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Michael Dyrud
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Board games, sudoku, and Magic: The Gathering. Nebraska based leftist. He/him
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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.
A sunlit stack of books.
April 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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#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%.
December 27, 2024 at 4:21 AM
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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.
December 10, 2024 at 7:28 PM
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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
December 9, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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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.
December 2, 2024 at 4:53 AM
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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. A classic sudoku grid. Normal sudoku rules apply.
December 1, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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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.
November 30, 2024 at 7:59 PM
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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.
November 29, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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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.
November 28, 2024 at 2:07 PM
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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.
November 27, 2024 at 3:40 PM
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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.
November 26, 2024 at 5:25 PM
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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.
November 25, 2024 at 2:27 PM
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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.
November 23, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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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.
November 22, 2024 at 2:14 PM
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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.
November 21, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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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.
November 20, 2024 at 8:27 PM
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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.
November 20, 2024 at 5:06 PM
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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.
November 19, 2024 at 2:15 PM
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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.
November 18, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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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).
November 15, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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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.
November 14, 2024 at 6:25 PM
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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.
A Forest Shuffle tableau with five of the six trees completely filled.
November 14, 2024 at 3:19 AM
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Back to the daily sudoku puzzles, there's a fantastic group of setters in the Cracking the Cryptic Discord server that publish daily "Genuinely Approachable Sudoku" puzzles if you want something to start your day. Completed today's in 3:36, sudokupad.app/zw2xh2zbcy
A sudoku grid with additional digits outside the grid on some rows and columns. Normal Sudoku rules apply, one of each digit from 1-9 in every row, column, and box. Additionally, digits outside the grid indicate the largest digit in the first three cells as seen from the direction of the clue.
November 13, 2024 at 3:08 PM
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By intermission, I’ve realized that I don’t think I’ve ever actually seen The Little Mermaid, I’m just broadly familiar with the story.
A Little Mermaid program held up in front of a stage curtain for the Little Mermaid.
November 13, 2024 at 2:53 AM
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Picked up enough groans from my Simic Bullshit in commander league, I think I’m temporarily retiring Bonny Pall for the Mole. #mtg #edh
The Magic card Bonny Pall, Clearcutter. The art shows a giant with an axe over her shoulder and a giant blue Ox behind her. She is a 6/5 Legendary Creature - Giant Scout with Reach. When she enters you create Beau, the legendary blue Ox token with power and toughness equal to the number of lands you control. Whenever you attack, draw a card, then you may put a land into play from your hand or graveyard. The Magic card Anzrag, the Quake Mole. The art is of a giant star nosed mole coming out of the ground in the middle of a city street, with people cowering away in the foreground. He is an 8/4 Legendary Creature - Mole God with two abilities. Whenever he becomes blocked, untap each creature you control. After this combat phase there is an additional combat phase. And you can pay 3RRGG to make it so Anzrag must be blocked each combat this turn if able.
October 21, 2024 at 1:39 AM