Michæl Hudson

@hexshaped.bsky.social

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I go by many names. Meelix. Telemachus. Alexander "Sasha" Haynes. Hester Tove. Stevie Hexagons. Tetrion. Sterling Cooper. Tyburn. Simon "Circus" O'Rourke. Razhmir Drakhles. Nicostratus Potitus. Guzz. Edgar Stromboli.

The Borg Queen from First Contact.
BG Stats 5 x 5. Play count: 22: Next Station: London; 13: Habitats; 10: Kumata; 6: Campy Creatures: Volume 1 (Third Edition); 5: Next Station: Paris; 4: Next Station: Tokyo; 3: Double Seven; 2: Robotopia; 2: Cozy Cat Cafe; 2: Hanami; 2: Qwirkle; 2: Harmonies; 2: 3 Witches; 2: 5-Minute One Piece; 1: Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game; 1: Tea Witches; 1: Wondrous Creatures; 1: Cartouche; 1: Jaipur; 1: Mind Space; 1: Splendor Duel; 1: Twice as Clever!; 1: Village Green; 1: You Know It!; 1: SCOUT.
An excerpt from a BBC article on Daveigh Chase, who died of AIDS earlier this month. The text reads "In 2002, Chase starred as Samara Morgan, the long-haired ghost that crawls out of the telly in the horror film The Ring, an American remake of the Japanese classic about a videotape that makes people die after they watch it." I have highlighted "crawls out of the telly".
BG Stats 5 x 5. Play count: 46: Habitats; 12: Next Station: London; 9: Harmonies; 4: Mille Fiori; 3: The Castles of Burgundy; 3: Fetching Feathers; 2: Puerto Rico; 2: Targi; 2: Heat: Pedal to the Metal; 2: Next Station: Tokyo; 1: Age of Innovation; 1: Risk; 1: Concordia; 1: Lords of Waterdeep; 1: Mystery of the Abbey with The Pilgrims' Chronicles; 1: Sanctuary; 1: Notre Dame; 1: Let's Go! To Japan; 1: Jamaica; 1: Qwirkle; 1: Ticket to Ride: Europe; 1: Azul; 1: Cascadito; 1: Century: Golem Edition – Eastern Mountains; 1: Ingenious.
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BG Stats 5 x 5. Play count: 19: Next Station: London; 17: Heat: Pedal to the Metal; 13: Harmonies; 7: Next Station: Tokyo; 3: Sea Salt & Paper; 3: Next Station: Paris; 2: Cities; 2: Chess; 2: Coffee Rush; 1: Boonlake; 1: Apothebakery: The Culinary Alchemists; 1: Sanctuary; 1: Last Will; 1: Let's Go! To Japan; 1: Evolution: New World; 1: Pandemic; 1: Qwirkle; 1: Takenoko; 1: Ticket to Ride: Europe; 1: The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth; 1: Namiji; 1: Tatsu; 1: Twice as Clever!; 1: Faraway; 1: Dying Message.
BG Stats 5 x 5. Play count: 54: Harmonies; 30: Next Station: London; 13: Next Station: Paris; 12: Next Station: Tokyo; 4: Namiji; 4: Crokinole; 3: Coffee Rush; 3: Hues and Cues; 3: Faraway; 3: Hive Pocket; 2: Sanctuary; 2: Bohnanza; 2: Sea Salt & Paper; 2: Escape the Dark Castle; 2: Unmatched; 1: Boonlake; 1: Burano; 1: Apothebakery: The Culinary Alchemists; 1: Lost Ruins of Arnak; 1: The Networks: Primetime; 1: Wishland; 1: Forest Shuffle : Dartmoor; 1: Kinfire Delve: Scorn's Stockade; 1: Last Will; 1: Forest Shuffle.
BG Stats 5 x 5. Play count: 43: Harmonies; 15: Next Station: London; 8: Next Station: Tokyo; 7: Next Station: Paris; 5: Cascadito; 2: Keep the Heroes Out!; 2: Sprawlopolis; 1: Great Western Trail: Second Edition; 1: Merv: The Heart of the Silk Road; 1: Monopoly: Disney; 1: 3000 Scoundrels; 1: Dice Hospital; 1: Zestrea; 1: Bacon; 1: Critter Kitchen; 1: Jaws; 1: Wingspan; 1: Bunny Kingdom; 1: Evolution: New World; 1: Harvest; 1: New York Zoo; 1: PARKS; 1: The Quacks of Quedlinburg; 1: Tokaido; 1: Xi'an.
BG Stats 5 x 5. Play count: 20: Harmonies; 11: Next Station: Tokyo; 6: Next Station: London; 4: Sprawlopolis; 3: Casinopolis; 3: Sky Team; 2: Galactic Cruise; 2: Merv: The Heart of the Silk Road; 2: Tea Witches; 2: Lost Ruins of Arnak; 2: Cities; 2: The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth; 2: Caper: Europe; 2: Factory Funner; 2: You Know It!; 2: Next Station: Paris; 2: Fiction; 2: Sail; 2: Lacuna; 1: Mosaic: A Story of Civilization; 1: Raccoon Tycoon; 1: Critter Kitchen; 1: Medici; 1: Shadow Hunters; 1: The Quest for El Dorado.
Drawing of a 10th century man looking mournful.
The gun from EXISTENZ (1999)
BG Stats 4 x 4. Play count: 9: Landmarks; 6: Monikers; 6: UNO; 5: Charterstone; 4: Era: Medieval Age; 4: Fiction; 4: Grand Austria Hotel; 3: 7 Wonders; 3: Amul; 3: Coup; 3: Emberheart; 3: Emberleaf; 3: Exploding Kittens; 3: Forest Shuffle; 3: Fromage; 3: Gloom; 3: Irish Gauge; 3: Keep the Heroes Out!; 3: The Quacks of Quedlinburg; 3: Solar 175; 3: UNO Flip!; 3: Vantage; 3: Welcome Back to the Dungeon; 2: 3000 Scoundrels; 2: Azul; 2: Betrayal at House on the Hill: 3rd Edition; 2: The Bloody Inn; 2: CATAN; 2: Colt Express; 2: Cryptid; 2: Discworld: Ankh-Morpork; 2: Dominion; 2: Faeries & Magical Creatures; 2: Fluxx; 2: For Sale; 2: Forest Shuffle : Dartmoor; 2: Good Face Bad Face; 2: The Great Split; 2: Harmonies; 2: Harvest; 2: Just One; 2: Kingdomino; 2: Let's Go! To Japan; 2: Lost Ruins of Arnak; 2: Love Letter (2019 Edition); 2: Middle Ages; 2: Next Station: London; 2: Number 9; 2: PARKS; 2: Pergola; 2: The Quest for El Dorado; 2: Railroad Ink Challenge: Shining Yellow Edition; 2: Rebirth; 2: Rhino Hero; 2: Sagrada; 2: Secret Hitler; 2: Shadow Hunters; 2: Ticket to Ride Map Collection 7: Japan & Italy; 2: Trio; 2: Via Magica; 2: Villagers; 2: Yaxha; 1: 15 Days; 1: Águeda: City of Umbrellas; 1: Art Society; 1: Bacon; 1: Bärenpark; 1: Cartographers Heroes; 1: Cartouche; 1: The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition; 1: Century: Golem Edition – Eastern Mountains; 1: Chocolate Factory; 1: Chomp; 1: Chrononauts; 1: Citadels; 1: Cobra Paw; 1: Codenames; 1: Critter Kitchen; 1: Empire's End; 1: Everdell; 1: Evolution: New World; 1: Ex Libris; 1: EXIT: The Game – Adventures on Catan; 1: Exit: The Game – The Haunted Roller Coaster; 1: Exit: The Game – The Hunt Through Amsterdam; 1: Faraway; 1: Fetching Feathers; 1: Flamecraft; 1: La Fleur; 1: Forbidden Island; 1: Fun Facts; 1: Galactic Cruise; 1: Get on Board: New York & London; 1: Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters; 1: Ghosts of Christmas; 1: Heat: Pedal to the Metal; 1: Iberian Gauge; 1: Ingenious; 1: Jaws; 1: King of Tokyo;
BG Stats 2025 Plays: 711 H-index: 10 Games: 235 New: 105 Players: 215 Locations: 6 Hours: 504 Days: 251 Forest Shuffle: 23 Next Station: London: 15 Lost Ruins of Arnak: 14 Cartographers: 14 Next Station: Tokyo: 14 Landmarks: 14 Railroad Ink: 13 Next Station: Paris: 12 Forest Shuffle : Dartmoor: 10 63 categories: Card Game: 32% Animals: 17% Economic: 14% Fantasy: 14% City Building: 10%.
BG Stats 5 x 5. Play count: 8: Forest Shuffle : Dartmoor; 4: Piña Coladice; 3: Unmatched Adventures: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; 2: Qwirkle; 2: Ticket to Ride Map Collection 7: Japan & Italy; 2: UNO Flip!; 2: Faraway; 1: Vantage; 1: Emberleaf; 1: Emberheart; 1: Tinners' Trail: Expanded Edition; 1: Betrayal at House on the Hill: 3rd Edition; 1: Charterstone; 1: Era: Medieval Age; 1: Rebirth; 1: The Bloody Inn; 1: Ticket to Ride Map Collection 3: The Heart of Africa; 1: Azul; 1: Century: Golem Edition – Eastern Mountains; 1: Ingenious; 1: 7 Wonders; 1: For Sale; 1: Patchwork; 1: Shifting Stones; 1: OK Play.
BG Stats 3 x 3. Play count: 6: Forest Shuffle; 6: Next Station: London; 3: Orléans; 2: Great Western Trail: Second Edition; 2: Sushi Go!; 2: Lacuna; 1: The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition; 1: Castles of Mad King Ludwig; 1: Scrabble.
Play count: 3: Village Rails; 3: Amul; 2: Vantage; 2: The Red Cathedral; 2: Century: Golem Edition – Eastern Mountains; 2: Artistry; 2: Can't Stop; 2: Odin's Ravens; 1: CATAN; 1: Viticulture Essential Edition; 1: Everdell; 1: The Bloody Inn; 1: Heat: Pedal to the Metal; 1: The Quacks of Quedlinburg; 1: Qwirkle; 1: Azul; 1: Harmonies; 1: Botany: War of the Posies; 1: Mind Space; 1: The Sims Board Game; 1: Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends; 1: Roll to the Top: Journeys.
BG Stats 3 x 3. Play count: 3: Monikers; 3: Landmarks; 2: PARKS; 1: Grand Austria Hotel; 1: Gloom; 1: Notre Dame; 1: Forest Shuffle; 1: Qwirkle; 1: Pollen.
Smoked pork on a BBQ fork. The smoker continues to smoke in the background.
BG Stats 4 x 4. Play count: 7: Lacuna; 5: Sprawlopolis; 4: Lost Ruins of Arnak; 4: Charterstone; 3: Pergola; 2: Forest Shuffle; 1: Power Grid; 1: Tudor; 1: Shipwrights of the North Sea: Redux; 1: Viticulture Essential Edition; 1: Notre Dame; 1: Ruthless; 1: Art Society; 1: The Bloody Inn; 1: Dorfromantik: The Board Game; 1: The Guild of Merchant Explorers.
When You Ride Alone, You Ride with Hitler
BG Stats 3 x 3. Play count: 8: Emberleaf; 6: Codenames; 3: Orléans; 3: Landmarks; 2: Zoo Tycoon: The Board Game; 2: Forest Shuffle; 2: La Fleur; 2: HUTAN: Life in the Rainforest; 2: Fiction.
A frog meeple from the boardgame Emberleaf.
BG Stats 4 x 4. Play count: 6: Landmarks; 5: Águeda: City of Umbrellas; 5: Patchwork; 4: Forest Shuffle; 3: PARKS; 3: Faraway; 3: Onitama; 2: Shadow Hunters; 2: Monikers; 2: Secret Hitler; 2: Azul; 2: Cascadia; 2: Chess; 2: Jaipur; 2: That's Pretty Clever!; 2: Welcome To.
BG Stats 4 x 4. Play count: 8: Bunny Kingdom; 3: Forest Shuffle; 2: Agricola; 2: Solar 175; 2: Viticulture Essential Edition; 2: Irish Gauge; 2: Sagrada; 2: UNO; 2: Next Station: Tokyo; 2: Railroad Ink Challenge: Shining Yellow Edition; 1: Arborea; 1: Monopoly: Disney; 1: Scrabble; 1: Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion; 1: Iberian Gauge; 1: Raccoon Tycoon.
Iberian Gauge board game at the end.
Sequence of Play The game is played over multiple turns until the game ends.
Tokaido, version from 2023
BG Stats 4 x 4. Play count: 8: Lost Ruins of Arnak; 6: Heat: Pedal to the Metal; 5: Gloom; 5: Cartographers; 4: UNO; 4: Next Station: Paris; 4: Next Station: Tokyo; 4: Railroad Ink Challenge: Shining Yellow Edition; 3: The Castles of Burgundy; 3: Forest Shuffle; 3: Luddite; 3: Onitama; 2: Galactic Cruise; 2: Obsession; 2: Era: Medieval Age; 2: Let's Go! To Japan.
The boardgame Orleans being played on Board Game Arena. Despite having three brown workers in the pool, none of them have been drawn. Exceptionally galling.
BG Stats 3 x 3. Play count: 13: Railroad Ink; 6: Factory Funner; 5: Next Station: Paris; 3: Harmonies; 3: Onitama; 3: Coup; 2: Great Western Trail: Second Edition; 2: Grand Austria Hotel; 2: Orléans.
Boardgame Alphabet Challenge Art Society; Betrayal at House on the Hill: 3rd Edition; Cryptid; Dominion; Evolution: New World; Fromage; Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters; Harmonies; Ingenious; Just One; Keep the Heroes Out!; Letters from Whitechapel; Monikers; Next Station: London; Ovation; Plantopia: The Card Game; The Quacks of Quedlinburg; Rebirth; Stardew Valley: The Board Game; Tokaido; UNO Flip!; Villagers; Wingspan; Xi'an; Yaxha; Zoo Vadis (not pictured).
The end of a solo game of the boardgame Galactic Cruise. I beat the bot player on easy difficulty 241 to 121.
A child counts his many points in Xi'an, a boardgame about building the terracotta army.
The score track for the boardgame Viticulture. The blue player is on 19 points, 7 points ahead of second place.
The boardgame Patchwork, a game of laying polyomino tiles into a board to create a quilt design. The currency / points in the game are buttons which is delightful.
BG Stats 4 x 4. Art Society; Betrayal at House on the Hill: 3rd Edition; Cryptid; Dominion; Evolution: New World; Fromage; Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters; Harmonies; Ingenious; Just One; Keep the Heroes Out!; Letters from Whitechapel; Monikers; Next Station: London; Ovation; Plantopia: The Card Game.
The boardgame Onitama.
A very unimpressed rat from Keep The Heroes Out.
A cat helping / preventing its owner from playing the boardgame Ingenious.
A threatening seagull from the cover of Port Royal.
BG Stats 3 x 3. Play count: 6: Cartographers; 5: Fromage; 5: Fiction; 3: Ex Libris; 3: Harmonies; 3: Trio; 2: Ostia; 2: Forest Shuffle; 2: Cascadia.
BG Stats 3 x 3. Play count: 4: Nimalia; 4: Planted: A Game of Nature & Nurture; 3: Monikers; 3: Exploding Kittens; 2: Power Grid; 2: Discworld: Ankh-Morpork; 2: Skull; 2: UNO; 2: Next Station: Tokyo.
An AI image of Santa trimming a hedge sent by Hedges Direct. He's dangerously close to cutting through the wires on some fairy lights.
BG Stats 2024 Plays: 918 H-index: 12 Games: 234 New: 195 Players: 408 Locations: 6 Hours: 605 Days: 249 Harmonies: 127 Cartographers: 52 The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine: 28 Dorfromantik: The Board Game: 21 Next Station: Paris: 19 Faraway: 19 Cascadia: 15 Factory Funner: 13 Sky Team: 13 254 designers: Reiner Knizia: 4% Antoine Bauza: 2% Bruno Cathala: 2% Uwe Rosenberg: 2% Alan R. Moon: 2%.
BG Stats 3 x 3. Play count: 8: Betrayal at House on the Hill: 3rd Edition; 8: Welcome To; 4: Great Western Trail: Second Edition; 4: Rebirth; 4: Harmonies; 4: Fluxx; 3: Takenokolor; 2: Lost Ruins of Arnak; 2: Challengers
A monkey in a diaper, belly distended, lies prostrate on a doorstep as a man presents a speech synthesiser, on which the monkey has written "Pray for Mojo".
A stack of boardgames: Harmonies, Rebirth & Betrayal at House on the Hill.
BG Stats 3 x 3. Play count: 61: Harmonies; 5: The Quest for El Dorado; 4: Wizards & Co.; 3: The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth; 3: Next Station: Tokyo; 3: Codenames: Duet; 2: Root; 2: Battleships; 2: Cascadito.
BG Stats 3 x 3. Play count: 57: Harmonies; 13: Next Station: Paris; 5: Gizmos; 5: Onitama; 4: Sagrada Artisans; 4: Castle Combo; 3: Ovation; 3: Get on Board: New York & London; 3: Odin's Ravens.
Garfield hates Mondays and also being stuck to car windows.
Gonk droid. From Star Wars.
An Astra Militarum Lord Commissar, with a bird perched on his shoulder.
"Sunshine Town" a street scene that is supposed to go on a bookcase between books.