FACES
There are six Sudoku squares below, and five of them are stand alone puzzles. But, like with a good collaboration, they are also part of a single greater puzzle. The first clues as to what that is are in the titles of each puzzle and, as the solution unfolds, you will discover a way to gain the additional information that is needed to complete the last square.
Don't be put off. Specific rules for each puzzle are listed below, but normal Sudoku rules apply to all of them. There is a single clear solution and when you have the puzzle all wrapped up, there is a surprise hidden within for you to enjoy.
Rules in common between several puzzles:
Digits in killer cages do not repeat, and sum to the indicated total.
Kropki/dots/Letters on edges between two cells indicate the relationship between the values in those cells:
- black dot = ratio is the number in the dot (2 by default)
- white dot = difference is the number in the dot (1 by default)
- X = sum is 10
- V = sum is 5
It may not be assumed that all possible Kropki, X, or V have been given.
Digits in blue cells and arrow pills are read left-to-right or top-to-bottom.
Additional rules per puzzle:
A Plain Face
by Panthera
Japanese Sum Sudoku: Numbers in blue shaded cells give the sum of shaded digits within the outlined area. Two blue cells together is a 2-digit number.
Faceted Gem
by Pallando
- Digits on an arrow line sum to the number in the pill.
- Each Renban line overlapping the arrow line contains the non-repeating digits of a consecutive sequence, but in any order.
Facade
by Casey
Weak Palindromes: Cells that are an equal distance along the line from its midpoint, contain pairs of digits that are either both odd or both even, and that are either both high (5 or more) or both low (less than 5).
A Plane Face
by Raumplaner
Cube construction: Identify the three 3x3 Sudoku boxes, who can be stacked on top of each other and form a 3x3x3 cube. When viewed from each side of the three directions, each of of the three layers of the cube must contain a full set of the digits 1-9. The three selected boxes must not share the same row or columns of the Sudoku grid (they must not 'see' each other).
A Face To Die For
by MaverickJd
- Each killer cage is rectangular and must have its border worked out by the solver (the clue giving the cage's total is not necessarily in the top left cell of the cage).
- Cages containing the same number of cells may not touch each other at an edge or at a corner.
- White dots may only be placed between cells in different cages.
- Black dots may only be placed between cells in the same cage.
Roman Profile
by Virtual
Nothing special in particular about this puzzle.
Links:
All 6 puzzles together in penpa (without answer check):
https://tinyurl.com/y7mmmkts
All 6 puzzles together in penpa (with answer check):
Note: The all-in-one grid is too large to open via URL directly. In order to load the full grid with answer-check in penpa, you need to:
1) In one tab or window navigate to https://swaroopg92.github.io/penpa-edit/
2) In a separate tab or window, visit https://pastebin.com/zD4Wkg64, select the wall of text starting with https://swaroopg92.github.io/penpa-edit/? and ending with vz9+w8=, and copy all of it. You'll need this in step 4.
3) At the top of the penpa-edit page, find the "Load" button towards the right side and press it.
4) Paste the text you copied earlier into the box that appears, then click "Load URL"
5) Start solving!
Individual puzzle links:
F-Puzzles:
https://kitiara.has.coffee/Faces-APlainFace-FP
https://kitiara.has.coffee/Faces-FacetedGem-FP
https://kitiara.has.coffee/Faces-Facade-FP
https://kitiara.has.coffee/Faces-APlaneFace-FP
https://kitiara.has.coffee/Faces-AFaceToDieFor-FP
https://kitiara.has.coffee/Faces-RomanProfile-FP
CTC App:
https://kitiara.has.coffee/Faces-APlainFace-CTC
https://kitiara.has.coffee/Faces-FacetedGem-CTC
https://kitiara.has.coffee/Faces-Facade-CTC
https://kitiara.has.coffee/Faces-APlaneFace-CTC
https://kitiara.has.coffee/Faces-AFaceToDieFor-CTC
https://kitiara.has.coffee/Faces-RomanProfile-CTC
