacent row/column – with higher numbers obscuring all lower numbers (or those of the same value), the clue tells you how many numbers are visible. Check back to older puzzles I’ve posted for more detailed help.
Good luck!
2 responses to “SSSS: Skyscraper Shuriken Samurai Sudoku”
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Thanks for the puzzle Gareth. Much appreciated!
I really enjoyed that one! It was definitely harder than yesterday’s. Quite tricky to begin with – the given numbers in the middle grid were a big help, but after chipping away at if for quite a while, it started to fall into place nicely!
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Spittledung June 8th, 2009 at 06:57
Good Puzzle. I was going to say the same thing as Christine. Nice pinwheel in the center, ninja-leap to the corners, and then get to the corner Skyscraper parts.
I was away for the holiday weekend playing board and card games (and trying out some new Dominion cards). I bring this up because if anyone likes the skyscraper theme, then they might want to check out the Cityscape abstract game:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4980
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Christine June 6th, 2009 at 18:54