Renban

Irish pub cuisine, or a Gattai-3 Sudoku puzzle? You decide!

Three of these things belong together / three of these things are kind of the same // Can you guess which one of these doesn’t belong here? / Now it’s time to play our game // It’s time to play our game

Ain’t that a renban line / for you and me // Ain’t that a renban line / something to see // Ain’t that a renban line / the puzzle is free // Little pink houses for you and me (with apologies to Mr. Mellencamp)

These are not normal quadruples clues; these are specifically-ordered quadruples clues. This is the fourth of four puzzles exploring using Fog of War.

Where is Yoshimi when she’s needed most? The giant Pink Robot is right there, and it doesn’t look very friendly. Sure, its non-Flaming Lips might look like it’s smiling, but it’s just built that way.

It’s a Full House of Zs. It turns out there are a few different ways to arrange the things, and rotating a Z 180º gives you… a Z.

A weather event has scattered given digits willy-nilly, but it could be that their distribution offers clues about the nature of the Renban lines. Perhaps.

I'm glad I'm not a fish, trying to navigate this puzzle full of hooks! Each of these Renban lines are six cells long.

It’s the corners that matter, so you can’t really cut them from the puzzle and expect good results.