{"id":33220,"date":"2025-07-02T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=33220"},"modified":"2025-07-23T19:56:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T02:56:47","slug":"a-story-of-self-setting-sudoku-3-by-thomas-snyder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/a-story-of-self-setting-sudoku-3-by-thomas-snyder\/","title":{"rendered":"A Story of Self-setting Sudoku #3 by Thomas Snyder"},"content":{"rendered":"

The third level of self-setting is \u201cConditional Setting Automation\u201d. The author can now simply ask, for familiar grid patterns, for automation to generate valid Sudoku with specific characteristics. The author — now more of an editor — relaxes until there are thousands of solution paths to watch go through their steps, and looks for whatever is \u201cinteresting\u201d to the eye. Beauty is in the eye of the editor.<\/i><\/p>\n

\"Sudoku<\/p>\n

PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

or solve online<\/a> (using SudokuPad)<\/p>\n

Theme:<\/b> Intelligence is Thinking * The Box (3 of 5)<\/p>\n

Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 586th puzzle from Thomas Snyder.<\/p>\n

Rules:<\/b> Standard Sudoku<\/a> rules. <\/p>\n

Difficulty (highlight to view):<\/b> 4.5 stars<\/span><\/p>\n

Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> Grandmaster = 8:30, Master = 13:30, Expert = 27:00<\/span><\/p>\n

Solution:<\/b> PDF<\/a> and solving video<\/a> from Unshackling Sudokus & Puzzles.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/b> Follow this link for all entries in A Story of Self-setting Sudoku<\/a><\/i>. Follow this link for other classic Sudoku<\/a>. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Sudoku<\/a> to get started on. More classic Sudoku puzzles can be found in The Art of Sudoku<\/i><\/a>, The Art of Sudoku 2<\/i><\/a> and in our beginner-friendly collection Intro to GMPuzzles<\/i><\/a> by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli.<\/p>\n

Note 2:<\/b>\u00a0Comments on the blog are great! For a more interactive discussion, please also consider using our\u00a0Twelve Months of Sudoku?<\/a>\u00a0post\u00a0on the GMPuzzles Discord. Not a member of the Discord? Click\u00a0this link<\/a>\u00a0for basic access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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