Chaos Construction Sudoku (Cell Count) by clover!
While this may not yet look like a Sudoku, you’ll have to construct some regions while filling in numbers to find the unique solution.
or solve online (using SudokuPad)
Theme: A Little Bit of Chaos
Author/Opus: This is the 27th puzzle from Clover, part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) team.
Rules: Divide the grid along the grid lines into six non-overlapping, orthogonally-connected six-cell regions. Also, insert a number from 1 to 6 into each cell so that no number repeats in any row, column, or region. A number filling a circle indicates how many of the cells touching the circle (up to nine, including the cell with the circle in it) are in that region.
GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 5:30; One party hat (🥳): 10:30. All other solvers earn a 🦕: chaotic Kulindadromeus.
Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 1:15, with SudokuPad replay file shared as a download for now (requires loading via settings menu with improvements expected before people should use this regularly).
Solution: PDF and solving video with explanation from GAS team.
Note: Follow this link for more Genuinely Approachable Sudoku puzzles on this site. Follow this link for other less common variations of Sudoku.
Note 2: Comments on the blog are great! For a more interactive discussion, please also consider using our Daily GAS discussion post on the GMPuzzles Discord. Not a member of the Discord? Click this link for basic access.