I'm a long-time semi-lurker at the Straight Dope Message Boards (SDMB). Relatively recently, though, they added a Game board that I haven't checked out until today. One of the first things that caught my eye was a puzzle, entitled A Holiday For...

Hundreds of strange snail mail letters have been sent to residents of an enclave of Pittsburgh. At first, I thought it might be an interesting puzzle-based project: Some had received multi-part messages that looked like they needed assembly; another...

(Part One is here.) Clue Four: Who Put Math in my Crossword? The story card had directed us to an air-conditioned deli, which was a relief in the near-100F San Jose temps that day. A few teammates went to grab sandwiches while Jonathan and I...

For a few puzzle hunts before BANG 24, I hadn't left feeling satisfied. I think it is because of not being able to match some pretty big (for me anyway) ahas I got while playing in CiSRA 2009. Of course, in BANG 21 the ahas were purposefully...

Eric Prestemon, captain of the Judean Peoples Front and part-time Smoking GNU member, is darned good and experienced puzzle solver. He's recently started a blog — Solving Really Hard Puzzles — devoted to chronicling his thought process as he goes...