July 02, 2018
Name any movie (there are lots of possibilities) that could fit in the missing
blank of this ordered and complete set:
North by Northwest
Cedar Rapids
___________
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Space Jam
Sandy Weisz
Mystery League ✈️ Denver
On July 11, I’ll be in Denver at the Crooked Stave to put on my newest puzzle game, Mystery in the Galleries. It’s a 90-120 minute escape-room-at-a-table for teams of 6. EventBrite will be set up soon, so for now, follow this link to save yourself a spot.
Omegalopolis
Puzzler
What world capital sounds like two Greek letters?
How To Make a Word Search
My friend Eric Berlin, maker of Puzzle Your Kids (my kids are huge fans), has a new video out for those who love puzzles so much that they want to make their own.
Three Quines
June 05, 2018
What world capital sounds like two Greek letters?
Lady Dermaptera
Puzzler
Take the last name of a young movie director. Remove one letter, and what remains will be, phonetically, a synonym for a word in the title of his latest movie. Who is this?
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May 21, 2018
Take the last name of a young movie director. Remove one letter, and what
remains will be, phonetically, a synonym for a word in the title of his latest
movie. Who is this?
Mt. Sneaky
In honor of Opening Day, here’s a baseball puzzle for you.
Puzzler
Take the name of a mountain. Change one letter, anagram it, and the result will be what you call someone who plays for the nearby MLB franchise. What mountain and franchise are they?
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March 29, 2018
Take the name of a mountain. Change one letter, anagram it, and the result will
be what you call someone who plays for the nearby MLB franchise. What mountain
and franchise are they?
Crossfit Wights
Puzzler
Name two activities done at a gym, one word each. Remove a single letter from one of the words. The resulting two-word phrase will describe something you might see at a circus. What words are they?
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February 06, 2018
Name two activities done at a gym, one word each. Remove a single letter from
one of the words. The resulting two-word phrase will describe something one
might see at a circus. What words are they?
What's mentioned in all these books?
NEW GAME. I’m putting the finishing touches on my new table-based puzzle game, The Unknown Islands, and I’m running a couple final playtests this Thursday and next at the Chicago Design Museum. Buy tickets here. Or keep reading to win a couple of them for half-off…
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January 30, 2018
What is mentioned…
55 times in Wuthering Heights,
35 times in Dracula,
3 times in Through the Looking-Glass,
once in Anna Karenina,
and never in War and Peace?
Ugazon
I’m recovering from the 55-hour puzzle marathon that is the MIT Mystery Hunt. My team, Palindrome, placed 3rd, just an hour or so out of first place. I’m still processing all the production and clever puzzle design that went into the event. Once Death & Mayhem (the organizing
January 17, 2018
Name a popular shopping website. Shift two of the letters forward in the
alphabet by the same amount, and the result will be another popular shopping
website. What sites are these?
Aretax Frain
Hi again!
Puzzler
Take the full name of a famous singer. Remove a letter, and add a letter, to the first name to get a kind of business. Then remove 3 letters from the last name to get something you’d find on the floor of that business. Who is
December 27, 2017
Take the full name of a famous singer. Remove a letter, and add a letter, to the
first name to get a kind of business. Then remove 3 letters from the last name
to get something you’d find on the floor of that business. Who is this person?
Lolfred Tennyson
Puzzler
Name a famous European figure from the 19th century, whose name contains three words. Remove 3 consecutive letters, and you’ll end up with a famous American figure from the 20th century, in two words. Who are they?
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November 21, 2017
Name a famous European figure from the 19th century, whose name contains three
words. Remove 3 consecutive letters, and you’ll end up with a famous American
figure from the 20th century, in two words. Who are they?
September 27, 2017
Think of a female celebrity, eight letters total in her name. Change two of
them, anagram it, and you’ll get another female celebrity. Who are they?
Starring… Antiwar Hyena
🐉 Creatures in Seattle! We’re running Creatures on the Loose on October 3rd, at Optimism Brewery. 🎟 Tickets are here. We may also run it October 5th, if get enough interest. If that date’s better for you, log your interest here.
Puzzler
Think of a female celebrity, eight letters total