Many of my friends from the National Puzzlers' League self-publish puzzles on irregular schedules. I thought it would be a good thing to have a "blog" (such as it is) that simply consolidates announcements of such puzzles. And here it is.
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Monday, August 22, 2016
Uc: Cryptic: "Skipping Ahead"
http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/picnic16a.pdf
(Brought to a puzzle picnic.)
Monday, August 15, 2016
Uc: Cryptic: "Seventeen-Year Trip"
http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/lollapuzzoola16.pdf
(The cryptic I brought along to Lollapuzzoola 9, slightly edited.)
Monday, July 11, 2016
Uc and $8.90: Convention Game: "Cryptic Mad Libs"
http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/con16d_ph12.pdf
http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/con16d_ph12s.pdf
http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/con16d_ph3.pdf
(An official convention game $8.90 and I created for the 2016 NPL Convention. These are, respectively, the original team version of Phases 1 and 2, a solitaire version of Phases 1 and 2 that may be more suitable for solving at home, and the original version of Phase 3. Do some version of Phases 1 and 2 before looking at Phase 3.)
Uc: Convention Cryptics: "Odd Characters", "Earlier Junction", and "An Eventful 100"
http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/con16a.pdf
http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/con16b.pdf
http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/con16c.pdf
(The unofficial cryptics I brought to the 2016 National Puzzlers' League convention.)
Sunday, June 12, 2016
Uc: Birthday Cryptic: "Eggs!"
http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/bday_pb.pdf
(Written for B Side's birthday brunch.)
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Uc: Cryptic: "Drop Out or Get In"
http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/dchunt16.pdf
(Brought to the 2016 Washington Post Hunt.)
Sunday, April 3, 2016
Uc: ACPT Cryptic: "APRIL3"
http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/acpt16.pdf
(My yearly unofficial ACPT cryptic, 2016 edition.)
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Uc: Purim Cryptic: "Poly-Esther"
http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/polyesther.pdf
(Brought to Hathor's Purim party.)
Sunday, March 13, 2016
Uc: Post-Birthday Cryptic: "Just a Number"
http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/bday_ib.pdf
(A post-birthday cryptic brought to an NPL minicon.)
Monday, February 29, 2016
Uc: Oscar Cryptic: "Mixed Reviews"
http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/oscar16.pdf
(Cryptic brought to an Oscar-watching party.)
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Uc: Birthday Cryptics: "I’ll Have One Of Those" and (belatedly) "¿Es Sin Un Diagrama?"
http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/bday_ai.pdf
http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/bday_ah.pdf
(Birthday cryptics for Hathor, this year and last year.)
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Uc: Cryptics: "Lirath Puzzle" and "Enigmata & Solutions"
http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/lirathpuzzle.pdf
http://www.math.uchicago.edu/~wald/enigmataandsolutions.pdf
(Brought to a gathering when Lirath came to town, and to team Palindrome's pre-Mystery-Hunt party, respectively.)
Friday, December 25, 2015
Uc: Cryptic: "No.->L"
http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/nol.pdf
(Brought to a dining/movie expedition today.)
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Uc: Birthday Cryptic: "Not Yet 6-0"
http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/bday_qa.pdf
(Written for a birthday.)
Sunday, November 22, 2015
Uc: Cryptic: "Happy an Thanksgiving!"
http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/thanksgiving15.pdf
(Brought to a pre-Thanksgiving dinner.)
Uc: Pre-Hunt Cryptic: "DAB"
http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/dab.html
(Unofficial warmup cryptic written for my teammates before the 2016 MIT Mystery Hunt.)
Monday, September 28, 2015
Uc: Birthday Cryptic: "In the Year 2175"
http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/bday_lc.pdf
(Slightly edited version of a cryptic written for Tortoise's birthday party.)
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Uc: Cryptic: "Figuring Newton"
http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/figuringnewton.pdf
(Brought to a gathering when Qoz came to town.)
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Uc: Cryptic: "Puzzle No. 12132425"
http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/puzzleno12132425.pdf
(Brought to a gathering when Nation cryptic coconstructor Hot came to town.)