So Trisha and I have finally gotten around to playing The Black Letter Game (http://blacklettergame.com/). With some help from friends, we consider ourselves to be 40% done, which isn't bad for one day of work ( Read more... )

I totally forgot to mention this when it happened a month ago. One puzzle I helped design is now available for sale on the mass-market! It's called the Daily Puzzle because it doubles as a desk calendar -- if you can solve the puzzle of how to make the date show up. Read more... )

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I found myself thinking the other day about Doctor When, and on how well the meeting team (by which I mean the four people that came to almost every meeting) tended to work together and take on "spokesperson" roles. Basically, we had four people who had these four focus areas ( Read more... )

http://hotsheet.snout.org/2012/05/snoutcast-116-model-growth-connector-2.html

I was interviewed by Curtis Chen and DeeAnn Sole for their podcast about puzzle hunts. The cast went long, probably because of my complex stories.

Some of the ensuing discussion over one of my previous rants has made me think some more about the nature of making one's posts public ( Read more... )

Here are the original versions of eight puzzles that I wrote for the all-night puzzle hunt Doctor When. All standard types, no weird rules.

Battleship

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