The Sudoku Event of the Year - Reprise

Have the solutions to these been published yet?? I’ve been waiting a while to see the solve for the last few

I was about to ask a similar question! It would be great to see how some of the more complicated puzzles were solved!

Was wondering that as well, I spent quite some time on some puzzle, I'd love to find out how those could have been solved

Will solution vids be released for these? Or maybe even live solves?

Oh my goodness!! I completed it!! Like with 2-3 minutes left. That was so great!! Because I screen shot the congrats page, and did puzzles slightly out of order, then had to search through holiday photos for my screen shots, not sure I got stuff sent correctly, but I am just excited to have finished my very first puzzle hunt! Yes, the last puzzle had that hard break in. I used the nudges to help.

Tamara Holdren

Just finished yesterday, what an amazing set of puzzles! I could not get the last puzzle, The Ancient Wall, with all the coloring correct. The sudoku solution is valid, but whatever I do, row 5 or 6 has the wrong number of each color. All the columns are correct, so whenever I change 2 colors now something else is off.

Hey I know I’m replying to this late, but your issue is coming from the fact that you’re assuming the “?” (single question mark) clues always indicates a singular river cell. Which is not necessarily the case. For example, let’s say we knew that a “?” clue was actually the value “9”. It COULD indicate a single river cell equal to 9, but it could also indicate 2 river cells that sum to 9 (e.g. 4 and 5) or even three cells (e.g. 2+3+4). Hope this helps.

Nikhil Boorgu

I am wondering the same, i cant seem to even solve the example without a no 2x2 rule,

Scott Ramsdale

The Nori Nori is really throwing me for a loop, I think I slip up logic about halfway in, so I've restarted a few times now... I wanted to try the cave puzzle instead, but got a bit confused... Can the cave (unshaded) have 2x2's?

I am so waiting for the solution videos. No matter how I shade and/or distribute digits, I do not see any possible way to fill out the grid in a way that solves. And I know that there is a solution. I just do not see it, as of now. And I haven´t even looked at the final puzzle that seems to be the hardest of the bunch.

Alexander Herges

Jon, did you manage to get started? I don't want to hint here, as there's no way to apply spoiler text. If you really want a hint, have a look at the Patreon chat on the discord server. PjotrV gave a clear and simple description of the break-in.

I'm stuck on the last puzzle, the Ancient Wall. Finding it quite difficult to get a handle of logic that will allow me to venture forward.

Jon Forsythe

I found that one easy to break, and got it by writing out what Simon would say while doing what I'd done until something I did looked good but was unjustified. If you use Discord, the patreon-chat channel is a good way of checking your logic, since you can use spoiler tags and so can people pointing out what you did wrong.

Hi. Does the last puzzle go by any name in the pencil puzzle world?

I'm stuck on the nori-nori. I can't get enough big number into the 28 cage. I assume I've messed up the 15 and 17 cages, but I'm not seeing another option.

Gabe

I enjoyed all of these puzzles so much. The last ones took me 5-7 hours, but I didn’t mind and thought it was the best possible way to spend Christmas! Many thanks for this 😊

Sandra and Nala

Unfortunately, I have another error to point out, even though it has nothing to do with the main puzzles. The example for Archipelago is different in the PDF from in the web app- the placement of one circle has moved.

Hey Guys, I hope someone can help me. I've solved all the puzzles except for the raging stream and I believe this puzzle is either impossible or I misunderstand the rules. I made a Video about it. Hopefully someone can have a look at it and point out to me, where I'm going wrong with this. Thanks, Lutz :) https://youtu.be/tTMa11xCP7o