April Reward Pack - Knightmare (Revision)

Martin M

Do the puzzles disappear on the closing date? I can understand why they would but I was slowly working my way through some of the later puzzles. They're all 404 errors on my open puzzle tabs now.

Hey, first time doing a puzzle hunt. Is there any special rule about them? I seem to be stuck on number 2, and am wondering if there is something I am missing involving the answer to the first puzzle. I've restarted it about 4 times now, and spent nearly 6 hours on it now, and am completely stumped. I have had several breakthroughs, but, when I finish solving them, always seem to break the puzzle.

Just finished and submitter. Puzzle 19 was beautiful. Took a while to get rolling on it, but then it all dropped in place. Thanks for the great puzzles!

Thank you, Hamish!

If the first number in that row or column is a 2, the first 2 numbers add to the clue outside the grid. If the first number is 3, the first 3 numbers add to the clue outside the grid. If the first number is 4, the first 4 numbers add to the clue outside the grid etc

First time doing puzzles like this and it's fun. Done with the first 17 puzzles, but not understanding the x-sum rule in puzzle 18. Can someone please explain it to me?

Thanks for responding Sampath - yes am doing 19 right now but without the final instruction then I will be stuck. Edited : The URL works now! hoorah - submitted

sampath kumar

Your puzzle 19 spirogenesis had my head spinning with all those referenced 3s. 7x. Fantastic puzzle!!

sampath kumar

What a group Sudoku Skunkworks! Wisteria Fall, Fran, Bremster, James Peter, RiffClown, Doran T, dumediat, Randall, DJV, Chilly, Raumplaner, Myxo, Sotek, JeremyDover, Rockratzero. It was great fun to solve these puzzles which had varying degrees of difficulty and I am thankful to all of you for the great time I had solving them.

sampath kumar

Thanks to you and Chilly (above) for responding. I was only checking because I was not able to get the break in. Now that I did everything made sense.

sampath kumar

In the meantime you could solve the puzzle 19 using the link provided in the knightmare pdf document where puzzle 19 is described. The solved grid of puzzle 19 is used for getting the final answer for which there is some instruction found in the URL that is not working for you.

Please help: I've solved the first 18 correctly (confirmed), but the resulting tinyurl leads me to a shared drive 'FreeSkunkworksPacks' within which I cannot see the special version of the final puzzle. I've double checked all the final digits of my row 2s and am only using puzzles 6 - 18. Thanks

But, solving the other 18 puzzles is necessary to figure out which digits from puzzle 19 are needed for the final verification. The first line of the rules has the "additional instructions".

That's correct.

sampath kumar

Can someone please tell me if I am missing something in my understanding . It seems the last puzzle number19 has no given numbers and can be solved independent of the other puzzles. True ?

Jim Newman

3 would then be in r6 c5. I totally understand the confusion, it bends my brain in a way I don’t like!

Jim Newman

All done, what a ride! Thank you :)

I am really struggling with the rules on no.19. For examle If there is a 5 in r6 c3 where would 3 be?

Scott Ab

Puzzle 19 was absolutely beautiful. This whole constraint has done something to my brain, though. I finished the pack 2 days ago and I'm still dreaming about cells that are a knight's move apart. This was like playing tetris in my college days. I would see the pieces when I close my eyes and in my dreams. I loved it though. Many thanks to the constructors. A brilliant pack.

Mario

Congrats to the Sudoku Skunkwork team for a truly magnificent pack. Puzzle 19 was the 'pièce de résistance'. I really like the Knightmare rule. It generates beautiful logic.

I don't have access but if you got the word or phrase from the URL, congratulations on finishing the pack.

Vermaut Vincent

I have already sent a mail with my solution @crackingthecryptic. Can you see it ?

The correct solution is embedded and confirmed for all puzzles in the pack.. If you'd like to reach out to one of us on Discord, we'd be happy to take a look..

That is correct. The V is very important because of the declared negative constraint.

Tran Hieu

Is the revision only a V in column 5?

Vermaut Vincent

Does the final puzzle generate a box "You solved the problem"?.. I don't see my error but apparently it is not correct...

For any patrons that had already started on puzzle 18 and want to transpose any progress you had made.. You can see the old grid and progress here. https://tinyurl.com/Knightmare18-old