Sword & Laser 2020 Word Search

[Trike]

I made this for you. Enjoy!

[Tassie Dave, S&L Historian]

Trike wrote: "I made this for you. Enjoy!"

Great effort. 😎 B+. I would have given you an A+, except for one
small thing. 😉

(view spoiler)[You spelled my name wrong 😉 (hide spoiler)]

[John (Taloni)]

Oooh, Yanni! Titles too I see.

[Trike]

Tassie Dave wrote: "Trike wrote: "I made this for you. Enjoy!"

Great effort. 😎 B+. I would have given you an A+, except for one
small thing. 😉

[spoilers removed]"

You sure about that? 😁

[John (Taloni)]

Trike wrote: "You sure about that? 😁"

(view spoiler)[Holy backwards diagonal, Batman! (hide spoiler)]

[Trike]

John (Taloni) wrote: "Trike wrote: "You sure about that? 😁"

[spoilers removed]"

Among other things, yes. 😈

[Tassie Dave, S&L Historian]

aaarrrrrrggggghhhhhh 😬

I fell into your dastardly trap 😉

Okay A++ for fooling me 😎 Well played sir. 😜

[Trike]

This is why I crush at Boggle. Mwahahaha!

[Silvana]

This is fun, been a while. Thanks Trike.

[Tamahome]

I better not find any dirty words!

[Mark]

Well, it took three and a half episodes of Stargate SG-1, but I found them all.

Thanks Trike; that was fun.

[Trike]

Mark wrote: "Well, it took three and a half episodes of Stargate SG-1, but I found them all.

Thanks Trike; that was fun."

Glad you liked it. 😊 Did you find the secret words too?

[Tassie Dave, S&L Historian]

I found these ones:

(view spoiler)[
TEN THOUSAND DODOS CAN'T FLY
PARABLE OF THE SOUR
MARTIAN
DUNE

I also found WITCH (twice) and MELT RAY
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[Mark]

Trike wrote: "Glad you liked it. 😊 Did you find the secret words too?"

uh oh, back to the puzzle

[Mark]

what TASSIEDAVE said and

(view spoiler)[your doggo WABASH is there, but if I recall correctly, you have more than one doggo and I don't remember their names (hide spoiler)]

(view spoiler)[and we know that Tom likes PIE (hide spoiler)]

[Mark]

after searching the S+L forums

(view spoiler)[found another Trike doggo GOGO (hide spoiler)]

[Mark]

(view spoiler)[ Tom's doggo REY (hide spoiler)]

[Mark]

(view spoiler)[JULIET and ARKADY (independent of MARTINE) are there (hide spoiler)]

[Mark]

(view spoiler)[TRIKE of course (hide spoiler)]

[Trike]

Mark wrote: "after searching the S+L forums

[spoilers removed]"

😁

[Trike]

You’re good, Mark! There’s only one more.

Hint: it is foundational to S&L lore.

[Mark]

I see it now

(view spoiler)[LEM (hide spoiler)]

[Mark]

Question

(view spoiler)[Why do some words/names appear a couple of times (WITCH, JAMES, ARKADY)? Is this by design or an artifact of the tools used to make the puzzle? (hide spoiler)]

[terpkristin]

Man this is one of the few times I wish I had a printer so I could print this out.

[Trike]

Mark wrote: "I see it now

[spoilers removed]"

👍🏻

Mark wrote: "Question

[spoilers removed]"

That’s because (view spoiler)[I was being tricksy. “Arkady Martian” and the “dodos” one, etc., — “Tassie Dav” — were intentional dead ends to catch the overconfident and unwary. I added multiple instances of “witch” because it just so happened to fit in the leftover spaces. Happy coincidence.

The only tool I used was my brain. I listed all the titles and made a grid the same size as the longest one. (This Is How You Lose the Time War, 26 letters. “January” is next at 25.) This was the second one I made because the first didn’t allow for enough misdirection. (hide spoiler)]

Next December: a crossword puzzle!

[Trike]

terpkristin wrote: "Man this is one of the few times I wish I had a printer so I could print this out."

I wondered about that. I figure people can just use a highlighter directly on their screen. That totally wipes off, right?

[Mark]

Trike wrote: "That’s because [spoilers removed]"

I'm impressed. Well done Trike!

[Mark]

terpkristin wrote: "Man this is one of the few times I wish I had a printer so I could print this out."

I didn't try this, but how about an ipad and an apple pencil?

[terpkristin]

Mark wrote: "terpkristin wrote: "Man this is one of the few times I wish I had a printer so I could print this out."

I didn't try this, but how about an ipad and an apple pencil?"

I did save the images to try something like this (no apple pencil but a finger works). But it was difficult to have lookup list elsewhere. It would still work but would need more concentration than I have been able to devote to much of anything but work lately. Work is kicking my butt.

[Tassie Dave, S&L Historian]

I'm sure Trike won't mind. Here is a single image with both word grid and word list that will work on an iPad

[Calvey]

What did you use to make it? Python?

[Trike]

Calvey wrote: "What did you use to make it? Python?"

Typing on a grid In iPad Pages, then copying it to Notes, selecting monospaced. Double checked letter placement by going top-to-bottom, left-to-right, then bottom-to-top starting in the lower right-hand corner.

It’s artisanal.

[Mark]

Action photo of Trike crafting an artisanal word search puzzle using traditional methods.

[Trike]

Sometimes the old ways are the best ways. You kids with your computers and beep-boop-bloop, bah!

[Maclurker]

I need some help here.

One of the names to be found is "Julie E. CzernEda". After several careful searches, I simply cannot find that name. However I did find "Julie E. CzernAda". Is this a typo? Or another of Trike's fiendish mis-directions?

What am I missing?

[Mark]

Maclurker wrote: "I need some help here.

One of the names to be found is "Julie E. CzernEda". After several careful searches, I simply cannot find that name. However I did find "Julie E. CzernAda". Is this a typo?..."

uh oh, I found "Julie E. CzernAda" and missed that the clue is "Julie E. CzernEda"

[Trike]

I probably made a mistake, in a subconscious effort to prove I’m not an AI.

I kept trying to write “Raymond J. Feist” instead of “Raymond E. Feist”, and I have no idea why. Screwing up Czerneda proves I have an inherent bias against the letter E.

Mea culpa.

[Mark]

It's ok. E is the letter of tolerance.

[Calvey]

Trike wrote: "Calvey wrote: "What did you use to make it? Python?"

It’s artisanal.



Totally made me laugh, literally out loud. LOL