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If you have any feeling of deja-vu when you see this puzzle you might be right. Check the last LITS puzzle by me.

http://www.puzzlepicnic.com/puzzle?1607

Number: Puzzle #1608
Genre: Sudoku
Author: Bram
Appeared at: December 4, 2009

Well there's skyscrapers, futoshiki and staircases. Which are all latin square variants.
Kinda got in this sudoku creating mood lately. Trying to play with the designs a little.

For anyone who wondered why the givens say 56, it indicates the amount of cells left to fill in the grid.

Number: Puzzle #1606
Genre: Sudoku
Author: Bram
Appeared at: November 24, 2009

If there's time for a new latin square variant can we put kropki in? I prefer the normal kropki puzzles over the kropki sudokus, but that might be my taste.

Latin square rules and all instances where consecutive numbers are adjacent are marked with a white dot and if one number is half of the adjacent number are marked with a black dot.

Usually the 9 by 9 puzzles turn into greater/less sudokus, so with the 3 by 3 constraint. This decreases the amount of sign clues you have to give and gives it a nicer look.

Yes, they show all lengths. For example, f there's a 3 in a square, then there's one section 3 connected cells coloured around the square and the rest is empty.

There aren't any different rules from normal LITS. Basically it's like odd/even sudoku except odd cells(1-4 for the Jigsaw) are defined by LITS pieces.

It's not really meant as a new genre, just a one time twist. Liked how it turned out myself.

Here's a second puzzle type. It's a mix between LITS and Sudoku.

LITSudoku Jigsaw

Place the digits 1-6 in each row, column and jigsaw piece.
This puzzle is also a LITS puzzle. In each Jigsaw piece, 4 connecting cells are to be coloured in the shape of a tetromino. All tetrominos are connected and will form one polyomino. Tetrominos of the same shape can't touch, rotations/reflections are considered the same shape. Nowhere will there be an area of 2x2 coloured cells.
Each tetromino will contain the digits 1-4.

LITSudoku

Place the digits 1-9 in each row, column and 3x3 area.
This puzzle is also a LITS puzzle. In each 3x3 area, 4 connecting cells are to be coloured in the shape of a tetromino. All tetrominos are connected and will form one polyomino. Tetrominos of the same shape can't touch, rotations/reflections are considered the same shape. Nowhere will there be an area of 2x2 coloured cells.
Each tetromino will only contain odd digits.
Grey coloured cells are part of a tetromino.

Okay, my LITS description is a bit awkward. It's like normal LITS.

Hope you enjoy them