I heard Cracking the Cryptic had a "Chess Sudoku" game so rather than engage with that in any way, I invented my own Chess Sudoku game. Each 3×2 minigrid must contain one of each type of chess piece, and no piece may attack any piece of the same type, ignoring anything that's in the way — so, no two rooks in the same row or column, no two bishops on the same diagonal, etc.
(If anyone at #alt4me has any idea how to supply useful alt text for this kind of thing do please let me know)
So @Zotmeister pointed out that there were too many pre-filled squares in these, so I added some code to remove redundant ones and suddenly this puzzle is: markedly harder.
I'm *pretty sure* these are all still uniquely solvable but this is starting to feel like it'll need some thorough playtesting before I turn it into something Proper.
Also I am thinking of calling this game Ronin, because "sudoku" is Japanese for "single digit" (kind of) and Ronin is a Japanese lone warrior.
andrew invent a puzzle that's a reasonable level of difficulty challenge 2024, level: same as all my other puzzles
OK! This is it, your reward for staying up until midnight, it's #Ronin #1 officially joining the #CellTower cinematic universe!
There may yet be bugs, there are a *lot* of permutations of options so it's likely I haven't properly tested all of them in Safari, the worst browser. Feedback appreciated!
