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Fillomenon by Darth Paradox
🕑 Added 2023-11-17 20:01:00 +0000 UTCAs a follow up to Crux by Jay Dyer a couple of weeks ago, Simon attempts another beastly sudoku that we've had recommended/requested. Darth Paradox has come up with a variation that seems absolutely mad at first glance (and twentieth glance) but the logic herein is consistently interesting AND fair. It's another Lord Of The Rings' length edition (even longer than Crux!) and we'll monitor the comments to see whether it's worth putting this on the main channel.
Play Fillomenon here:
https://sudokupad.app/tnjygqxq3k
Rules:
Draw nine 3x3 boxes within the grid and place the digits 1-9 once into each box. Digits within boxes (the Sudoku digits) must not repeat in any row or column of the grid.
Divide the remaining cells (outside of the nine boxes) into orthogonally contiguous regions and fill them according to Fillomino rules: every cell contains the size of its region, and no two orthogonally adjacent regions may have the same size. No Fillomino region may be larger than nine cells. The clues outside the grid give the sum of the Fillomino digits in the indicated row or column. (Sudoku digits are not included in the sums.) Additionally, a Fillomino digit must not be orthogonally adjacent to an identical Sudoku digit.
Clues inside the grid begin hidden by fog; the fog clears when correct digits are entered. Digits along an arrow must sum to the digit in the attached circle; all arrows have single-digit sums and do not branch or overlap. Digits separated by a white dot must be consecutive, and digits separated by a black dot must be in a 1:2 ratio; not all dots are given. The purple lines contain a set of consecutive, non-repeating digits in any order.
Simon's solve:
Comments
Sven Codes
Hey, I came here because I saw some errors in my logs. It appears some links still link to darth-paradox%252Ffillomenon, which of course is incorrect. Not sure if it's anything related to the emails mentioned, though.
Steve Potashnick
By the way I did and can still watch the Crux video
Steve Potashnick
I only come here on the 1st of the month, lol. I would love to watch this video, but when I click the link I get the message private video, video unavailable, help please
Ilona Rapp
I thought it would be impossible to complete this puzzle when I saw it... I watched the intro because the rules were confusing. Thanks to Simon's explanation, I completed it! (but it took 5 1/2 hours!! ) Now I can go watch Simon solve all the quandaries in half the time...fun!
Leigh Edworthy
I have the same problem with the link in the email
In the email, the actual link is to Crux, but the link text is a link to Fillomenon.
