He's Back! The Return Of Phistomefel

** TODAY'S PUZZLE **
It has been no less than nine months since the last puzzle by the extraordinary constructor known as Phistomefel. No one knew where he had gone or what he was doing but, a few days ago, he suddenly re-emerged from his cocoon with a brand new puzzle!! Modular Region Sum Lines, as one comment said, solves like a Phistomefel sudoku - the "best compliment a puzzle can receive"!

https://sudokupad.app/4ev7ufnh17

Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. Draw in lines that move orthogonally from cell to cell. Two circles of the same colour are start and end of a line. Lines may not intersect themselves or other lines. The lines drawn in the grid act both as a Region Sum Line (RSL) and a Modular Line (ML). Additionally, digits CANNOT repeat on a line. Region Sum Line: Along a RSL line, box borders divide the line into segments with the same sum. Every set of three sequential digits along a ML must contain a complete set of residues modulo 3, i.e. one digit from {1,4,7}, one from {2,5,8}, and one from {3,6,9}.

** ISLANDS OF INSIGHT STREAM **
We streamed Islands Of Insight again on Tuesday night! If you missed it, you can watch it at the link below:

https://youtube.com/live/KE7RLE9OH9g

** PATREON REWARD DAY **
We published a new sudoku hunt, Evening Attractions, at the start of March for our monthly competition. It closes on the 20th so get your entries in by then!

They'll also be a bonus crossword video from Simon and his solve of Region Geometry by Emre Kolotoğlu (3hr 36min long...!) released over the weekend. And Simon's discussion video about Dean Mayer's Sunday Times crossword from last weekend will appear at 1minute past midnight on Sunday morning (which is the moment that competition has ended.)

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** KICKSTARTER - DELIVERED 24 December 2023 **
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▶ Contents Of This Video ◀

0:00 Theme music and puzzle intro
1:43 Patreon
2:05 Happy Birthdays
3:10 The CtC Book Of Chocolate Cakes
3:40 Rules
9:21 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking

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