Michael D

@quellspeller

Board games, sudoku, and Magic: The Gathering. Nebraska based leftist. He/him

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Michael D@quellspeller· Jul 14

Finding some non-visual forms of entertainment after eye surgery has me checking what audiobooks my library has. I’m a huge fan of his novels but I need to remember how good @aptshadow.bsky.social novellas are for world building.

Michael D@quellspeller· Mar 14

Back to the good old fundamentals cubes, Spicy Ramen Cube was a blast. Deck picture improvement, draft improvement, made it to 3-0 for a second pin. cubecobra.com/cube/about/R... #shoebox #cube

Michael D@quellspeller· Mar 14

Powered cubes are my nemesis. Deck almost as bad as my photography skills in the previous pod, went 1-1-1. I’m having a fantastic time. cubecobra.com/cube/about/a... #cube #shoebox

Michael D@quellspeller· Mar 13

Pod 2 was Museum of Modern, my mana was terrible because I can’t help myself from drafting cool spells over the lands to cast them. 2-1, had a blast. cubecobra.com/cube/about/M... #shoebox #cube

Michael D@quellspeller· Mar 13

Spending the weekend @shoebox.gg, pod 1 draft was the Tabletop Cube. Terrible deck picture, clunky deck, but managed a 3-0 including a few Fastbond wins. cubecobra.com/cube/about/t...

Michael D@quellspeller· Feb 27

Looks like a new license is about $32 so I chipped in to a mutual aid group someone else shared in the thread.

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Michael D@quellspeller· Jan 20

Image macro, an animated girl is in the foreground with a University of Nebraska sweatshirt, holding a Runza bag in one hand and a red Koolaid in the other. She’s wearing a Henry Doorly zoo hat. Text at the top says “Nebraska Mentioned”.

Michael D@quellspeller· Apr 20

We’re a week ahead of Indie Bookstore Day, but we took advantage of the weekend to hit the local stores for their passport event. It’s a pretty even split of used/new, not shown are a few kids books for the niblings.

Michael D@quellspeller· Dec 27

#bgstats annual stats, it was the year of the light game for us. #boardgames

BG Stats 2024

Plays: 200
H-index: 6
Games: 102
New: 42
Players: 60
Locations: 7
Hours: 160
Days: 76

Linko!: 16
Forest Shuffle: 14
It's a Wonderful World: 7
Mindbug: First Contact: 7
Patchwork: 6
Point Salad: 6
Key Flow: 5
The Great Split: 5
Panda Royale: 5

115 designers:
Reiner Knizia: 3%
Uwe Rosenberg: 2%
Cole Wehrle: 2%
Carl Chudyk: 2%
Alexander Pfister: 2%.

Michael D@quellspeller· Dec 10

4:09 today on this Kropke #Sudoku puzzle from Philip Newman (patreon.com/sudokutheory/), 6:30/12:30 targets. sudokupad.app/philip-newma...

A variant sudoku grid. Between some cells there are white circles along the border.

Normal sudoku rules apply, place digits 1-9 once each in every row, column, and 3x3 box. Digits separated by a white dot must be consecutive. Not all dots are necessarily given.

Michael D@quellspeller· Dec 9

Very sporadic solves last week so not much tracking of times. Back at it today, it's a Diagonal #Sudoku from Billy Murphy (patreon.com/WWMSudoku). Target times are 7:00/13:00, I had a quick 3:22. sudokupad.app/8sescdh2q1

A variant sudoku grid. There are light blue lines along the two main diagonals.

Normal sudoku rules apply, place digits 1-9 once each in every row, column, and 3x3 box. Additionally, place those digits once on each indicated diagonal

Michael D@quellspeller· Dec 2

It takes a bit more than some other examples, but it’s very fun to combo with Doppelgang and 14ish mana, depending on what all you can copy. Most recent win came with Tireless Provisioner/Tireless Tracker in play, and copying Mystic Sanctuary/Provisioner/Command Tower

The magic card Doppelgang. The art is a crowded market, in the middle you see three identical figures, two of them with some mystical glowing outlines.

It’s a sorcery, with mana cost {x}{x}{x}UG. For each of X target permanents, create X tokens that are copies of that permanent.

Michael D@quellspeller· Dec 1

Double classic #sudoku today from Bill Murphy (patreon.com/WWMSudoku), two very nice puzzles. Combined time was 11:54, missing the lower goal of the 11:00/20:00 split. sudokupad.app/oqe95whmgv sudokupad.app/us1b7n7q7z

A classic sudoku grid. Normal sudoku rules apply.

Michael D@quellspeller· Nov 30

Fast phone day today! Arrow #sudoku helped, I’m very comfortable with those. 4:00 against 7:00/13:00 targets, puzzle by Clover (patreon.com/sudokuclover). Play it at sudokupad.app/ubgq148buj

An arrow sudoku puzzle. The usual sudoku grid has some arrows in it beginning in a cell with a circle.

Normal sudoku rules apply, digits along an arrow must sum to the digit in the circle on the arrow.

Michael D@quellspeller· Nov 29

Another slower day on the phone, I’ll also blame a heavy lunch yesterday. Today is an Odd #Sudoku with Kropke dots from Philip Newman (www.patreon.com/sudokutheory). 6:26 for me, targets of 8:00/16:00. sudokupad.app/btmtovn0wl

A variant sudoku grid. Some cells in the grid have gray circles inside of them. There are also black dots along the edge between some cells.

Normal sudoku rules apply, place the digits 1-9 once each in every row, column, and 3x3 box. Gray circles indicate odd digits in that cell. Black dots between cells indicate that the digits in those cells are in a 2:1 ratio, not all possible dots are given.

Michael D@quellspeller· Nov 28

Back to mobile today with a Between Lines #sudoku from Bill Murphy (www.patreon.com/WWMSudoku/), even with the slower platform I still made it in 6:05 against 7:00/13:00 targets. sudokupad.app/xm3e3npmmk

A variant sudoku grid. Throughout the puzzle there are lines connecting circles on each end. Some but not all circles are pre-filled with digits.

Normal sudoku rules apply, place the digits 1-9 once each in every row, column, and 3x3 box. The lines are between lines, every digit on a line must be strictly between the two digits on the end of the line.

Michael D@quellspeller· Nov 27

Fortress #sudoku today from Clover (Patreon at www.patreon.com/c/sudokuclov...), 2:46 solve time with 6:00/11:00 targets. sudokupad.app/p9wghq4t5z

A variant sudoku grid. Some cells are shaded gray, with arrows pointing out from the digit in the cell.

Normal sudoku rules apply, digits 1-9 once each in every row, column, and 3x3 box. Digits in the gray shaded cells are greater than every digit in adjacent unshaded cells.

Michael D@quellspeller· Nov 26

Even Consecutive Pairs #sudoku today from Philip Newman (Patreon at www.patreon.com/c/sudokutheo...), solved this in 3:48 against 8:00/16:00 targets. sudokupad.app/u62fe53mfc

A variant sudoku grid. In addition to the usual grid, there are white dots between some cells, and some cells are filled with a gray shading.

Normal sudoku rules apply, place the digits 1-9 once each in every row, column, and 3x3 box. Gray cells must contain an even digit. Cells separated by a white dot must contain consecutive digits, not all possible white dots are given.

Michael D@quellspeller· Nov 25

Back onto the computer and back up to speed, today's #sudoku was a Point to Next puzzle from Bill Murphy (Patreon at www.patreon.com/c/WWMSudoku/...). 5:02 solve time against 8:30/15:00 targets. sudokupad.app/r695xl1mi1

A sudoku grid, some cells have a large gray arrow in them pointing up/right/left/down.

Normal sudoku rules apply, digits 1-9 once each in every row/column/3x3 box. If a digit N is placed in a cell containing an arrow, then the digit N+1 must be in a cell that arrow points at. Not all possible arrows are given.

Michael D@quellspeller· Nov 23

Much slower solving the diagonal #sudoku on my phone than my computer. 11:33 against targets of 8:00/16:00. sudokupad.app/gngjij7mz2

A diagonal sudoku grid, in addition to the normal grid there are diagonal lines along the positive and negative diagonals.

Normal sudoku rules apply, one each of digits 1-9 in each row, column, 3x3 box, and in this puzzle on the two marked diagonals.

Michael D@quellspeller· Nov 22

Ambiguous Arrow #Sudoku today from Bill Murphy. I enjoy the slight twists on very common variants, this one does a good job of testing some common length three arrow sums. 5:21 solve time against 8:30/15:00 targets. sudokupad.app/i20kqjopap

A Sudoku grid with lines drawn through portions of the grid.

Normal sudoku rules apply (digits 1-9 once each in every row/column/3x3 box). Lines indicate arrows, but they are each missing their bulb. Digits along an arrow must sum to the digit in the bulb, it is up to the solver to determine which end of the line that is.

Michael D@quellspeller· Nov 21

Irregular #Sudoku from Clover today, highlighting the SudokuCon stream! Irregular puzzles used to be a sticking point for me but I've gotten better, this solve went pretty smoothly. 4:29 solve time against targets of 8:30/16:00. sudokupad.app/1ygkfmr832

An irregular Sudoku grid. It's a 9x9 grid, but instead of 3x3 boxes it's split into irregular 9 cell regions. In the middle of the grid three of those regions are highlighted green and are in the shape of an SC, standing for SudokuCon.

Normal Sudoku rules do NOT apply. Place one of each digit 1-9 in every row, column, and 9 cell region.

Michael D@quellspeller· Nov 20

Lunchtime #sudoku from Riffclown on LogicMasters Germany. Very nice symmetry in the grid and the solution path on this one. logic-masters.de/Raetselporta...

A variant sudoku grid for an Arrow Sudoku puzzle. There are 5 arrows with the same shape in the grid, arranged around the central box to provide a nice symmetrical layout.

Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits on an arrow must sum to the digit in the arrow's circle. Digits may repeat on an arrow if allowed by other rules.

Michael D@quellspeller· Nov 20

Weird to call it a classic, but I've done quite a few Between Lines puzzles. #Sudoku puzzle by Philip Newman today solved in 4:59, target times of 7:53/18:29. sudokupad.app/philip-newma...

A variant sudoku grid. The usual 9x9 grid has additional lines with circles on the end points making the shape of a heart within the grid.

Normal Sudoku rules apply (digits 1-9 once each for every row/column/3x3 box). Digits along a Between Line must have values strictly between the values in the end points of the line.

Michael D@quellspeller· Nov 19

Position Sudoku from Bill Murphy for today's Genuinely Approachable #Sudoku puzzle. 5:14 time, the target times for today were 8:00/15:00. sudokupad.app/xwqyfzdht6

A Position Sudoku grid, in addition to the usual 9x9 grid with some digits filled there are some rows and columns with digits 1-3 on either end.

Normal Sudoku rules apply (digits 1-9 once each in every row/column/box). Digits outside the grid indicate the position of the highest digit in the first three cells from the direction of the clue e.g. the 2 above column 2 indicates that the highest digit among the first three in that column is the second one in.

Michael D@quellspeller· Nov 18

Another Clover #sudoku puzzle today, I think I've done some Cross-Sum puzzles before. 4:42 today, I felt extremely slow with my scanning. sudokupad.app/6cjqm3hpb8

A variant sudoku puzzle grid, in addition to the usual numbers some of the intersections in the grid have an X connecting the cells along the diagonal.

Normal Sudoku rules apply. Wherever an X appears at the intersection of four cells, the two diagonally opposite pairs of cells have the same sum.

Michael D@quellspeller· Nov 15

Daily #sudoku from Clover, this was a variant I haven't seen before that I can recall. Finished in 4:18, I really enjoyed the flow of the puzzle here. Rules in Alt Text. sudokupad.app/kksz1lx30m

A variant Sudoku grid, there are multiple cages in the grid.

Normal Sudoku rules apply (place digits 1-9 once each in every row/column/box). The clues in cages tell you some digits that appear in that cage, they have to appear at least as many times as they're shown (so for the cage with 1113 in box 1, it must contain at least 3 1s and 1 3).

Michael D@quellspeller· Nov 14

Daily approachable #sudoku puzzle! This one is from Philip Newman in the CTC Discord, it's a Sandwich Sudoku (rules in alt text). Finished in 4:51, one of the first CTC apps I purchased was Sandwich Sudoku and I still really enjoy that rule set. sudokupad.app/philip-newma...

A sudoku puzzle grid with numbers both in the grid and outside the grid next to the first five rows and columns.

Puzzle rules: Normal sudoku rules apply (digits 1-9 once each in every row/column/box). Numbers outside the grid indicate the sum of the digits between the 1 and 9 in the corresponding row/column.

Michael D@quellspeller· Nov 14

It felt weird splitting up the European Hares, but it was very neat to see a Beech Marten win succeed. Forest Shuffle is very fun.