Lt. Nodumbo
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Lt. Nodumbo is a fictional police lieutenant in Mike Selinker
's annual feature of GAMES World of Puzzles
who solicits the solver's help in solving puzzle mysteries for the Logological Crimes Division. The titles of the sections to date were:
Mike Selinker
Mike Selinker is a game designer whose design credits include Pirates of the Spanish Main and Fightball with James Ernest, Axis & Allies Revised Edition with Larry Harris, the Marvel Super Heroes Adventure Game, and Risk Godstorm. He was a creative director for the 3rd edition of Dungeons & Dragons...
's annual feature of GAMES World of Puzzles
GAMES World of Puzzles
Games World of Puzzles is a puzzle magazine published bimonthly by Games Publications, a division of Kappa Publishing Group. It is a spinoff of Games magazine focusing solely on pencil puzzles. A centerpiece section contains a feature puzzle or puzzles, such as puzzles from the World Puzzle...
who solicits the solver's help in solving puzzle mysteries for the Logological Crimes Division. The titles of the sections to date were:
- 1995: Murder Most Irrational
- 1996: The Jigsaw Bomber
- 1997: Blueprint for Disaster
- 1998: Undone in London
- 1999: L is for Logomania
- 2000: Revenge is a Grid Best Served Cold
- 2001: The Well-Parsed Sentence of Death
- 2002: Say the Magic Word or Die
- 2003: Miss Steak Scan Beaded Lee (a homophoneHomophoneA homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning. The words may be spelled the same, such as rose and rose , or differently, such as carat, caret, and carrot, or to, two, and too. Homophones that are spelled the same are also both homographs and homonyms...
of "mistakes can be deadly") - 2004: Lt. Nodumbo of the Mounties
- 2005: Cruel and Unusual Puzzlement
- 2006: Lights! Camera! Execution!