Is there another name for this type of puzzle? I can only find two examples of it online:
In the game you start with a 6x6 grid filled with the numbers 1 to 9. One number on the grid is circled. The aim is to remove numbers (you can't remove the circled number) so that:
- The sum in every row and column is 9 or less
- Each number (1 to 9) appears only once
For example, you might start with this grid:
9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 7 |
2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
1 | 3 | ⑤ | 5 | 3 | 4 |
3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
And remove all of the number 5's except for the one that is circled:
9 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 8 |
9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 7 |
2 | 6 | 8 | - | - | 3 |
1 | 3 | ⑤ | - | 3 | 4 |
3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
3 | - | 9 | 7 | - | 6 |
You can then remove the numbers 7, 8 and 9 from column 3 because, when added to 5, the answer is greater than 9. And so on, until you end up with a grid that looks like:
- | 2 | - | 1 | - | - |
9 | - | - | - | - | - |
- | 6 | - | - | - | 3 |
- | - | ⑤ | - | - | 4 |
- | - | - | - | 8 | - |
- | - | - | 7 | - | - |