Michael D

@quellspeller.bsky.social

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

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”.
A sunlit stack of books.
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%.
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.
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
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.
A classic sudoku grid. Normal sudoku rules apply.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
A Forest Shuffle tableau with five of the six trees completely filled.
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.
A Little Mermaid program held up in front of a stage curtain for the Little Mermaid.
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.
Google Maps screenshot showing route from Climax, MN to Fertile, MN
The Magic card Goblin Test Pilot. It is a 0/2 Goblin Wizard that costs 1UR. It has flying and the ability “Tap: Goblin Test Pilot deals 2 damage to target creature or player chosen at random”.