How to play
You complete Kakurasu when all selected-cell weighted sums match every row and column target exactly. The full Kakurasu position determines the outcome; visual shortcuts never replace the documented Kakurasu terminal rule.
- Kakurasu begins with an empty rectangular selection grid with numeric target sums printed at the end of every row and column. The Kakurasu deal identity and Kakurasu championship rules v1 are stored together. Restarting Kakurasu reproduces this opening exactly.
- During Kakurasu, you select, exclude, or clear a cell while row totals add column weights and column totals independently add row weights. The Kakurasu engine rejects profile violations, unavailable material, and every action attempted after Kakurasu reaches a terminal result.
- You complete Kakurasu when all selected-cell weighted sums match every row and column target exactly. The full Kakurasu position determines the outcome; visual shortcuts never replace the documented Kakurasu terminal rule.
Strategy tips
- A reliable Kakurasu plan is to solve extreme totals and unique subset sums first, then transfer forced selections across the opposite-direction equations. A Kakurasu hint is legal and deterministic. The next Kakurasu hint exposes one bounded action; it never claims a forced Kakurasu win.
- A costly Kakurasu mistake is to use the same weight orientation both ways; a cell's row contribution is its column number, while its column contribution is its row number. Undo supports studying that Kakurasu decision, while restart preserves the original seeded Kakurasu opening.
- In the Kakurasu endgame, compare the remaining target difference with available distinct weights and resolve the final intersecting cell only if both equations agree. Check every remaining Kakurasu action before committing because its terminal rule is enforced immediately.