# I need a new /d/r/u/g/ game... **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 16, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-d-r-u-g-game/816233 "2018-06-16T23:44:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-d-r-u-g-game/816233/21 "2018-06-24T16:21:32Z")
For a different take on solitaire, try [Montana](http://bezumie.com/solitaires/montana.php). ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-d-r-u-g-game/816233/22 "2018-06-24T17:53:03Z")
There’s a bunch of games by a developer called Matthew Brown on Steam that you might like, as a bonus they are really cheap right now with the Steam summer sale. Just bought one for 89 cents. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-d-r-u-g-game/816233/23 "2019-03-24T13:55:28Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > … I also second LHoD’s suggestion of [circuits](https://circuits.puzzlebaron.com/index.php); you can see me in the Monthly Competition leader boards over there. I started a few months ago and have finished every month in the top 10, but have never cracked the top 3. I’m the one with the New York Giants logo for an avatar. (I’m currently in 5th place for the June contest.) Well, thanks a lot for reminding me of this game again. :mad: I enjoy the game, but have trouble even coming close to average scores. :o So kudos to you, **Ellis Dee**! I’m very clumsy — I left-click 3 times (or 7 times when excited) to turn right one. A feature I’d like to see — though it wouldn’t be enough to get me down to average times — would be a way to shade a cell, say, blue to lock it when you’re _sure_ that cell is set properly. There’s probably some good heuristics I’m just unaware of. I sometimes enjoy [Simon Tatham’s Untangle](https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/js/untangle.html). One thing I like about Simon’s games is the _absence of any clock!_ ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-d-r-u-g-game/816233/24 "2019-03-24T17:24:07Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Well, thanks a lot for reminding me of this game again. :mad: I enjoy the game, but have trouble even coming close to average scores. :o So kudos to you, **Ellis Dee**! > > I’m very clumsy — I left-click 3 times (or 7 times when excited) to turn right one. A feature I’d like to see — though it wouldn’t be enough to get me down to average times — would be a way to shade a cell, say, blue to lock it when you’re _sure_ that cell is set properly. There’s probably some good heuristics I’m just unaware of. > > I sometimes enjoy [Simon Tatham’s Untangle](https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/js/untangle.html). One thing I like about Simon’s games is the _absence of any clock!_ Simon Tatham’s Net is the equivalent of Net, , and you can lick squares. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-d-r-u-g-game/816233/25 "2019-03-24T20:54:17Z")
Msn has a lot of their card and puzzle games free in browser form [Microsoft News](https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/onlinegames) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-d-r-u-g-game/816233/26 "2019-03-24T21:04:23Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Simon Tatham’s Net is the equivalent of Net, , and you can lick squares. Hahaha! LOCK squares! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-d-r-u-g-game/816233/27 "2019-03-25T03:01:45Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Hahaha! LOCK squares! I thought it was some kind of LSD thing. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-d-r-u-g-game/816233/28 "2019-03-25T08:38:40Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Simon Tatham’s Net is the equivalent of Net, , and you can lick squares. Nice! Unfortunately the square l\*cking doesn’t work well for me. _“Middle-click, or shift-left-click if you have no middle mouse button, to lock a square once you think it is correct (so you don’t accidentally rotate it again) …”_ Shift is ignored when I left-click. Middle-click (which is also a scroll-wheel I never use) DOES lock the cell BUT it also imposes a scroll icon, and the screen scrolls when I move the mouse. ☹ (I’m running Windo$e 10.Horrible; both Firefox and Chrome behave badly.) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-d-r-u-g-game/816233/29 "2019-03-26T02:12:32Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Nice! Unfortunately the square l\*cking doesn’t work well for me. > _“Middle-click, or shift-left-click if you have no middle mouse button, to lock a square once you think it is correct (so you don’t accidentally rotate it again) …”_ > Shift is ignored when I left-click. Middle-click (which is also a scroll-wheel I never use) DOES lock the cell BUT it also imposes a scroll icon, and the screen scrolls when I move the mouse. ☹ (I’m running Windo$e 10.Horrible; both Firefox and Chrome behave badly.) Ooh, sounds like a nuisance. I play on my phone so that’s not been an issue for me. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-d-r-u-g-game/816233/30 "2019-03-27T00:30:11Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > I also second LHoD’s suggestion of [circuits](https://circuits.puzzlebaron.com/index.php); you can see me in the Monthly Competition leader boards over there. I started a few months ago and have finished every month in the top 10, but have never cracked the top 3. I’m the one with the New York Giants logo for an avatar. (I’m currently in 5th place for the June contest.) I’m never on the leaderboard, but I can get in the top 10 on most puzzles, in time and number of rotations. Goroshko over there. /patheticbrag [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-d-r-u-g-game/816233.md?page=1)