Not sure how I missed this post, though I keep visiting this forum once in couple of days. I'm glad both of you liked these. I must mention that I saw this variant first time at PuzzlePicnic forum by Bram de Laat. The variant really impresses me because of its simplistic rules, and also how deceptive the clues could be. Thanks both of you and thanks to David/Gareth for readily agreeing to iby debmohanty - Sudoku Xtra Discussion Forum
Hi Nikki, I definitely missed a point there. Thanks Gareth for catching. To visit R4C4, the path must start in Row4, OR it can start at R5C5/R6C5 and move upwards to R4C5, and then taking a left. The document misses why R5C5 or R6C5 are eliminited from the beginning. As Gareth mentioned, it is not completely necessary to rule out R5C5 / R6C5 as starting points. I've modified the documentby debmohanty - Sudoku Xtra Discussion Forum
No problem, Nikki. I can understand your frustration. I had similar feeling when I first saw the puzzles (in WPC 2005), it definitely took me more than ideal time to realize how to approach the puzzles. PS: With time-zone differences, my replies may seem bit delayed. But I'm trying to visit this forum as often as I can.by debmohanty - Sudoku Xtra Discussion Forum
Hi Nikki, My name is Deb, and I'm the author of these puzzles. Firstly, I agree with you that this puzzle type is not a completely logical puzzle. In a Sudoku or in a Slither Link, you can deduce all the steps by logic. But this puzzle needs bit of visualization. Something that a puzzle like Number Link (aka ABC Connection) needs. I've attached steps for the first puzzle. Please have a looby debmohanty - Sudoku Xtra Discussion Forum
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